The Animal Family*, BtVS, life lesson
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oiranExciting day at the vet's office. My dog is officially fat! And I'm adopting a pair of "orphan" parakeets. Which means I'll be spamming you with photos of every single pet sooner rather than later. This will bring us up to five birds and proves I do have a maternal instinct, although it's not stimulated at all by my own species.
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So we're watching S5 Buffy, and...fuck: more Riley. He's nice. He loves Buffy. He's stubborn and has a bit of a temper, but nothing relationship-damaging. He looks like Howdy Doody (with really nice arms), but that's not necessarily terrible. Still, I hate him. I feel bad about it, but I keep hoping he'll DIE, DIE, DIE. I know enough about the future of the show and upcoming relationships that I'm aware he will vacate the boyfriend position eventually, but it can't be soon enough for me. Riley is making me gleefully anticipate proof of the adage "nice guys finish last." Why does this character vex and annoy me so? Well, I do have some theories, but I'm resisting letting Riley take over my brain even temporarily. I resent his very existence. When Riley episodes were airing, did people mostly love or hate him? FWIW, Mr. Glove hates him, too.
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Life lesson: Pride goeth before a fall. Sprinkle hubris on top. And impatience...aaaaand a little more. Ignore for awhile, then serve cold.
I am of the opinion that more things should "goeth," rather than just "go." It's jauntier, somehow.
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*the title of a book by Randall Jarrell, which I read as a child and continue to hold onto as an example of perfection on a number of fronts
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So we're watching S5 Buffy, and...fuck: more Riley. He's nice. He loves Buffy. He's stubborn and has a bit of a temper, but nothing relationship-damaging. He looks like Howdy Doody (with really nice arms), but that's not necessarily terrible. Still, I hate him. I feel bad about it, but I keep hoping he'll DIE, DIE, DIE. I know enough about the future of the show and upcoming relationships that I'm aware he will vacate the boyfriend position eventually, but it can't be soon enough for me. Riley is making me gleefully anticipate proof of the adage "nice guys finish last." Why does this character vex and annoy me so? Well, I do have some theories, but I'm resisting letting Riley take over my brain even temporarily. I resent his very existence. When Riley episodes were airing, did people mostly love or hate him? FWIW, Mr. Glove hates him, too.
~~~
Life lesson: Pride goeth before a fall. Sprinkle hubris on top. And impatience...aaaaand a little more. Ignore for awhile, then serve cold.
I am of the opinion that more things should "goeth," rather than just "go." It's jauntier, somehow.
~~~
*the title of a book by Randall Jarrell, which I read as a child and continue to hold onto as an example of perfection on a number of fronts
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Date: 2004-02-09 07:54 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-09 08:12 pm (UTC)Buffy/Angel passed quickly for me, since I was watching it in huge chunks of DVD-viewing. It seemed like an important thing for Buffy while it was going on, but...not that important later. Like most first loves. It doesn't seem like the show dwells on the relationship that much, but I think that is probably partly due to the speed at which we're seeing the episodes.
I started watching Angel only this season, as we were midway through the DVDs of Buffy and I needed more Jossverse. I am enjoying the season thoroughly, so it's very amusing to me to see people complaining about how Angel sucks now.
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Date: 2004-02-10 12:25 am (UTC)And even if you didn't believe that Spike and Buffy would eventually happen, the show was always comparing Spike and Riley. And generally Spike came out looking better.
It doesn't seem like the show dwells on the relationship that much, but I think that is probably partly due to the speed at which we're seeing the episodes.
That's interesting, I wonder if was just fandom that was so obsessed with it. Or that I lingered on it too much since I was repulsed by it (by the end of season 2 the Buffy/Angel love theme literally made me nauseous). And then of course when I got my Buffy/Spike wish, I was living with a hardcore Buffy/Angel shipper so would never hear the end of it. Then again, long after all the other original ships were gone never to be mentioned again, Buffy/Angel stuff would crop up in the oddest places.
I am enjoying the season thoroughly, so it's very amusing to me to see people complaining about how Angel sucks now.
That's kind of how I feel about season 6 Buffy. All I heard on the boards was whining about how bad it was and I enjoyed it quite a bit.