I guess an introduction is in order

Hi there.  I was going to post something I wrote... and I probably will post that in just a little while.  But I thought, since I'd never written anything here before, maybe I should introduce myself on the off chance that someone actually reads this.  

My name's Christy.  And I'm a televison-aholic.  Well, not really. But I get really obsessed about the stuff I like--and right now I'm really obsessed with Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  I'm rewatching it right now (I watched it through once last year--then watched episodes/scenes I was partial to ad nauseum--because that's pretty much how I roll--until my boyfriend threatened to break up with me if he came home to me watching "Dead Things" one more time, which is when I quietly switched to reading fanfiction obsessively).

So now, knee-deep into my second full watch, I keep having THOUGHTS.  Damn dirty thoughts won't leave me alone.  So, I finally wrote some of them down.  And that's probably what I'll use this journal for mostly: Thoughts.  About the TV and the Buffy and probably the Veronica Mars a little. And some other stuff.  

OK.  That's enough introducin'.   I'll probably be pestering y'all with another post in about 10 seconds.

Guilt and Depression in Buffy Season 6 (and in some other media as well)

I’m re-watching BtVS right now.  And I haven’t gotten to season 6 yet (so my feelings about what’s written here may be subject to change), but I’ve been listening to Rilo Kiley, and it sort of inspired me to write down these thoughts--which are really apropos of nothing.

Let me start out by saying that maybe the best description of depression that I’ve ever come across is the song “Better Son/Daughter” by the aforementioned band, Rilo Kiley.

Part of what makes this song such a perfect description/illustration of depression is how it includes what I like to call the Guilt/Optimism ouroboros.

 

( Fun depression talk ahoy! )