Rewatching Season Five: Life of the Party (spoilers up to AtS 5x16 -- Shells)

Salutations on the day of celebrating St. Patrick and the culture and peoples of Ireland. I'm part Irish, on my dad's side. This is almost completely hidden by the half-Swedish that he is.

In regards with gay rights, I am so thrilled by my state (Oregon! Yay!) right now. Reading the recent headlines... it's nice.

I've been really pleased by the response to my rambles about Season Five Angel. Some fascinating discussion happening in my very own journal. Love that stuff. Please keep doing that, don't worry if you go off whatever topic I'm going on about -- wouldn't be here if I didn't find the concept of collaborative journaling a draw.

One of the things that I'm enjoying about these rewatches is seeing how many interesting issues that Angel brings up. Such a layered show, like all of Joss' creations have been. And also, vampires are exceedingly handy metaphors -- they can be twisted to mean so many things. As Joss says, BYO subtext. Also, I'm wondering if maybe the message of the season might be 'screw the corporations and screw this entire system because it's totally corrupted and hopeless' because right now, it's looking that way.
( Angel 5x05 -- Life of the Party (spoilers up to AtS 5x16 -- Shells) )

Incidental note: I started writing this around four in the afternoon.

Wesley and Fred -- When Someone is Everything

First, a side point.

There's one sentence that, I think, sums up what Buffy the Vampire Slayer has to say about life's turning points: "You don't have a good choice, but you have a choice." (Lie to Me)
( spoilers up to Angel the Series 5x16 -- Shells )