It may be why, much as I loved it, I didn't crave it the way I did X-Files and Farscape. I've never wanted to be Buffy, or any of them, never wanted to go back to being 16, 18 or 21. I loved school, craved the knowledge and opportunity it gave me, and while I loved the metaphor, that was surely not my experience.
Yes, exactly! Although I don't know if I would say that I "want to be" John or Mulder (my POV characters in Farscape and the X Files), either. ;)
For me, it's a matter of having a connection with the characters. Buffy was fun, and I enjoyed the episodes of it that I've seen, but I never connected with Buffy or Willow or Xander the way I connected with John or Mulder. I never wanted to be popular in school; I never felt being in a library was weird; I never actually wanted to blow up my High School, at any point of my High School career. I enjoyed school because I loved learning new things, and if there were any attempts to tease me about it, they went so completely over my head that I wasn't even aware of them until years later. (Heh. I guess there really are some advantages to being completely oblivious to your surroundings. ;) )
But Geek!Mulder, so excited about every new theory, so absorbed in his little world that he doesn't even notice that people are making fun of him. ScienceFictionGeek!John, who can quote pretty much every Sci-Fi movie ever written and is proud of it. That I can understand. That I can feel a connection with. :)
Still, even without that one central character that I can use to form a connection, I enjoyed watching Buffy. And it really did change television the way no other show except possibly the X Files did. You've got to love it, if only for that. :)
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Date: 2003-05-21 12:09 pm (UTC)Yes, exactly! Although I don't know if I would say that I "want to be" John or Mulder (my POV characters in Farscape and the X Files), either. ;)
For me, it's a matter of having a connection with the characters. Buffy was fun, and I enjoyed the episodes of it that I've seen, but I never connected with Buffy or Willow or Xander the way I connected with John or Mulder. I never wanted to be popular in school; I never felt being in a library was weird; I never actually wanted to blow up my High School, at any point of my High School career. I enjoyed school because I loved learning new things, and if there were any attempts to tease me about it, they went so completely over my head that I wasn't even aware of them until years later. (Heh. I guess there really are some advantages to being completely oblivious to your surroundings. ;) )
But Geek!Mulder, so excited about every new theory, so absorbed in his little world that he doesn't even notice that people are making fun of him. ScienceFictionGeek!John, who can quote pretty much every Sci-Fi movie ever written and is proud of it. That I can understand. That I can feel a connection with. :)
Still, even without that one central character that I can use to form a connection, I enjoyed watching Buffy. And it really did change television the way no other show except possibly the X Files did. You've got to love it, if only for that. :)