*rolls eyes*

[lirazel]

OMG Y'ALL.

Did you know that we as Spuffy/Spike fans have ~superpowers???? That we can render things meaningless for other people? Also did you know that anyone who doesn't think the earlier seasons of BtVS are "better" is automatically "lacking in perspective" about the show?

Because I wasn't aware of this, but I'm so glad that people have informed and enlightened me! I can now fix my perspective to get it in line with....

Oh. Wait. Who decides these things again? They're opinion-based? You mean that no one is actually wrong if they enjoy a different episode of a TV show than I do? Seriously?

CHAOS WILL NOW ENSUE. HOW WILL THE UNIVERSE BEAR UP UNDER SUCH ANARCHY?

*runs and hides*

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_jems_/]

I have such a hard time with season 7. I almost added it to my season 6 statement "season 6-7 has the best emotional arc for Buffy", but I'm not actually sure that's true. I think the intention for it is there, it just got too muddled by the uncertainty of a season 8, the positioning for spin-offs and the behind-the-scenes politicking. Had they finished what they set in motion with season 6, had they made Buffy's emotional journey a stronger thread throughout the season, I think season 7 would have worked much better.

(I often think that the problem with Buffy's emotional arc in season 7 is that they were too scared to tackle the Buffy/Spike thing head on after the AR and the fandom backlash. And since Buffy was so much about him, the writers had to make her less emotionally available to the audience so as not to have to state explicitly what was going on there. I feel like in every other season I know exactly what's going on with Buffy emotionally, but in season 7 it's mostly just conjecture on my part.)

[elisi]

Oh there are definitely *problems* with S7, but if I had to choose only one season? That'd be the one. Partly, I recently realised, because that way I'd get all the others too, what with all the back story that's tied into everything.

So, despite all the things that were mismanaged, I still love it best. :)

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

(I often think that the problem with Buffy's emotional arc in season 7 is that they were too scared to tackle the Buffy/Spike thing head on after the AR and the fandom backlash. And since Buffy was so much about him, the writers had to make her less emotionally available to the audience so as not to have to state explicitly what was going on there. I feel like in every other season I know exactly what's going on with Buffy emotionally, but in season 7 it's mostly just conjecture on my part.)

This is so insightful and, I think, so true.