This bit was an interesting take:

An audience member talked about how one of the show’s writers said that the loss of the female characters on “Angel” was about the hole it left in men’s lives along with a loss of hope. That “Angel” was never about the empowerment of women but rather about the fragmented images of masculinity.

Huh. Something to chew on.

That's interesting, Victor. And also lovely.

I just read that the WB is shutting down its Angel board. Though it's a chatspeaky nonsensical place, I'm always sad when fans lose a board. It's like having your neighborhood pub bulldozed in the middle of the night.

Huh. Something to chew on.

I was just looking to post that bit. Very interesting.

I just read that the WB is shutting down its Angel board. Though it's a chatspeaky nonsensical place, I'm always sad when fans lose a board. It's like having your neighborhood pub bulldozed in the middle of the night.

Not like we don't have the scars. Never went to the Angel board, but that gave me the Bronze twinge just the same.

Huh. I didn't even realize the WB had a board for the show. Did any Bronze refugees end up there after they deep-sixed the official Buffy board?

I'm not sure, Matt. The threaded board went to a homemade board like the linear did.

Mostly, peeps went to LJ or the Camp if not the Beta.

Not like we don't have the scars.

My back got up a bit. They notified them of the closure. The Bronzers got no such warning, we knew because Apollo put word out through the fans.

Bastards were going to pull the plug without telling us.

Bastards were going to pull the plug without telling us.

Yeah, I got that. On the one hand, bastards (and thank goodness for Apollo -- I got to post on the last day), on the other hand, it is gratifying that they fear the wrath.

Is it just me, or does this PSA belong in Smile Time?

Yeah. They're so talking about human brains. And they're using reverse psychology.

Yeeps. Much heart-ma to Andy Hallett.