I don't like having to wait for the next episode of TV shows either :-)
Ah, that's right; you prefer approaching them as complete volumes, right? Similarly, there are plenty of folks who would rather read comic books in the form of "graphic novel" compilations than follow them month by month in serial installments. Maybe I just imprinted on the weekly format of 2000 A.D. and Doctor Who when I was young and impressionable...
I got so frustrated with myself, for developing wishes about how the series should go, which was never an issue with Buffy, because everything there had already happened.
Interesting... With the final seasons of Buffy and Angel, I did find myself getting anxious towards the end, approaching each episode with the nagging dread that they were going to screw it up in the final stretch. I wonder if my feelings might have been different if I'd had the kind of viewing experience you did? Maybe I should meditate on the difference between reading, say, Harry Potter versus completed works like Lord of the Rings and the Narnia books. (And then there are works, like Melyvn Peake's Gormenghast series, which will never be completed...)
No, you did that just fine. The problem wasn't that he didn't seem to be sufficiently seriously injured, it was simply a matter of conventional expectations - Willow's done some healing work, the ambulance is here, everything's going to be hunky-dory.
Ah, I see. Maybe we should have the characters vocalize that expectation, then; "What do you mean, 'we'll have to wait and see?!'"
I'm just going to wrote to 'Hookles' now and then I'm off to bed - I can't believe how tired I am in spite of having snoozed for a good two hours this afternoon (I had an unexpected free day and spent it on two VERY worthwhile activities).
Then we'll bid you a good night from our faraway time zone. :-)
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Date: 2004-06-02 09:25 pm (UTC)Ah, that's right; you prefer approaching them as complete volumes, right? Similarly, there are plenty of folks who would rather read comic books in the form of "graphic novel" compilations than follow them month by month in serial installments. Maybe I just imprinted on the weekly format of 2000 A.D. and Doctor Who when I was young and impressionable...
I got so frustrated with myself, for developing wishes about how the series should go, which was never an issue with Buffy, because everything there had already happened.
Interesting... With the final seasons of Buffy and Angel, I did find myself getting anxious towards the end, approaching each episode with the nagging dread that they were going to screw it up in the final stretch. I wonder if my feelings might have been different if I'd had the kind of viewing experience you did? Maybe I should meditate on the difference between reading, say, Harry Potter versus completed works like Lord of the Rings and the Narnia books. (And then there are works, like Melyvn Peake's Gormenghast series, which will never be completed...)
No, you did that just fine. The problem wasn't that he didn't seem to be sufficiently seriously injured, it was simply a matter of conventional expectations - Willow's done some healing work, the ambulance is here, everything's going to be hunky-dory.
Ah, I see. Maybe we should have the characters vocalize that expectation, then; "What do you mean, 'we'll have to wait and see?!'"
I'm just going to wrote to 'Hookles' now and then I'm off to bed - I can't believe how tired I am in spite of having snoozed for a good two hours this afternoon (I had an unexpected free day and spent it on two VERY worthwhile activities).
Then we'll bid you a good night from our faraway time zone. :-)