ellie: we need to become more than just movie lovers. we need to be real lovers.
me: oh ho ho, do not taunt me, demon lover. you turned me down once, don’t think i will succumb to you again. especially now when you’re 5 months pregnant with another’s child. i know when i’ve been one-upped in the contest of seed implantation. do not think to practice your rounded belly wiles on me.
* this title derives from the episode of buffy the vampire slayer (#6, season 4) where oz leaves. on the commentary done by joss, marti, and seth, joss says that line because after oz leaves the show willow turns gay. it was bizarre listening to the commentary which was recorded at the end of the 6th season because #1 seth doesn’t even watch the show anymore, and #2 joss and marti were disturbed watching willow be straight.
at the moment my life revolves around picking which television show to watch an episode of next. i’ve currently got going on: buffy, angel, family guy third season, cowboy bebop, and 12 kokuki. this is a lot of television on dvd. watching buffy all at once is weird because before the amount of time between episodes made everything seem more compelling. it’s still mesmerizing but i react to it in a completely different way than i did when it was actually airing. except for the second season which i watched entirely on tape during school holidays anyway.
the thing is that in the early years the whole tragic buffy/angel relationship was a lot more fraught with desire and tension and pathos. now it’s just like angel can’t act other than like a dumb stone with no facial expressions. and riley! i actually am finding myself liking riley now, whereas before i hated his guts because he was replacing angel. i’m terrified of getting to the season where dawn comes. what if i start liking HER next? my whole world is crumbling. admittedly my whole world is centered on the inanities of one tv show–it’s not much of an existence but it’s all i’ve got.
what did u think of angel season 2 (i never watched any of the shows on tv, but thanks to dvd i’m a well-versed fan)… my favorite character that season (with, of course, the exception of drusilla) was darla. i didn’t care of angel and his gang, but darla was awesome. as for riley. ew. i still like angel better. and season 2 which, like u said, was way more fraught with baddy stuff was awesome.
i rotate between watching tv shows on dvd too. mine choices are: angel, buffy, x-files, queer as folk, sex in the city, and my so-called life. (and if i really wanna be a nerd, i have a few seasons of star trek deep space nine on my computer…)