And also in a show called "Buffy" the feeling that I was starting not to like Buffy was a big downer, too.
I wonder if there isn't a problem here with the whole hero's journey thing. When the hero starts to be too heroic (with all the good and bad things that involves), we lose touch with them and lose sympathy. They're also not as interesting when they're heroic. I have always loved Arthurian stories, but Arthur himself often isn't as interesting as some of the characters around him. His tragic destiny is very moving, but as a person he can be a bit of a blank. I find him most interesting and human in Rosemary Sutcliff's version, called Sword at Sunset, in which she strives for realism -- Arthur as Dark Ages tribal leader with none of the flowery courtly Camelot stuff.
Series 1-5 provided enough balance between the hero and the human to keep Buffy the character really interesting. In series 6 we got too much desperately flawed humanity and in series 7 too much desperately flawed heroism. Not enough layers. Layers are good. Tony Soprano and Buffy Summers at their best had enough layers to fill an onion.
And Cordelia too. ``Can't I have layers?''
edited because I was being a bit too positive
Snerk.
You know, I feel like I'm one of like, three people on the planet who didn't stop liking Buffy for a moment. The character, that is.
Stop caring about a bunch of the others, but I never stopped liking her.
As a show, however, AtS remains my true love.
Could be, Kassto. I've never thought of it that way before.
You know, I feel like I'm one of like, three people on the planet who didn't stop liking Buffy for a moment. The character, that is.
Me too. Though from the start I never really emotionally bonded with the character the way I did with some others.
In series 6 we got too much desperately flawed humanity
Speaking of which, Thessaly and I are in the process of re-watching Seaon 6 in order, straight through, in big chunks.
We're enjoying it more than we remember doing the first time. Of course, next up is "Wrecked."
Make that four.
Make that five. There was actually a lot going on there that I empathized with.
You know, I feel like I'm one of like, three people on the planet who didn't stop liking Buffy for a moment. The character, that is.
And I would be, number 5 or 6 now.
I'm not one of those "That bitch!" people. But that whole speech-giving groove put me off her character for a few weeks. But I watched that whole thing, 1-7 in about year...it probably changed my perspective.
And now Victor reminds me that in S6 I did feel much more connected to the character than before. Huh. Don't know what that says about me.
