So my icon isn't really appropriate...

[lirazel]

But...

oh. my. god.

My first thought on finishing "Dr. Horrible"?

I knew it.  I knew Joss couldn't write anything (even, apparently, a comedic musical) without killing off a major character.

But I'm still completely in shock.

I mean, here I was, enjoying the heck out of Nathan's horribly smarmy song and his over-the-top grins and seeing David Fury and Marti Noxon playing the newscasters (and how much of a fangirl am I for recognizing writers?) and thinking that Maurisa is totally cute and that I really need a Captain Hammer groupie shirt and laughing at the humor and then--


How could you kill Felicia Day, Joss Whedon?  Have you no soul?


But at the same time, could it have gone any other way?  I mean, seriously?  I now see that it was an origins story, all along--how Dr. Horrible became Dr. Horrible.  And that is awesome and so well-done.  And isn't the thing I've always loved about Joss's work the juxtaposition of humor and pathos that he does better than just about anyone?

Still, I need to think about this, process it for a while, because I'm clearly not being coherent.

Anyone out there with thoughts?

Comments

[caboca.livejournal.com]

Oh, my god.

It was. I've never seen anything by Whedon at all, I've just read his blog and Equality Now! speech and loved them, but like. Oh, my god.

I'll have thoughts later tonight, but like. Erk!

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I know! Isn't it horribly shocking? Welcome to the world of Jossness. These things happen often.

But that's so cool that this is your first real Joss experience! I mean, the Equality Now speech is the height of win, but his shows are amazing.