Angel thoughts:

[butterfly]

So, I only have 53 of the Angel episodes on tape, a testament to how erratic my viewing and love of the show has been.

My problem was always that I didn't care about Angel. First I cared about Doyle, then Wesley, then Wesley and Connor. So I wasn't in it for Angel's journey, which made it easy for me to stop watching the show. It was on a level with Dawson's Creek, where I only watched for the Pacey/Joey and didn't bother watching if the buzz didn't sound good.

Now that I love Angel, I'm mourning my lack of tapeage. I have almost all of Season Two (missing half of ep 15 because of taping issues), much of Season Four (missing eps 3 and 8-11), ten Season One eps, and only five Season Three eps.

Season Two is when I totally fell in love with Wesley, after hating him for taking Doyle's place in first season. I also adored Darla, as I recall, which wasn't the popular thing. And Lindsey was brilliant. I loved the Darla/Lindsey/Angel thing. "It's not me you want to screw."

I fell out with the show in Season Three because I hated the Baby!Arc and I hated the Angel/Cordy thing.

Then it took a while for Season Four to hook me, but I was only watching because of Wesley and (to my great surprise) Connor at the start. Then, finally, Angel started to reach me. He touched my heart. And it's staying. I've rewatched some earlier eps, and I'm with Angel. I get him now. I never did before.

Watching Angel is a totally different experience when you love him.

Comments

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Whereas I was all with Xander and the unrequited "he fell in love at first sight" B/X thing. But yeah, the Willow quote that stays in my head is "I'm very seldom naughty." How can you be that deluded about yourself?

And I would have loved Cordy as Big Bad. Of course, where would Connor have fit in? As her champion, yes, but he wouldn't be such a major part. And that would have made me sad. But yeah, it would have been the ultimate expression of Cordy's journey of ego. She and Willow have a lot in common, Cordy was just more open about it, to herself and to others.

[dkissam.livejournal.com]

Whereas I was all with Xander and the unrequited "he fell in love at first sight" B/X thing.You know, I would be fine with B/X now. In fact, sometime in S5 I decided that he'd probably be the best choice for her, of the available pool. But early on all I thought was, "If Xander gets to end up with his fantasy girl it'll be like Michael Rappaport in Beautiful Girls ending up with Claudia freaking Schiffer and I shall murder someone". I do think that later in the series he actually saw Buffy as a person, a good and loveable person, really admired and respected her while letting her down off of her pedestal.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I never really wanted them to get together on the show. I was hoping for... at the most, a kiss on the last episode, for the least, hope that it could happen. And there was hope at the end.

But yeah, they both needed to grow up. For a while there, Xander was grown up while Buffy was all with the regression. Luckily, she went and grew up, too. I'm pleased about that.

I really liked what she said to Angel. About herself being cookie dough.

If they'd gotten together on the show, Joss would have felt compelled to break them up.