LOL Sorry about that, I was extra braindead yesterday:
Connor. I guess since you had to wait for that, I should expound. LOL. I liked the profound change that having an impossible child wrought on my favorite character's life. I mean, not that he didn't have ENOUGH problems and complications, but throwing a child into the mix changed everything. No matter what else was going on in his universe, there was one thing more important than anything else, even saving the world.
Now, this isn't to say that the execution was perfect, or even particularly good a lot of the time. But a lot of people were opposed to the very idea of Connor throughout his arc, while I really liked the concept. And when it worked in the story, it really worked.
Thank you! And you know, I mostly agree with you on the Connor thing. I absolutely *hated* it when Darla turned up at the end of "Heartthrob"; I couldn't believe they wrote a pregnancy storyline. I thought it was such a waste. But in the end, that storyline, along with the machinations of Holtz and the later decision that Wesley made, were what kept me watching that season. Also, Lilah was pretty damn evil that year.
Because I positively loathed the budding Angel/Cordelia romance. It felt forced to me. The episode where Fred kept saying "Kye-rumption" was the worst. I was glad it kept getting derailed.
It's like I always say -- there are a number of ways they *might* have gotten me to buy a C/A romance. None of them were the way they did it. It was seriously like one day, they were awesome, a family in a truly deep brother/sister sense, then all of a sudden freaking FRED and LORNE TOLD THEM they were in love, and bam! It must be true, right?
I'm really confused about the Irish thing, too. It's not stopping me from watching obsessively or anything, but ... I don't get it. Who, in Ireland, is a good guy? Is *anyone*, or are the Sons walking into an international ambush? Re the baby, as far as I can figure, Abel is a pawn of opportunity, right?
I loved it when the hospital admin smacked the crap out of Tara. Actually, I liked all the crap-smacking-out-ofs in this ep. heh
Luckily, I'm used to being confused by really good entertainment, so no worries on that front.
I honestly do not get the whole interaction between the IRA, the priest, the Irish Sons, and John's Irish Baby Mama. I know, all will be revealed in time, but right now I'm all, "buh?"
I loved the whole Gemma escape thing. I totally didn't see it coming, for one. And yeah, it's so neat that I think the admin REALLY either respects Tara or is REALLY damn determined to keep her for the hospital.
something you hated that most people liked: Giving Spike a soul.
I think a case could be made to show you that there are about as many people who hated it as loved it, including some Spike fans.
I didn't actually *hate* that he got a soul, I just hated that as a result, the point of season 7 was all about him, to the detriment of Buffy, the SG and every other relationship Buffy had with anyone not named Spike. Joss was so concerned with the idea of redeeming someone from attempted rape that he failed to realize the problems inherent in making that storyline ABOUT the attempted rapist.
I think I read a discussion about that yesterday somewhere -- how depending on where you hang out in fandom can effect how you perceive how fandom at large likes or dislikes stuff. So you're probably right. ;) It still just feels to me like "everybody" is glad for the Spike Soul because that excuses everything he did before and he can be their perfect Woobie who everybody else is so mean and evil for beating up.
Not that I'm bitter.
I hate the soul. I think it stripped Spike of what made him interesting -- the fact that he was at least amoral and at worst, downright evil, and yet he did good, developed attachments (if we can't say "love") etc. without a soul. I would have been ALOT more interested in season 7 if he had gotten the chip out, and yet struggled with the urge to do good vs. do evil. It would have been profound, and Buffy could have rejected him outright and maybe slowly learned to be FRIENDS at a later point.
Rather than the offensive and embarrassing BS we got. ;)
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Connor. I guess since you had to wait for that, I should expound. LOL. I liked the profound change that having an impossible child wrought on my favorite character's life. I mean, not that he didn't have ENOUGH problems and complications, but throwing a child into the mix changed everything. No matter what else was going on in his universe, there was one thing more important than anything else, even saving the world.
Now, this isn't to say that the execution was perfect, or even particularly good a lot of the time. But a lot of people were opposed to the very idea of Connor throughout his arc, while I really liked the concept. And when it worked in the story, it really worked.
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Because I positively loathed the budding Angel/Cordelia romance. It felt forced to me. The episode where Fred kept saying "Kye-rumption" was the worst. I was glad it kept getting derailed.
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Oy.
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I loved it when the hospital admin smacked the crap out of Tara. Actually, I liked all the crap-smacking-out-ofs in this ep. heh
Appointment TV.
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I honestly do not get the whole interaction between the IRA, the priest, the Irish Sons, and John's Irish Baby Mama. I know, all will be revealed in time, but right now I'm all, "buh?"
I loved the whole Gemma escape thing. I totally didn't see it coming, for one. And yeah, it's so neat that I think the admin REALLY either respects Tara or is REALLY damn determined to keep her for the hospital.
Good times!
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I think a case could be made to show you that there are about as many people who hated it as loved it, including some Spike fans.
I didn't actually *hate* that he got a soul, I just hated that as a result, the point of season 7 was all about him, to the detriment of Buffy, the SG and every other relationship Buffy had with anyone not named Spike. Joss was so concerned with the idea of redeeming someone from attempted rape that he failed to realize the problems inherent in making that storyline ABOUT the attempted rapist.
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Not that I'm bitter.
I hate the soul. I think it stripped Spike of what made him interesting -- the fact that he was at least amoral and at worst, downright evil, and yet he did good, developed attachments (if we can't say "love") etc. without a soul. I would have been ALOT more interested in season 7 if he had gotten the chip out, and yet struggled with the urge to do good vs. do evil. It would have been profound, and Buffy could have rejected him outright and maybe slowly learned to be FRIENDS at a later point.
Rather than the offensive and embarrassing BS we got. ;)
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