Sakura of DOOM

CB and I have been watching Buffy and Angel, with him watching for the first time and me being all, "I want to watch [episode title] with you!" I think he just started this year, and we're already in the beginning of Buffy S7 and just finished Angel S4 yesterday.

It's funny because the prior seasons of Buffy make me feel nostalgic for the characters, who aren't quite as broken as they get later, but the latter seasons make me feel nostalgic for me, since I started watching live and engaging with fandom around S6. It's funny just how many posts I remember from when I was lurking around AtPoBtVS, from the ones connecting everything to Restless to all the spoilery ones I devoured.

I remember various fannish wars and arguments too, but mostly I have a large fuzzy feeling toward fandom right now. It's especially interesting going through memories as someone who just delurked and started to tentatively send out feelers, versus now, when quite a few of my best friends are from the groups of people I met on DW/LJ and I talk about it regularly with CB and we have OTW and I go to cons and etc.

I don't remember very much from my senior year of college since it was mostly being depressed, fighting with people, and being even more depressed, but I remember Buffy and Angel posts and discussions and what vids came out when and I can still tell you how my ideas about antiheroes and angst and manpain has changed just from AtPo.

And it's odd watching and knowing about all the social justice fail in the shows. I think CB gets a bit defensive when I critique at times, but he is newly falling in love with them, whereas I am the Bitter Old Fan ranting about Firefly and Dr. Horrible and Dollhouse and yet still cheers on the idea of a Joss-run SHIELD show.

( Random notes, spoilers for all of Buffy and Angel )

Mostly, though, it's hard to believe this was ten years ago.

And in response to my desperate flailing for kickass female assassin types, __angela__ points out the Elektra trailer. Gah! Marial arts! Sais! At least two female fighter types! *big grin* This hankering has not been helped out by watching Morgaine's "She Bangs" Faith and Buffy vid about ten times in the past week, because Buffy and Faith fighting! Mmmm.

Had dim sum with fannishly and one of the boy's friends, and I am now very happily full. After having about three days worth of turkey sandwiches, it was nice to have dim sum as a change of pace. Though the turkey/mashed potato/avocado/brie sandwich is also very good. Mmm. Mashed potatoes... You know you have been somewhat overzealous in your sandwich making when the thing doesn't actually fit in your mouth.

More Incredibles links:
fannishly has a review with spoilers, with connections to HP as well.
arethusa2 connects it with fandom (spoilers) and the double-edged swords of competition and expectation.

The five scenes I'm grateful for meme, a la wisteria_: ( Read more... )

I got locked out at work and spent five minutes pounding on the door trying to get someone to hear me so they would let me in.

Amazingly, coordinating went remarkably well... Lori thinks a lot of people are away because it's a three-day weekend with Valentine's Day in there to boot. Hopefully this trend continues so tomorrow is not horrid.

The run of good continued when I was going through books we had bought and found a Megan Lindholm (a name Robin Hobb previously wrote under) book! Muhaha. I told the pricer that it was probably worth more than half the cover price, but he said I could just go and take it. So ha. Looked it up online and it's going for about 11 bucks. I got it for $1.25, hee hee.

However, I think I inadvertantly let escape just how much I hate coordinating. I don't know if this is good or bad.

Then I got home and found out Angel was cancelled. I have no more Joss shows now, and really, Alias doesn't quite cut it. Screwy. I should start watching Joan of Arcadia -- been planning on it anyway.

But. But but but! All the arcs! The W&H thing! They're already halfway through the season and now everything is just going to be a mess trying to be tied up! Well, hopefully not. But... Wesley! And no more chance of Lilah coming back after this. No more chance of Connor coming back or anything. ARGH. Strangely, the cancellation of Buffy didn't get me this much -- I kind of expected that S7 would be the last one, and there were still a lot of old Buffy eps I hadn't seen. Plus, Angel was still going to be there. And now Angel's gone, and I've watched it chronologically the whole time, and I feel so much more invested.

ARGH.