Also, I'm kind of sad that there seems to be this awesome, thriving community of Buffy fans on LJ and not DW.
I keep telling them to come over here, but they don't listen! They're all ~anti-DW for whatever reason. :(
I'm not really "in" Buffy fandom anymore, but it is my one true love, so anytime you want to talk Buffy, I'm here. :)
I think if the supernatural elements of Buffy were never more than metaphors, the show wouldn't have been nearly as good as it is. I love metaphors, it's great that things have that extra layer of meaning, but my primary investment was always in the characters - and the way that the supernatural was very much a part of their real lives.
I also think the whole "Don’t get hung up on the monsters and the magic. It’s all just a metaphor for growing up" argument is some kind of SF/F shame? Like, it can't just be a show with monsters and magic that's REALLY DAMN GOOD. It has to be "really" about something else, something normal and grounded, as though the monsters and magic will scare off anyone who's not a SF/F nerd. And maybe that's true, maybe it did scare people off, and that's why the show never really made it beyond cult favorite, but pocochina just posted yesterday about not being ashamed of the things we like, and it makes me want more people to say I LIKE THIS SHOW FOR THE MONSTERS AND THE MAGIC. AND IF YOU DON'T, YOU CAN GO SUCK IT. Or something...
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I keep telling them to come over here, but they don't listen! They're all ~anti-DW for whatever reason. :(
I'm not really "in" Buffy fandom anymore, but it is my one true love, so anytime you want to talk Buffy, I'm here. :)
I think if the supernatural elements of Buffy were never more than metaphors, the show wouldn't have been nearly as good as it is. I love metaphors, it's great that things have that extra layer of meaning, but my primary investment was always in the characters - and the way that the supernatural was very much a part of their real lives.
I also think the whole "Don’t get hung up on the monsters and the magic. It’s all just a metaphor for growing up" argument is some kind of SF/F shame? Like, it can't just be a show with monsters and magic that's REALLY DAMN GOOD. It has to be "really" about something else, something normal and grounded, as though the monsters and magic will scare off anyone who's not a SF/F nerd. And maybe that's true, maybe it did scare people off, and that's why the show never really made it beyond cult favorite, but