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Jun. 27th, 2005 12:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prysmicdorkOkay, saner now, its all fixable, yes. (I really should have posted that yesterday, but I was too busy sulking and then watching more Buffy)
So. Season 6. Yup. Up to OMWF (hee yay) and so far the only negative comment I have is Anya. I feel like they're being too charactureish with her, that somehow she's acting less human, not more like in season 5 and it kind of feels like a step back.
Its hard not to feel like they, the writers, are doing this with the Xander/Anya break-up in mind, but its grating on me a little, and I *love* Anya. I know characters like her and Cordy (or particularly in the early Cordy days obviously) are a delicate balance, but they've really always been pretty good with that.
Other than that I'm getting along pretty well with it so far, the depressed!Buffy thing works for me, as do the Trio (their denial of real life is a nice counter point to hers) and I have to say, having seen all the episodes in close proximity to each other, the Willow abusing magic thing was there from the beginning. There was an instance in an early episode (which I am cursing myself, heh, for not writing down the specifics, like um, the episode) where her attitude about magic is clearly a bit off right from the beginning. That said, I do (and always kind of have) blame Giles for supervising her, or finding her a teacher from the beginning (I mean, he certainly must have had one). The bad analogy that I came up with when I was thinking about it in the shower, is that its sort of vaguely like driving. Cars are useful, but dangerous things and thats why there are laws and also you want to learn to drive a car right to prevent bad habits. So we get permits and driving lessons and watch scary videos about horrible accidents to scare us straight for the rest of our driving lives and I think Willow could have used some of that from the beginning of her magic using days. But I also can see why maybe Giles didn't think so, because she's always been the level headed dependable one, the good student etc and he must have thought that she'd bring that sense to magic.
So. Season 6. Yup. Up to OMWF (hee yay) and so far the only negative comment I have is Anya. I feel like they're being too charactureish with her, that somehow she's acting less human, not more like in season 5 and it kind of feels like a step back.
Its hard not to feel like they, the writers, are doing this with the Xander/Anya break-up in mind, but its grating on me a little, and I *love* Anya. I know characters like her and Cordy (or particularly in the early Cordy days obviously) are a delicate balance, but they've really always been pretty good with that.
Other than that I'm getting along pretty well with it so far, the depressed!Buffy thing works for me, as do the Trio (their denial of real life is a nice counter point to hers) and I have to say, having seen all the episodes in close proximity to each other, the Willow abusing magic thing was there from the beginning. There was an instance in an early episode (which I am cursing myself, heh, for not writing down the specifics, like um, the episode) where her attitude about magic is clearly a bit off right from the beginning. That said, I do (and always kind of have) blame Giles for supervising her, or finding her a teacher from the beginning (I mean, he certainly must have had one). The bad analogy that I came up with when I was thinking about it in the shower, is that its sort of vaguely like driving. Cars are useful, but dangerous things and thats why there are laws and also you want to learn to drive a car right to prevent bad habits. So we get permits and driving lessons and watch scary videos about horrible accidents to scare us straight for the rest of our driving lives and I think Willow could have used some of that from the beginning of her magic using days. But I also can see why maybe Giles didn't think so, because she's always been the level headed dependable one, the good student etc and he must have thought that she'd bring that sense to magic.