30 days of Buffy meme: episode you like that everyone else hates
Day 1: Favorite Season
Day 2: Favorite Episode
Day 3: Favorite Song Used In An Episode
Day 4: Favorite Female Character
Day 5: Least Favorite Female Character
Day 6: Favorite Male Character
Day 7: Least Favorite Male Character
Day 8: Favorite Friendship
Day 9: Favorite Romance
Day 10: Least Favorite Season
Day 11: Least Favorite Romance
Day 12: Least Favorite Episode
Day 13: Favorite Potential Slayer
Day 14: Favorite Female Villain
Day 15: Favorite Male Villain
Day 16: Episode You Like That Everyone Else Hates
While "Living Conditions" isn't exactly on the top of anybody's hate-list, I've seen it listed quite a few times on lists of "Worst Episodes of Buffy Ever" so I figure I'd give it a little plug. Season Four of Buffy started off pretty much mirroring my freshman year of college which was a little creepy and touching and far too close to home all at once. "Living Conditions" is one of the episodes that made me glad that I actually hadn't watched Buffy until after I had graduated from undergrad. I was already delusional enough as a freshman and living in fictions I had created in my head so that I could escape from the reality of my situation. I had a roommate (and six suitemates) from hell. Showing me a soul-sucking roommate from hell literally probably would have sent me over the metaphorical edge. The metaphors for life just remain so perfect, so subtle, and so blatant all at once that the show seriously sucks you in and never lets you go. People who hate this episode either never went to college or lived with friends and/or people they could tolerate. Because, soul-sucking demon roommate? That's another thing to check off the list of "How Buffy is My Life on Television." And she did it six or seven years before I did.
(Caps, again, are by Emma-Jane.)
Day 17: Character You Relate To The Most
Day 18: Character Who Didn’t Get Enough Screen Time
Day 19: Character You Like That Everyone Else Hates
Day 20: Best Spike-centric Episode
Day 21: Best Willow-centric Episode
Day 22: Best Xander-centric Episode
Day 23: Two Characters You Wanted To Get Together That Never Did
Day 24: Favorite Example of 90s Special Effects
Day 25: Favorite Buffyverse Saying
Day 26: Favorite Scooby Moment
Day 27: Cutest Moment
Day 28: Character You Love To Hate
Day 29: Episode You Hate That Everyone Else Loves
Day 30: What You Think Made Buffy So Great
Day 2: Favorite Episode
Day 3: Favorite Song Used In An Episode
Day 4: Favorite Female Character
Day 5: Least Favorite Female Character
Day 6: Favorite Male Character
Day 7: Least Favorite Male Character
Day 8: Favorite Friendship
Day 9: Favorite Romance
Day 10: Least Favorite Season
Day 11: Least Favorite Romance
Day 12: Least Favorite Episode
Day 13: Favorite Potential Slayer
Day 14: Favorite Female Villain
Day 15: Favorite Male Villain
Day 16: Episode You Like That Everyone Else Hates
While "Living Conditions" isn't exactly on the top of anybody's hate-list, I've seen it listed quite a few times on lists of "Worst Episodes of Buffy Ever" so I figure I'd give it a little plug. Season Four of Buffy started off pretty much mirroring my freshman year of college which was a little creepy and touching and far too close to home all at once. "Living Conditions" is one of the episodes that made me glad that I actually hadn't watched Buffy until after I had graduated from undergrad. I was already delusional enough as a freshman and living in fictions I had created in my head so that I could escape from the reality of my situation. I had a roommate (and six suitemates) from hell. Showing me a soul-sucking roommate from hell literally probably would have sent me over the metaphorical edge. The metaphors for life just remain so perfect, so subtle, and so blatant all at once that the show seriously sucks you in and never lets you go. People who hate this episode either never went to college or lived with friends and/or people they could tolerate. Because, soul-sucking demon roommate? That's another thing to check off the list of "How Buffy is My Life on Television." And she did it six or seven years before I did.
(Caps, again, are by Emma-Jane.)
Day 17: Character You Relate To The Most
Day 18: Character Who Didn’t Get Enough Screen Time
Day 19: Character You Like That Everyone Else Hates
Day 20: Best Spike-centric Episode
Day 21: Best Willow-centric Episode
Day 22: Best Xander-centric Episode
Day 23: Two Characters You Wanted To Get Together That Never Did
Day 24: Favorite Example of 90s Special Effects
Day 25: Favorite Buffyverse Saying
Day 26: Favorite Scooby Moment
Day 27: Cutest Moment
Day 28: Character You Love To Hate
Day 29: Episode You Hate That Everyone Else Loves
Day 30: What You Think Made Buffy So Great