Comments | ever_neutral: Out of the cradle and into the coffin.

ever_neutral

Out of the cradle and into the coffin.

Nov 24, 2010 22:20

THE ANSWER IS SHOCKING. IT WILL SHOCK YOU.

( Day Five: Favourite Season )

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blackfrancine November 24 2010, 17:08:00 UTC

I agree with this post so thoroughly that I'm pretty much paralyzed with agreement ( ... )

ever_neutral November 25 2010, 01:50:09 UTC

That's such a strange message for television. Maybe that's why people don't like the late seasons. Because we've been trained to expect a resolution that returns us to the status quo that existed before the conflict. But BtVS doesn't do that.

YES. YES. SO MUCH YES.

YOU SAY GOOD THINGS. I LIKE THEM.

This season, man. It's definitely the most powerful season in all of television for me. Which no doubt puts me in that ~special group, but meh. SEASON 6 FOREVAH!!11!1 indeed.

penny_lane_42 November 25 2010, 16:40:03 UTC

Marry me. Okay?

blackfrancine November 26 2010, 22:00:12 UTC

Okay!

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gabrielleabelle November 24 2010, 17:22:10 UTC

Rather, it's that she is not invulnerable. Her trauma sticks. She’s capable of being damaged immensely, and then dealing with it badly. She’s capable of wanting to give up on the world. She’s capable of being so angry at her friends she subconsciously wants to kill them. She’s capable of not being capable of ~bouncing back (a la season 3) after said immense trauma.

*nods*

Love it. The season and this post. Yep.

ever_neutral November 25 2010, 01:51:15 UTC

♥ ♥ ♥

*basks in S6 love*

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ever_neutral November 25 2010, 01:52:49 UTC

I SHOCK PEOPLE.

Returning the ♥ ♥ ♥!

boot_the_grime November 24 2010, 22:39:29 UTC

When you said I was going to be shocked, I wondered if you were going to say that season 1 was your favorite. LOL ( ... )

ever_neutral November 25 2010, 02:03:15 UTC

lol, no, S1 is most certainly NOT a favourite.

But SOLIDARITY on the later seasons making the show an all-time favourite. Totally.

I related to the adult Buffy more than to the high school Buffy. I found Willow a lot more interesting as she became a darker character.

Word.

I have a different reaction to Xander than a lot of people. I actually think he is portrayed in the early seasons as being very capable of douchetastic behaviour. It was actually what set him apart from all the other ~lovable geeks on TV for me. S6 just REALLY made his ugly side (and everyone's else's) explicit in a way that couldn't be ignored.

I think it was brilliant that the main villains for the most of the season were a trio of former high school outcasts/losers who couldn't cope with the real life and real relationships... while our protagonists, another trio of former high school outcasts trying to grow up (and left without their paternal figure for once), were struggling with their demons

YES. Brilliant move. Absolutely.

But the final stretch of ( ... )

penny_lane_42 November 25 2010, 16:41:11 UTC

DID I NOT FREAK OUT ABOUT HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS POST?

*freaks out about how much I love this post*

You seriously reduce me to speechlessness. I have nothing to say/add. I just want to hang out in your journal and love what you love.

ever_neutral November 26 2010, 00:36:27 UTC

I AM FREAKING OUT AT YOUR FREAK-OUT.

Aww. I'm so glad you enjoy my rambles tho! Lord knows I enjoy making them too much.

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