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Buffy! Right, so, I completely don't get why you peopel say I'm going to identify with the character, but I looooooooooooooooove Wesley. Also, loved that they made Xander losing his virginity a plot point as opposed to "we only make drama about this for the female characters." Does Giles ever get to be happy or is his life one tragic annoyance after another? I feel bad for the guy. Buffy/Faith - hot hot hot hot hot hot hot.

While we're on those subjects, here's a sentence I never need to see again. Seriously, I don't care what the fandom is, but STOP WRITING THIS SENTENCE: "His young lover was nothing if not imaginative." I hate that sentence.

There is finally a Twitter app for my mobile, which means when I tweet from whereever, I can finally see your replies.

So today, I assume, will come the WhoYork announcement that didn't come yesterday. I've already figured out what it is (and am more excited than is remotely reasonable) and just wish it would be official already so I can squee squee squee all the way home. ETA: Now it can be told! RUSSELL TOVEY, kids! March 7!

CNN showcases "amazingly tiny" home offices, that, as a native New Yorker, look perfectly normal to me.

The new gay theater.

Target cancer, the first in a series of articles from the New York Times that continues all week.

Things that really really annoy me: bodegas where the cash machines are out of order and there's a minimum (which is illegal) to use your credit or debit card. I'm calling 311 on someone RIGHT NOW.

redstapler sent me this, if you click on it, you will get nothing done today: sushi cat.

Comments

[tommx.livejournal.com]

Wesley actually has a much longer journey than what you see in Season 3 of Buffy. He has some nice development in Buffy, but when he becomes a regular character in Angel, there is a lot more development of his character. He's one of my favorite characters actually.

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

Agreed. His character arc on Angel was one of the best things in the series, particularly in the 3rd and 4th season, which were, imho, the weakest seasons of Angel.

[tommx.livejournal.com]

I agree third season was weak. 4th season was uneven. There were some episodes that I really liked and some that I felt were essentially filler which is always a shame to me. The highlight of Season 4 was the Vegas episode. :-)

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. Vegas was great - but the three-episode arc where a certain character from Buffy shows up to help was the best, IMHO. Particularly "Orpheus." That's one of my favorites from the whole series.

[smirnoffmule.livejournal.com]

Really? I thought the third season of Angel was absolutely on fire myself, couldn't take my eyes off the screen. I agree the fourth lost some of that momentum. Obviously mileage varies :)

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

I have a long list of reasons why, but I don't want to spoil it for anyone who could easily be watching the show very soon, you know?

Obviously mileage varies :)
In my opinion, that's the beauty of any kind of art (including well-made television): one person's "ehh," is another's "OMFG." And, in an ideal situation, someone's OMFG can turn an "ehh" around.

(My absolute favorite season of Angel was Season 1, followed somewhat closely by Season 5.)