Happy (belated) Anniversary

[butterfly]

Went to my dad's yesterday and stayed over, so I missed Buffy's Tenth Anniversary (also, got all the way to skip=400 on my flist before I saw familiar posts, so I'll be reading those for a while).

I didn't watch Buffy on its premiere day anyway, though. I actually started watching the summer after first season had aired -- I caught a rerun of The Pack and fell in love, mostly with Xander (some with Buffy -- she became co-favorite during season six and now I couldn't pick between the two of them).

I mark Buffy as my fannish beginning, even though I'd done things that might be called 'fannish' before that (I grew up on Star Trek and around fans -- my parents went to cons, my mom was one of the people who wrote in to help the original ST get a third season). BtVS was my first passion and one that has continued to last -- my love for the show hasn't dimmed, though it isn't at the forefront of my mind any longer. Buffy is the show that ignited my love for serial viewing -- for watching shows in the correct and complete order. It was the show that nutured my love of meta. It was what catapulted me into internet fandom. It was a safe place to live after my aunt died, my parents divorced, and I felt friendless, alone, and a failure at school.

I don't need Buffy the way I used to but, if anything, that leaves me more room to simply love it.

Comments

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

Very lovely tribute to it.

lornelover and I spent a bit of the afternoon watching a few of our favorite episodes.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

One of these days, I want to sit down and rewatch the entire series (mostly because whenever I try to pick a favorite episode to rewatch, I'm paralyzed by choice and end up instead watching a show where I have fewer than fifty 'favorite' episodes).

[xander-harris.livejournal.com]

First ep I saw was Prophecy Girl, Season finale. Fell in love with Buffy and completely related to Xander. Cause I am a Xander. Its why I play him with such ease and so accurately.

Humor and heart.

HOw I miss Buffy. Still love that show. Save for most of S6 and bits of 7.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Humor and heart sums our guy Xander (and the show) pretty much perfectly.

[dine.livejournal.com]

what a nice tribute!

did you see nwhepcat's Traveling Xander Project (http://nwhepcat.livejournal.com/696490.html)? it sounds dorky and fun, and I thought you might want to volunteer too

[siinik.livejournal.com]

Man, Buffy is awesome. And...heh. "The Pack" did it for me too. I've never really felt that sort of loyalty for any other show. Man, even in season six, when everything had gone to hell for her, she still fought mud thingies in a grave with her sister. Biggest. Damn. Hero.

[mrprankster.livejournal.com]

Whoa! It's really recently been the BTVS Anniversary huh? Wow, hadn't realized, not being someone who keeps track of that stuff.

How convenient eh? Co insideing with the upcoming arrival of the new comic.

Ah the Pack. I can't imagine what a wonderfull experience that must be to have as your intro to BTVS, especially as a posed to something from Seasons 6/7.

My history with the BTVS Fandom is kinda similar to our darling Butterfly. I too had the good fortune of being introduced, in my case by a childhood friend, through the glory of earlier happyier times when it all still felt so fresh and innovative etc. Somewhere around the show's turning point in the later half of Season Two. It started off as something casual which I admired for it's writeing. That changed once I was more exposed to the rest of the seasons at that time, along with later discovering the Internet and soon Buffy and Xander became two of those, once in a life time characters, who just spoke to me. BTVS went on to become the fandom of all fandoms for me, the one that marks it's place on you and stays with you in a part of your heart forever, no matter how distant you may become from it.

Then as the years went on, naturaly around Season's 6 to 7, the passion was no longer so demanding, though no matter how bad it got, I'd still say it was better than a lot of other TV, it just no longer had to as Butterfly puts it 'in the forefront' of my interests. I also was pretty much tired out with the Internet ways by then too. It's been far more relaxing now I've iceolated myself from the brunt of the forums and just read fan-fics for the most part. And since making that change, now with the majority of other interests fadeing, that old passion is actually returning full circle, sort of speak to my forefront again afterall.

So in closing Happy belated Anniversary to BTVS indeed! If ever there were a show that defines the concept of a show that lives on after cancelation it would be Buffy! Like Butterfly, once she was as much a source of escapism from the harsh times of life, always there when you needed her, as she was pure quality entertainment, now she's like an old friend, always there when you want to visit.

All hail the Buffster! Long May She Slay!

[kispexi2.livejournal.com]

I mark Buffy as my fannish beginning ... BtVS was my first passion and one that has continued to last -- my love for the show hasn't dimmed, though it isn't at the forefront of my mind any longer. Buffy is the show that ignited my love for serial viewing -- for watching shows in the correct and complete order. It was the show that nutured my love of meta. It was what catapulted me into internet fandom.

Very well put. And ditto.