I've been skimming this conversation, and there was one point I wanted to make ( Read more... )

Very interesting post about one of the problems with the use of supernatural as a metaphor for real life issues on Buffy and Angel.

This year it has be ten years since I first started watching several TV shows that are very important to me: Firefly, Torchwood, Buffy, and Angel.

Just finished re-watching Sanctuary, and what Buffy has to say about her relationship with Riley struck me: "I have someone in my life now. That I love. It's not what you and I had. It's very new. You know what makes it new? I trust him. I know him ( Read more... )

No matter how many times I watch Five By Five, it will still be amazing.

I'm re-watching Angel season 1, and am partway through Somnambulist. I just wanted to make a small observation: Angel asking Kate if she trusts him before giving her information reminds me of him asking Buffy if she loves him before giving her information in Lie to Me - and her acknowledgement of her love combined with a denial of her trust. But ( Read more... )

I was reading links in the su_herald when I came across this, a debate about whether Angel and Darla had sex in the episode Angel. My first instinct was to side with those who said no, because if Angel had slept with Darla souled, both of them would have known in Reprise that sleeping with her would not cause him to lose his soul ( Read more... )

I've never liked the traditional love triangle, the triangle where a man or woman is torn between two opposite-gender romantic candidates. This triangle is a simple question: Which man/woman will our hero/heroine choose?

( Love Triangles )

I get irritated by Buffy in Sanctuary as much as the next Faith fan, but I've always been bothered the level of flack she receives from fandom for saying Angel, "I'm sorry. I can't be in your club. I never murdered anybody."

( You can't possibly know what she's going through )

I stumbled on a link through the su_herald that contained a gif set of Angel's morning after with Buffy in Innocence, comparing it to his rejection Darla's offer of sex and potential soullessness in Dear Boy. Gif set is here.There's lots of interesting discussion beneath the gifs, but the thing that stands out to me the most is the virgin/whore dichotomy. I ( Read more... )