Hee! I started watching during the first round of reruns before S2, and I had a friend who had to have been hooked into something, because before 'Innocence', she told me that she knew what was going to happen, and I (possessing little to no willpower even then) made her tell me. When I asked how she'd known, she said that she'd found out on the Internet. It boggled me then. My very first spoiler. By the end, I was reading scripts with abandon, then beating myself up for it. Wonderfalls is the only thing I've remained pure for, and it's been a bloody fight.

Wipes tear.

HA! That was my first Buffistas post!

Allyson was funny from the first, then.

Wonderfalls is the only thing I've remained pure for, and it's been a bloody fight.

Hee. I am glad for Tim that the Buffistas (and its predecessors) were around. If he had written for Buffy in the first few seasons I think he would have been a Bronzer. Of course, if Tim had been writing in the earlier years, there would have been a much higher body count.

if Tim had been writing in the earlier years, there would have been a much higher body count.

Tries to imagine. Spontaneously dies.

This essay is not writing itself. I thought that was a shortcut in Word. Apparently not.

I've had this same hope. Unfortunately, the "help" function seems to only be helpful once the essay has actually been written.

t scuffs foot

Stupid software.

I'm so into history. Ima find me the very first Buffista posts and poke around.

There's always the FAQ...

There's always the FAQ...

And the man in the back said, "Listen to the FAQ, and we'll turn it into a Buffista Blitz."

OK, I have no idea why my brain just did that.

Oh, I know, and I've gone through the FAQ. I just like reading old posts. Those kind of snapshots in time always give me the jollies.

I haven't seen so much posted on Minearverse for ages. When I saw the numbers, I almost thought I was looking at Natter! It does my heart good to see it here.

Plus, the background is fascinating. Instead of feeling less a part because the stories don't include me, reading the stories (especially Allyson's "Bible") I feel more a part of buffistas. Which is great, because I am Lilty in that:

I'm sad that I missed out on so many valuable years of Buffy discussion when I could have been there. I mean, I was sitting around in a dorm room, watching all the Buffy my roomie could stomach, trolling around the internet. Did I ever think to put the two together and look around? Nooooo. Of course not. That would have been too clever of me.

The Nilly stories have done the same thing for me. I'm really enjoying having such a positive reaction instead of being uber-jealous. I don't know if this is the community, or me growing as a person, but I think we should each take the credit! t /psycho-babble

I was going to say something about the Bronze, but I think instead I'll just put up a link to this post I made in Bureaucracy this spring about Bronze history and how it's relevant to the Phoenix Board. The ol' brain seemed to be working better back then, and I know I gave it a lot of thought before posting.

oh Matt, that is a thing of beauty.

I am intrigued by the draw of negative attention. I see it in kids. I am not sure why attention of any kind is not equal in value, but it clearly isn't. It makes me think that there has either been a lack of positive attention, so they do not understand it, or that the people they desire attention from the most only reimnforce negative attentiona nd so it becomes their default way of behaving.

I have had long talks with a friend with a Ph.D. in child psychology about it and they are very interesting.