Squirming in my Head

Bizarre as hell. Have the TV on in the background tuned to the WB, and have seen four trailers for BtVS/Angel new or rerun in the last half hour. In a way, kinda looking forward to the day when this is all over and we can pick this pocket universe apart at leisure instead of having to keep up with the changing landscape of new eps versus old (and deliver a thorough academic roasting for the parts of the saga that deserve it - personally I think Whedon is probably about two years away from making a lot of apologies for the end of BtVS, judging from the level of viewer displeasure out there).

But on that note... I joined a couple of communities over the last few days, one of them being mutant_allies, which is a reviews-and-commentary-posting forum on the works of Mutant Enemy, but I'm not 100 percent sure I'll being staying. God, do I ever have some complex feelings here. ( Thoughts on current BtVS/Angel fandom )

Forgiveness and Love

Flipping channels just now, happened to catch the tail end of "Beneath You" on the WB rerun. God in heaven, that was wrenching. Christ. Willingly embracing torture just to say you're sorry - not just to Buffy, but to god? That's going pretty far to try to make things right. No wonder I came away from that season with the impression that Spike was the real hero.

And y'know, I still think that. God, I think I'm more curious than ever to see how this plays out on Angel.