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blackfrancineI don't know if I've mentioned this about myself, but I'm impetuous. To a fault. Maybe impetuousness is always considered a fault? Well, mine is like a super fault, then. The San Andreas fault.
I think I must've fallen and hit my head or something (but I don't remember it). Because I bought a new laptop. It's shiny and new.
Another sign that I've lost my mind or suffered some sort of head trauma: I bought a paid LJ membership. And an icon package. Now, typically, I wouldn't say that's an indication of my oncoming dementia, but if you consider that I have icons that I never use even out of my "free package" selection of 15, it seems a little irrational to buy more, doesn't it? Somehow, I managed to convince myself that it was the limited scope of the 15 icons that was preventing me from using them to their best effect.
And last. I bought ALL of the Buffy Season 8 comics on amazon yesterday. So, they'll be here soon. I'm excited. But, the problem is that I haven't yet returned the wrong comics that I bought (I mistakenly bought the Omnibus). I was supposed to return those first. But I didn't. Because I'm the least responsible person in the world.
And frankly, I'm seriously considering buying some clothes from ModCloth. So. I think I'm on a shopping jag.
Anyway! Enough about my foolhardy spending habits. Let's humor my desire to stick to this imaginary schedule, and talk about memes and stuff.
Day 10--Something I liked that fandom didn't.
I couldn't think of a whole lot of things that fandom doesn't like. Or... maybe I just don't feel like I know what fandom at large likes. But, I have seen a lot of animosity toward the lovely and talented Dawn Summers, kid sister extraordinaire.
Let me tell you a little story, because I'm just killing time here. When I first watched Buffy, my boyfriend was watching along with me. But it was his second time to watch--he'd seen it when it originally aired. When we got to season 5, at the end of Buffy vs. Dracula, when they reveal Dawn... and I was like "WTF?!" he just nodded and said, "Yeah. This is when the show jumped the shark." And then he stopped watching along with me. All because of little old Dawn!
AND! I was talking to my sister about the show when I first became obsessed, and she too had stopped watching after season 4 (not because of Dawn, though). But she made it clear that she didn't approve of Buffy suddenly gaining a little sister. Seemed too unrealistic. She asked how they explained it. Did they say that Dawn had just been living with their dad in LA these past few years? Because that was the only explanation that seemed at all believable.
And that's when I started to like not just the character of Dawn (who I pretty much always liked--more on that in a second)--but also the IDEA of her. I love that Mutant Enemy could take the emblem of jumping the shark--the addition of a baby or small child--and subvert the audience expectation so completely by making it a teenage sister who had been there all along. It was SO absurd. And then! And then. They actually made it make sense. They took that cliche idea of adding a child as a castmember, turned it on its head to make FUN of the idea that the show might be past its prime. Then they turned it on its head again, and made the joke into a brilliant plot point. They took this absurd premise and made it work within their zany, reality-bending universe. They made it into a brilliant challenge for Buffy. They made it--her-- into a brilliant character.
Real quick--here's why I love Dawn, the character: After learning her whole life is a lie, that she might not be real, that all of her memories aren't real she's willing to carry on, to go to school, to develop crushes on older men/vampires. After losing her mom, being abandoned by her dad--when she's on that tower, she's exactly where Buffy is in Prophecy Girl--a teenage girl who doesn't want to die. But she's willing to in order to save the world. Bravery. Selflessness. Maturity beyond reason--mixed in with a good amount of immaturity. She's still a girl--but she's a girl who's capable of being and giving and doing so much.
Day 11--Something I hate but fandom loves.
The Zeppo. I have no explanation for this. I think the concept is brilliant. I love some of the gags. But, I just hate this episode. I've never been able to stay in the room the whole time while it's on. I just get bored and wander off.
Day 12--Least favorite season
Season 1. Too much camp, not enough emotional turmoil. Prophecy Giri is perfect, but none of the other episodes from season 1 that people love really do anything for me. Meh.
And Buffy's wardrobe was really tragic. So, that doesn't help matters.
I think I must've fallen and hit my head or something (but I don't remember it). Because I bought a new laptop. It's shiny and new.
Another sign that I've lost my mind or suffered some sort of head trauma: I bought a paid LJ membership. And an icon package. Now, typically, I wouldn't say that's an indication of my oncoming dementia, but if you consider that I have icons that I never use even out of my "free package" selection of 15, it seems a little irrational to buy more, doesn't it? Somehow, I managed to convince myself that it was the limited scope of the 15 icons that was preventing me from using them to their best effect.
And last. I bought ALL of the Buffy Season 8 comics on amazon yesterday. So, they'll be here soon. I'm excited. But, the problem is that I haven't yet returned the wrong comics that I bought (I mistakenly bought the Omnibus). I was supposed to return those first. But I didn't. Because I'm the least responsible person in the world.
And frankly, I'm seriously considering buying some clothes from ModCloth. So. I think I'm on a shopping jag.
Anyway! Enough about my foolhardy spending habits. Let's humor my desire to stick to this imaginary schedule, and talk about memes and stuff.
Day 10--Something I liked that fandom didn't.
I couldn't think of a whole lot of things that fandom doesn't like. Or... maybe I just don't feel like I know what fandom at large likes. But, I have seen a lot of animosity toward the lovely and talented Dawn Summers, kid sister extraordinaire.
Let me tell you a little story, because I'm just killing time here. When I first watched Buffy, my boyfriend was watching along with me. But it was his second time to watch--he'd seen it when it originally aired. When we got to season 5, at the end of Buffy vs. Dracula, when they reveal Dawn... and I was like "WTF?!" he just nodded and said, "Yeah. This is when the show jumped the shark." And then he stopped watching along with me. All because of little old Dawn!
AND! I was talking to my sister about the show when I first became obsessed, and she too had stopped watching after season 4 (not because of Dawn, though). But she made it clear that she didn't approve of Buffy suddenly gaining a little sister. Seemed too unrealistic. She asked how they explained it. Did they say that Dawn had just been living with their dad in LA these past few years? Because that was the only explanation that seemed at all believable.
And that's when I started to like not just the character of Dawn (who I pretty much always liked--more on that in a second)--but also the IDEA of her. I love that Mutant Enemy could take the emblem of jumping the shark--the addition of a baby or small child--and subvert the audience expectation so completely by making it a teenage sister who had been there all along. It was SO absurd. And then! And then. They actually made it make sense. They took that cliche idea of adding a child as a castmember, turned it on its head to make FUN of the idea that the show might be past its prime. Then they turned it on its head again, and made the joke into a brilliant plot point. They took this absurd premise and made it work within their zany, reality-bending universe. They made it into a brilliant challenge for Buffy. They made it--her-- into a brilliant character.
Real quick--here's why I love Dawn, the character: After learning her whole life is a lie, that she might not be real, that all of her memories aren't real she's willing to carry on, to go to school, to develop crushes on older men/vampires. After losing her mom, being abandoned by her dad--when she's on that tower, she's exactly where Buffy is in Prophecy Girl--a teenage girl who doesn't want to die. But she's willing to in order to save the world. Bravery. Selflessness. Maturity beyond reason--mixed in with a good amount of immaturity. She's still a girl--but she's a girl who's capable of being and giving and doing so much.
Day 11--Something I hate but fandom loves.
The Zeppo. I have no explanation for this. I think the concept is brilliant. I love some of the gags. But, I just hate this episode. I've never been able to stay in the room the whole time while it's on. I just get bored and wander off.
Day 12--Least favorite season
Season 1. Too much camp, not enough emotional turmoil. Prophecy Giri is perfect, but none of the other episodes from season 1 that people love really do anything for me. Meh.
And Buffy's wardrobe was really tragic. So, that doesn't help matters.
