When I'm in a bad mood, I have a few things that I can drag out to make me feel better. There are times I will watch The Women or Auntie Mame, getting lost in two of my favorite movies. If I'm cranky, and in the right mood for something scary, I put The Haunting in the DVD player in, and get lost in Hill House. If I'm not in the mood for a long movie, I may watch an episode or two of Scarecrow & Mrs. King, Angel, Supernatural, or my favorite TV show of all time, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Buffy is one of those shows I will never get tired of, I could watch every single episode 100 times, and I would always go back for more. It was a character driven show in a genre that normally goes for special effects, over character development. I should add that while Buffy and Angel were two different shows, because of the way they were structured, they are one show in my mind.
Wesley was one of those characters that moved from Buffy to Angel, and he was one of the more interesting characters. He started as this pompous know it all, who seemed so out of his element. Nobody liked him, well Cordelia seemed to have a crush on him, but I think that had to do with his accent more than anything else. He grated on everybody's nerves, and just didn't seem to understand why. In his head, he was doing what he knew was right, but his approach was all wrong.
By the time Angel was over, the man he ended up being, had nothing in common with the sniveling little boy he started off as. He was a strong, confident man who was willing to cut corners in order to get the job done. He was the one who was willing to make the hard decisions, even if they were a bit on the darker side. He was the character that embodied the stereotypical definition of masculinity, and he was damn sexy for it.
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I think I missed the boat on Buffy. I tried to watch it not long ago and felt very meh about it. Which is crazy because I love vampire and paranormal books and shows.
Blasphemy!
Even Doublemeat Palace? I kid, I kid. (But really - I ended up putting my Buffy rewatch on hiatus after season 4 because shit gets REAL and quite depressing. I need to finish it though, it's been almost a year now since my last Buffy episode!) I totally love WWP's character arc. He probably has the most drastic change from beginning to end (although I don't know. They all do really, seven seasons will do that). I do think he's isn't appreciated nearly enough though - I don't ever really hear people talk about him the way they do about a lot of the other characters.
I adored Buffy (didn't really care for the Riley years) and Angel both, but think I preferred the Angel version of Wesley. I think that part of that was that no Watcher could ever live up to Giles. Great choice for FFC!
Okay, that may not be my favorite episode, but if it's all I had to watch, I would watch it over and over again. And I agree, late in season 5 the show does get a little heavy.
By the end of Angel, Wesley was a different man all together. And Riley didn't bother me as much as Dawn did, I hated her.
You're right, Dawn was annoying. She was a useless character with a stupid storyline, but didn't bother me as much for some reason.
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