I think for many of us, Riley was the boyfriend we didn't appreciate until he was gone and we moved on to ... other things ... which made us appreciate Riley. But too late. Now we look back on him with fondness, as of the boy next door, but we don't want him to come back and be our boyfriend again. We just appreciate him for what he was, when he was.
I think, too, watching the DVDs is like cheating because you can mainline the seasons instead of feeling the pain spread out over 9 months like in real time LOL. So you don't have the same amount of time to love, hate, or otherwise feel for the characters and situations.
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Date: 2004-02-09 06:39 pm (UTC)I think, too, watching the DVDs is like cheating because you can mainline the seasons instead of feeling the pain spread out over 9 months like in real time LOL. So you don't have the same amount of time to love, hate, or otherwise feel for the characters and situations.