Give me a fandom and I'll tell you three unpopular opinions about it. If you give me a show/book/movie/etc that I'm not fannishly active about, I'll give you three things I dislike about the media in question instead.
1) Oh Xander. When he and Willow are actual uncomplicated childhood bffs it's cute, though.
2) If by "Riley" you mean Dirtbag :P The whole end of the Riley arc is just... No.
3) What part of Dawn specifically do you dislike? It was a liitle jarring how she was just suddenly there in the storyline, for sure. (I had missed a week back in the day and was so f-ing confused when all of a sudden Buffy has a sister... And nobody thinks there's anything weird going on/wrong with that. Very wtf moment lol.)
...I think it was a huge help for Buffy to have Dawn after Joyce dies/B comes back from the dead IMO though.
I found her a too-accurate representation of a bratty little sister. I knew she was hated by fandom and thus wanted to like her, but in her introductory arc, I just found her really annoying, even if that was realistic to her relationship with Buffy at that time in both of their lives. I feel that making Dawn SUCH a realistic little sis was a bit of a misstep on the part of the writers.
In other news, I started a rewatch of Buffy and to be honest, I think I've forgotten how awesome Buffy, the character, is. She's quippy and blonde and kills things! I can't believe I ever forgot how epic she is.
Also, every time I watch early Buffy, I wish I had watched it when it first aired, without meeting Spike before Angel. Because I can sense the twelve-year old deep within my soul who would have loved Angel with all her preteen heart.
I'm not going to attempt to rewatch every episode, but I'm definitely going to hit all the highlights and good one shots. It's been almost a decade, so I'm really curious to see what I remember and what I've forgotten and if my opinions about anything have changed.
What season are you on? If you own them all, I'm totes jealous- one day I WILL buy myself this.
One of my brothers started watching original old school Buffy on Hulu this summer (apparently they're putting one season up at a time), and he actually turned to me at dinner the other night and started going on about how cool seperate characters are, etc. He's totally into Giles already, and Giles' isn't even that BA until later seasons IMO. ;) He was way too young for me to make him watch the first time around, so this conversion totally made my little fangirl heart squeeee! &hearts
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3 Things I Dislike About BtVS
2.) The way Buffy's relationship with Riley was resolved. Or not.
3.) How (realistically, admittedly) they made Dawn. I think that was a tactical error.
Re: 3 Things I Dislike About BtVS
When he and Willow are actual uncomplicated childhood bffs it's cute, though.2) If by "Riley" you mean Dirtbag :P The whole end of the Riley arc is just... No.
3) What part of Dawn specifically do you dislike? It was a liitle jarring how she was just suddenly there in the storyline, for sure. (I had missed a week back in the day and was so f-ing confused when all of a sudden Buffy has a sister... And nobody thinks there's anything weird going on/wrong with that. Very wtf moment lol.)
...I think it was a huge help for Buffy to have Dawn after Joyce dies/B comes back from the dead IMO though.
Re: 3 Things I Dislike About BtVS
I almost threw up when Buffy ran after him.
What part of Dawn specifically do you dislike?
I found her a too-accurate representation of a bratty little sister. I knew she was hated by fandom and thus wanted to like her, but in her introductory arc, I just found her really annoying, even if that was realistic to her relationship with Buffy at that time in both of their lives. I feel that making Dawn SUCH a realistic little sis was a bit of a misstep on the part of the writers.
OT
Also, every time I watch early Buffy, I wish I had watched it when it first aired, without meeting Spike before Angel. Because I can sense the twelve-year old deep within my soul who would have loved Angel with all her preteen heart.
I'm not going to attempt to rewatch every episode, but I'm definitely going to hit all the highlights and good one shots. It's been almost a decade, so I'm really curious to see what I remember and what I've forgotten and if my opinions about anything have changed.
Re: OT
One of my brothers started watching original old school Buffy on Hulu this summer (apparently they're putting one season up at a time), and he actually turned to me at dinner the other night and started going on about how cool seperate characters are, etc. He's totally into Giles already, and Giles' isn't even that BA until later seasons IMO. ;) He was way too young for me to make him watch the first time around, so this conversion totally made my little fangirl heart squeeee! &hearts