I've come to the conclusion over the years that a lot of what I enjoy most in these shows was largely unplanned... the stuff that was obviously planned tends to stick out to me a bit sharply, or perhaps just the less-well-handled examples, such as Illyria. I like being surprised by something that arises organically rather than being smacked by a plot hammer, which was the key reason I hated all the last minute mystic gear that showed up at the tail end of BtVS. It's rather like introducing the last piece to solve a mystery in the last ten pages instead of having clues there for the readers to see throughout the book. Although given how the human brain works, we're likely to find clues in hindsight anyway, which is I guess what I'm doing now....
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Date: 2004-09-22 04:12 pm (UTC)I've come to the conclusion over the years that a lot of what I enjoy most in these shows was largely unplanned... the stuff that was obviously planned tends to stick out to me a bit sharply, or perhaps just the less-well-handled examples, such as Illyria. I like being surprised by something that arises organically rather than being smacked by a plot hammer, which was the key reason I hated all the last minute mystic gear that showed up at the tail end of BtVS. It's rather like introducing the last piece to solve a mystery in the last ten pages instead of having clues there for the readers to see throughout the book. Although given how the human brain works, we're likely to find clues in hindsight anyway, which is I guess what I'm doing now....