Exactly. "Lessons" functioned the same way for me, although not nearly as well as this - sort of a pleasant if unremarkable lemon sorbet to cleanse the palate after S6. I just enjoyed seeing Buffy smile, and interact with Xander and Dawn, and wonder if Wood would be a potential romantic interest for her. I watched the entire series this year for the first time on Netflix in the span of 3 weeks, so there was no "summer break" to process one season before the next. Which worked in some respects - it was like reading a novel with a single arc, and I think I like things about it that some folks who watched in real time didn't because of how differently it played with the time lags. Or maybe it's just me.
I just feel like those people take their entertainment too seriously.
I've been accused of that myself - the last time was when I gave a critique of the movie "Australia" on a forum I used to belong on. (And which I still stand by.) It often seems to mean "you don't like what I like so you're just wrong!" And I don't want to convey that here, only that I find that my reading/interpretation of much of the series, esp the later season which I love, are very much at odds with other parts of fandom. Especially when it comes to S6 and S7.
And I certainly can get wrapped up in the minutia of the series on some levels - for instance, it fills me with geeky delight when I notice Dawn use the words "forever" and "real" when bespelled in this ep because those are the catch-phrases for bangel and spuffy - but then other things it doesn't occur to me to think about. The thing about Xander causing ten deaths in OMWF makes some people crazy, I just sort of shrugged because it's a musical ep. It's not even operating under the same laws as the rest of the normal Buffyverse canon. the same with very comic eps like this or Beer Bad - different rules.
I guarantee I would be that guy online arguing through message board.
Ha - I take it she keeps you occupied and out of trouble? In my own case, unemployment is not my friend - makes it too easy to waste the hours online.
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Date: 2012-12-12 09:30 pm (UTC)Exactly. "Lessons" functioned the same way for me, although not nearly as well as this - sort of a pleasant if unremarkable lemon sorbet to cleanse the palate after S6. I just enjoyed seeing Buffy smile, and interact with Xander and Dawn, and wonder if Wood would be a potential romantic interest for her. I watched the entire series this year for the first time on Netflix in the span of 3 weeks, so there was no "summer break" to process one season before the next. Which worked in some respects - it was like reading a novel with a single arc, and I think I like things about it that some folks who watched in real time didn't because of how differently it played with the time lags. Or maybe it's just me.
I just feel like those people take their entertainment too seriously.
I've been accused of that myself - the last time was when I gave a critique of the movie "Australia" on a forum I used to belong on. (And which I still stand by.) It often seems to mean "you don't like what I like so you're just wrong!" And I don't want to convey that here, only that I find that my reading/interpretation of much of the series, esp the later season which I love, are very much at odds with other parts of fandom. Especially when it comes to S6 and S7.
And I certainly can get wrapped up in the minutia of the series on some levels - for instance, it fills me with geeky delight when I notice Dawn use the words "forever" and "real" when bespelled in this ep because those are the catch-phrases for bangel and spuffy - but then other things it doesn't occur to me to think about. The thing about Xander causing ten deaths in OMWF makes some people crazy, I just sort of shrugged because it's a musical ep. It's not even operating under the same laws as the rest of the normal Buffyverse canon. the same with very comic eps like this or Beer Bad - different rules.
I guarantee I would be that guy online arguing through message board.
Ha - I take it she keeps you occupied and out of trouble? In my own case, unemployment is not my friend - makes it too easy to waste the hours online.
BTW - Is that a Leslie Knope icon? Most awesome.