huh.

[crankylex]

It's funny. I haven't watched BtVS since it was on the WB. Remember 'New Tuesday'? Heee.

I turned the channel when I did because watching it had become a chore. It was no longer something I enjoyed, it was something I felt I had to do. And quite frankly, I already had quite a few of those things in my life.

So I stopped watching. Both shows.

A few weeks ago, when Faith returned to AtS, I turned it back on, because even my utter disenchantment with the Buffyverse couldn't prevent me from ogling Eliza Dushku in leather.

And I was excited again. I gasped and screamed and pounded the floor. Faith and Angelus. Two of my favorite characters of all time, together.

It made me happy. It was a brief happy, but it was a happy nonetheless.

JAG was a repeat tonight, and since I didn't particularly care for the ep the first time around, I fished around for something to watch. I clicked past my local UPN station and said, "Self, you're going to have to watch Buffy when Faith shows up, so you might as well get used to it."

So I watched it.

I don't know what I was expecting to see. My obsession with Things BtVS lasted for several years, and no matter what, the episodes had an emotional significance to me.

Tonight, I watched a tv show.

Just a tv show.

Truth be told, it kind of bored me. I did like the scenes with Vamp!William and Scary!Touchy!Vamp!Mom, but overall, I was left with a big fat yawn.

I checked out of the Buffyverse before B/S started in any conventional sense. I liked B/S in a purely sexual, unconventional way. The whining, slouching, overwrought 'conventional' B/S I saw tonight?

Bo-ring.

"But...but...he has a SOUL. We can't kill him, because he has a soul."

Seems to me she used that argument to save one boyfriend already. I think that's probably a one time only get out of jail free card.

After the end of the ep, pretty much the only feeling I was left with was a pervading sense of, "Whatever."

I guess absence didn't make the heart grow fonder after all.

Comments

[kita0610.livejournal.com]

Angel rocks out loud this season.

I dunno WTF they're doing over on Buffy, but I wanna smack everyone concerned.

[smithereen.livejournal.com]

First of all. I'm so with you on the disenchantment. I *wish* I had turned it off when it switched networks because then I could have spared myself last season. By the time season 6 ended, I'd gone from crying depression, to blasting hate, to a sort of tense weariness. Ugh. And I turned the TV off because I was sick of torturing myself for a show that wasn't even remotely good anymore (imo).

Watching the Faith episodes of Angel was the first time I'd watched either show this season, and I didn't really feel any of the old excitement. I did like Faith, and I find darkWes sort of interesting, and there were some funny bits. And I did enjoy the third ep more than the others (the puppy...hee), but overall it definitely felt like just a tv show to me. Although, being able to even enjoy it as a tv show instead of being crushed by hate or depression is a huge step up from last season *g*

I had taped tonight's Buffy ep cause I didn't know when Faith's episodes started, but now that I've read your take, I can tape over it without watching. And it's a relief, honestly, to not watch it. Because I really don't want to know what's happening on the show. I plan to watch the Faith eps and the finale out of respect for what the show used to be, and what it used to mean to me. Although I expect it will only make me sad and maybe angry again to be reminded what it has become.

gah! Look what STILL happens every time I talk about Buffy, even if I'm just talking about how much is upsets me, I can't SHUT UP! *g*

[indiefic.livejournal.com]

After the end of the ep, pretty much the only feeling I was left with was a pervading sense of, "Whatever."</>

Oh, dude, yes. What you said. And honestly, I thought the start of this season was so strong, like season 1-3 strong ... and now. Ugh. Just so fucking lame I want to spork out my own eyes.