I'm not sure when "buffista" became a universal term, but I know Ellis is hardly the first to use it that way.
Really? I mean, aside from the guy at WhedonesqueFireflyfans?
Can we maybe vote on the whole murdering people issue?
Wash ,'Serenity'
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.
bon bon - May 25, 2006 8:38:17 am PDT #2999 of 10464
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
-t - May 25, 2006 8:39:38 am PDT #3000 of 10464
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I can't figure any rational reason for it at all.
Because it's our word for us, and he's using it to mean something else?
Maybe not strictly rational, but understandable.
Frankenbuddha - May 25, 2006 8:45:39 am PDT #3001 of 10464
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
aside from the guy
Well it struck me as odd when he used it that way, but it didn't strike me as unprecedented. I could be misremembering.
Vortex - May 25, 2006 8:57:08 am PDT #3002 of 10464
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Or maybe you're less, because you're rejecting Joss-approved works in the universe.
that raises an interesting question -- if the creator creates an AU, is that canon or no? or is it new canon? or is it "comic book canon"? hmmmmmmm
And the original vision may just be the movie.
nah. Joss said that the movie wasn't true to his original vision
(umm, you know that I'm just playing devil's advocate because I'm bored, right? I don't really care)
Jessica - May 25, 2006 8:59:51 am PDT #3003 of 10464
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've seen "buffista" used in print (to mean generic Buffy fan) more than once.
Cass - May 25, 2006 9:01:33 am PDT #3004 of 10464
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Which is disturbing the fuck out of me as well.A world of ewww and nooooooo!
Vortex - May 25, 2006 9:04:32 am PDT #3005 of 10464
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
damn, we should have trademarked. I mean, we were using buffista as early as 1997 or 98
Strega - May 25, 2006 9:14:02 am PDT #3006 of 10464
Yeah, I see it used as a term for Buffy fans in general from time to time. I know it was at TeeVee.org recently. And Google turns up "Buffista" on Usenet back in 1998.
bon bon - May 25, 2006 9:24:21 am PDT #3007 of 10464
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I know someone else had buffista.com at some point; I express surprise that it's frequently used in another context just because we seem to have this conversation whenever it happens.
Topic!Cindy - May 25, 2006 9:26:18 am PDT #3008 of 10464
What is even happening?
I knew the term "Buffistas" long before I knew about The Buffistas. In fact, there were no "Buffistas" when the term was first applied to the TT Buffy thread at Salon, right?