the character i least understand: It's embarrassing because so many people FEEEEL him but I don't get Spike. First, I think I have a general distance from vampires or any being that's lived for hundreds of years and expects imortality. It's a zone of experience that I don't get. With Spike and Angel, it gets even more complicated with the Shanshu. I see them enjoying the hell out of the benefits of of being a vampire and having tremendous survival instincts at all time. However sometimes when the Shanshu or Buffy comes up, we're supposed to turn off our memories of them enjoying being a vampire to view their vampirism as the saddest and most horrible curse and root for them to become human as a reward???? To some extent, it's easier with Angel because this is the kind of "feel sorry for me until I unexpectedly use my superstrength to break your neck" con that Angel runs
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one thing i dislike about my fave character: I want to do one of those cop-out "actually a compliment" job-interview phoney things and say that I'm disappointed that Willow doesn't stand up for herself enough and in a way that I'd like to see when other characters are trying to take her down for being reckless or a baddie or somehow getting above herself. BECAUSE THE STRUGGLE IS REAL. It's a phoney compliment but it's also genuinely indicative that I think Willow's moral instincts have merit but actually, she doesn't think through all of the merits of her actions enough to articulate it. This can contribute to how she gets things genuinely completely and utterly wrong when her instincts aren't on point because of a temper tantrum or too strong a motive to be bad. She has warm and fuzzy morals a lot of the time, but disappointingly unsophisticated ethics relative to her genius brain power.
one thing i like about my hated character: If you look to the comics, Andrew's technically been on Team Good longer than I anticipated.a quote or
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Oh God, Anya's death is actually traumatizing to me? It feels like a proper "battle death". Those things you read in History books where the soldiers just blink and die or the Emperors are stabbed in the back by the pretorians or something. I found utterly heartbreaking Xander not seeing her body (Really, such a proper battle death! I'm impressed)
Of course, she was 1000+ so she lived her life. But still.
Instead I don't care about Jenny Calendar. I'm sorry, but just the whole technopagan stuff ... I'm lost XD
the character i least understand: I don't know! I feel like I understand everyone! Maybe not perfectly- I'm sure there's depths that I haven't pondered because I don't think I've thought about this series as deeply as it deserves based on its quality. However, all of these characters' are very accessible to me. I guess the closest is that I'm always wrong-footed that Veronica is a ditzy floozy on the surface because she's played by the incredibly sharp-sounding Stockard Channing who just oozes gravitas.
interactions i enjoyed the most: Diane/everyone. Seriously, she has on-point interactions with Will, Alicia, Carey, David Lee, and it's rewarding when she gets to interact with characters in other zones- Peter Florrick. Also Carey/Alicia, Alicia/Peter, and I've always liked the subtle VERY unspoken history between Will and Kalinda. Also Kalinda/Alicia and Kalinda/Carey. OOOH, and Eli and his daughter and Alicia/Lemond Bishop to include non-core cast members
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one thing i dislike about my fave character: THIS IS SO HARD. I mean, I know Diane has technical flaws and corruptions but she's such a class act. Like I said when kikimay answered this meme, Diane is sort of an entitled second-wave feminist but it's hard to hate on her for when she actually shattered the glass ceiling herself with her own perfect coiffed head.
I don't want to say that Diane is *arrogant* and even *self-righteous* feels wrong. *Careless* or *naive* really feels wrong but there's some other combination of those three concepts to reflect how much Diane is caught-off guard by other partners' schemes against her or people who don't take kindly to how she plays both sides of the fence (like her liberal friends hating her devil's advocate work for conservative Dipple). I mean, Diane manages to swim through it but there's some vibe that she thinks she's so clearly on the side of good balanced with pragmatism that no one could dream of having a problem with her or no woman could dream of not wanting her for a mentor.
Especially on Diane. I mean, of course she makes compromises and do some questionable things. But in an adult, imperfect, corrupt world, what do you expect? I think she's far more balanced and "fair" than Alicia and, in the end, she has a strong moral core despite power struggles. I just super-admire her and haters gonna hate. *Diane squad*
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the character i least understand: It's embarrassing because so many people FEEEEL him but I don't get Spike. First, I think I have a general distance from vampires or any being that's lived for hundreds of years and expects imortality. It's a zone of experience that I don't get. With Spike and Angel, it gets even more complicated with the Shanshu. I see them enjoying the hell out of the benefits of of being a vampire and having tremendous survival instincts at all time. However sometimes when the Shanshu or Buffy comes up, we're supposed to turn off our memories of them enjoying being a vampire to view their vampirism as the saddest and most horrible curse and root for them to become human as a reward???? To some extent, it's easier with Angel because this is the kind of "feel sorry for me until I unexpectedly use my superstrength to break your neck" con that Angel runs ( ... )
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one thing i like about my hated character: If you look to the comics, Andrew's technically been on Team Good longer than I anticipated.a quote or ( ... )
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Of course, she was 1000+ so she lived her life. But still.
Instead I don't care about Jenny Calendar. I'm sorry, but just the whole technopagan stuff ... I'm lost XD
Yay on Buffy/Willow. SO MUCH POTENTIAL TBH.
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interactions i enjoyed the most: Diane/everyone. Seriously, she has on-point interactions with Will, Alicia, Carey, David Lee, and it's rewarding when she gets to interact with characters in other zones- Peter Florrick. Also Carey/Alicia, Alicia/Peter, and I've always liked the subtle VERY unspoken history between Will and Kalinda. Also Kalinda/Alicia and Kalinda/Carey. OOOH, and Eli and his daughter and Alicia/Lemond Bishop to include non-core cast members ( ... )
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I don't want to say that Diane is *arrogant* and even *self-righteous* feels wrong. *Careless* or *naive* really feels wrong but there's some other combination of those three concepts to reflect how much Diane is caught-off guard by other partners' schemes against her or people who don't take kindly to how she plays both sides of the fence (like her liberal friends hating her devil's advocate work for conservative Dipple). I mean, Diane manages to swim through it but there's some vibe that she thinks she's so clearly on the side of good balanced with pragmatism that no one could dream of having a problem with her or no woman could dream of not wanting her for a mentor.
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Especially on Diane. I mean, of course she makes compromises and do some questionable things. But in an adult, imperfect, corrupt world, what do you expect? I think she's far more balanced and "fair" than Alicia and, in the end, she has a strong moral core despite power struggles. I just super-admire her and haters gonna hate. *Diane squad*
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