Buffy...finally...

 Y’all…Buffy.

Oh, yes.  That’s right.  I’ve finally started watching what Nathaniel calls the greatest show of all times.  And I’m positively giddy with love for it. 

Season 1 was, let’s face it, pretty bad.  Very B-movie and somewhat cheesy—fun, but not great.  The emotional resonance that Joss puts such stock in wasn’t really showing yet.

I liked the characters, though.  Giles is so perfectly British, right from the beginning, that there was no way I was going to not love him with all my heart.  Xander is absolutely the typical high school guy, and never fails to make me laugh.  And I felt a lot of kinship with Willow in the first season—I’m a bookworm, not a computer geek, but it all evens out to the same thing in the end.  And shock of shocks, I actually like Buffy.  A lot.  I tend to be a bigger fan of the sidekicks than I usually am of the heroes, but even though Buffy and I have very, very little in common, I really felt for her, even when she was making mistakes. 

But when I finished that first season, I wasn’t really sure how I felt about it.  I mean, yeah, it was fun, but I don’t feel that deep of a connection with it.

Two weeks later, and I realized how much it’s sucked me in and I was dying waiting to see the next season. 

So a facebook message to a friend I know has every season and then I have Season 2 in my hands and I realize this show is mind-blowing.

Really.  Season 2 keeps the fun and the pop culture references and the snark (oh, snark.  How I love thee) but adds real problems and moral dilemmas and heartbreaks.  I bawled my eyes out in at least two episodes. 

So I know all of you have probably been fans for years, but I thought I’d still share what I’m loving about the show.  I’ve gotten a couple of episodes into Season 3, but I think I’ll just keep this about the first two seasons for now.  More forthcoming.

( my favorite things )

 

Yeah.  Love all over the place!

Buffy...finally...

 Y’all…Buffy.

Oh, yes.  That’s right.  I’ve finally started watching what Nathaniel calls the greatest show of all times.  And I’m positively giddy with love for it. 

Season 1 was, let’s face it, pretty bad.  Very B-movie and somewhat cheesy—fun, but not great.  The emotional resonance that Joss puts such stock in wasn’t really showing yet.

I liked the characters, though.  Giles is so perfectly British, right from the beginning, that there was no way I was going to not love him with all my heart.  Xander is absolutely the typical high school guy, and never fails to make me laugh.  And I felt a lot of kinship with Willow in the first season—I’m a bookworm, not a computer geek, but it all evens out to the same thing in the end.  And shock of shocks, I actually like Buffy.  A lot.  I tend to be a bigger fan of the sidekicks than I usually am of the heroes, but even though Buffy and I have very, very little in common, I really felt for her, even when she was making mistakes. 

But when I finished that first season, I wasn’t really sure how I felt about it.  I mean, yeah, it was fun, but I don’t feel that deep of a connection with it.

Two weeks later, and I realized how much it’s sucked me in and I was dying waiting to see the next season. 

So a facebook message to a friend I know has every season and then I have Season 2 in my hands and I realize this show is mind-blowing.

Really.  Season 2 keeps the fun and the pop culture references and the snark (oh, snark.  How I love thee) but adds real problems and moral dilemmas and heartbreaks.  I bawled my eyes out in at least two episodes. 

So I know all of you have probably been fans for years, but I thought I’d still share what I’m loving about the show.  I’ve gotten a couple of episodes into Season 3, but I think I’ll just keep this about the first two seasons for now.  More forthcoming.

( my favorite things )

 

Yeah.  Love all over the place!