I love this post and the comments herein. We are awesome.
And JMHO - I still struggle to connect with Buffy as a character in the early seasons too. And I was *15* when I started watching the show (so, about same age as S1 Buffy), and still I related far more with S5-7 Buffy. And I still do. But, you know, I am clearly a freakazoid
I also have never seen a logical analysis for why the early seasons are 'better' either. People usually put phrases like 'more enjoyable', 'stronger Scooby friendship', 'B/A 4-EVA' out there, and seem to forget that those are still *subjective opinions*. I could say that Buffy-the-character is more intellectually interesting in the later seasons because of the gender-bending and the fact she's more anti-hero than role model (and the sheer balls of TPTB to have their heroine *clinically depressed* for an entire season), but it still wouldn't give me the right to claim that the later seasons are objectively ~better. That kind of attitude just perpetuates intolerance. Why is that so hard for people to understand?
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And JMHO - I still struggle to connect with Buffy as a character in the early seasons too. And I was *15* when I started watching the show (so, about same age as S1 Buffy), and still I related far more with S5-7 Buffy. And I still do. But, you know, I am clearly a freakazoid
I also have never seen a logical analysis for why the early seasons are 'better' either. People usually put phrases like 'more enjoyable', 'stronger Scooby friendship', 'B/A 4-EVA' out there, and seem to forget that those are still *subjective opinions*. I could say that Buffy-the-character is more intellectually interesting in the later seasons because of the gender-bending and the fact she's more anti-hero than role model (and the sheer balls of TPTB to have their heroine *clinically depressed* for an entire season), but it still wouldn't give me the right to claim that the later seasons are objectively ~better. That kind of attitude just perpetuates intolerance. Why is that so hard for people to understand?
Is it July 4th yet?