...because God knows you need some satisfaction in life besides shagging Captain Cardboard! And I never really liked you anyway. And you have stupid hair!

Spike ,'Selfless'


Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!

Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.


Jessica - Aug 08, 2005 3:31:29 am PDT #1710 of 10458
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Connor is just a WEE MISUNDERSTOOD WOOBIEMAN!

Plei is me.


Anne W. - Aug 08, 2005 3:45:20 am PDT #1711 of 10458
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

My blind spot has a definite Giles-ish shape to it.


Nora Deirdre - Aug 08, 2005 3:46:39 am PDT #1712 of 10458
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

what is there about Giles that needs to be blindspot, hmmm??

Er, that is to say, me too.


Topic!Cindy - Aug 08, 2005 3:56:28 am PDT #1713 of 10458
What is even happening?

Heh. I was going to mention Giles, except that I don't think there's anything that needs to be blindspotted where Giles is concerned.

Okay, my own words convict me. I would like to know though, what about Giles needs overlooking [in the way we have to overlook Willow's self-centeredness; Xander's self-righteousness; or Buffy's [whatever it is, I know she's my blindspot)]?


DebetEsse - Aug 08, 2005 4:00:41 am PDT #1714 of 10458
Woe to the fucking wicked.

I think (and this is before S6, where the meta just overwhelms the character) that most of Giles' faults are of either the over-protectiveness or the thinking-he-knows-what's-best-being-the-Watcher-and-all variety, so...hmm...failing to trust the kids, at times, maybe?


Topic!Cindy - Aug 08, 2005 4:02:00 am PDT #1715 of 10458
What is even happening?

cereal--Raq asked:

So, playing the role of Perkins, which Buffyverse chacter do fans have the biggest blindspot for? Or, which character do you, dear Reader, have a blindspot for?

I still want to hear more answers on this, but I'm also wondering, which character is everyone's anti-blindspot. That is, which one do you see (and you don't have to hate the character, you can even love the character) and think, "Oh sorry, but you don't fool me?" I guess my anti-blindspot characters are Willow and Jenny, and I've gone on about why enough, already.

Also, if you have an anti-blindspot character, do you maybe see something in that character that maps to someone you know in real life (or even yourself)?


DebetEsse - Aug 08, 2005 4:10:13 am PDT #1716 of 10458
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Giles is, on Buffy, my blindspot. The closest thing I have, on Angel, is probably Lorne.

Anti-blind spot--Andrew, for late season Buffy. Probably Buffy herself, a lot (She did make me say, "The Hell?" pretty regularly). On Angel, I'd have to go with Connor, I think.


-t - Aug 08, 2005 5:44:06 am PDT #1717 of 10458
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Classic fandom? Willow.

Post-modern fandom? Spike.

What do you mean by those distinctions, Cindy?

I guess my blind spot would have to be Angel shaped, because I still have trouble with the idea that locking Holling etc. in with Darla & Dru was more than a little bad.

I'm probably not insightful enough to have an anti-blindspot. They all take me in to some degree.


DebetEsse - Aug 08, 2005 5:50:48 am PDT #1718 of 10458
Woe to the fucking wicked.

I guess I'm with you, -t, beacuse, me, neither. I mean, they were actively eeeevil . I mean, I know, human, but still, not all that bad


brenda m - Aug 08, 2005 5:55:48 am PDT #1719 of 10458
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I can tell, as if I couldn't already, that my blind spot is Xander shaped, because my anti-blindspots mostly have to do with actions on the part of other characters directed against him.