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The Unpopular Fandom Opinion Meme

Name a fandom, and I'll give you at least three of my unpopular opinions related to that fandom.

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[waltzingalong.livejournal.com]

Buffy.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

1. DoubleMeatPalace is one of my favourite season 6 episodes

2. I like seasons 6 and 7, for me the worse season of Buffy is by far season 1. I always prefer to start someone off with season 2 because I feel that season 1 is the kind of cheesy and low-budget show that non-viewers dismiss Buffy as. Yet most of fandom seems to prefer the high school years, and seasons 1-3 are seen as special. Most of the season 1 episodes (exception for Prophecy Girl which I love so much) and yes even a lot of the season 2 early episodes are just cringeworthy to me

3. I found Oz a dull character who lacked personality, and I prefer Tara to him.

[ladydreamer.livejournal.com]

2. Agreed. I have love for all seasons, but S1 is the transition from a campy movie to a real series, and thus, campy as fucking hell.

3. Double agreed! *snuggles Tara*

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I look back now at episodes like I Robot, You Jane, and wonder if I would have even got into Buffy if I had started off at season 1. Well actually I watched some of the pilot originally and couldn't get into it, next episode I tried was Inca Mummy Girl *shudders*, and finally it was Halloween that got me hooked. Mostly for the glimpse of Spike/Dru *g* People can say what they like about the later seasons, but at the end of the day I find them far more consistent than seasons 1 and 2 ever were, and the likelihood of tuning in to a real stinker is practically nonexistent for seasons 5-7. I mean yeah some episodes were better than others, but there are none that I would feel actually embarrassed to introduce someone to the show with. I can't say the same about episodes like Teacher's Pet or Reptile Boy. Which is fine, shows need time to reach their stride, but yeah there's this idea from even the writers that season 2 was the golden age of the show, and I'm all really? It had the best main arc ever with Angel, Spike, and Dru, but it also had *a lot* of flaws.

[ladydreamer.livejournal.com]

I started by watching Once More, With Feeling and Tabula Rasa. Then I went back and watched from the beginning *shrug*

[sum1-different.livejournal.com]

["and the likelihood of tuning in to a real stinker is practically nonexistent for seasons 5-7. I mean yeah some episodes were better than others, but there are none that I would feel actually embarrassed to introduce someone to the show with."]

Season 5 had plenty of bullshit. There was The Body, which was pure cold affectation, and I Was Made to Love you, etc. Season 7, gah, there's so much total shit in there. The season just kept getting worse and worse -it was like they were saying "Let's see how bad we can make this."

Early season 2 is different from season 1. There's some genuinely inept stuff in early season 2. Inca Mummy Girl, Some Assembly Required, Reptile Boy, etc. But nothing in season 2 matches the horror of seeing the show utterly murdered in season 7.

[iron-kat.livejournal.com]

I'm one of those people that think of the high school years whenever I think of Buffy. In fact, I only have seasons 1-3 on dvd. I do agree that the episodes themselves in season one are weak, but the characters more than make up for it for me. There's something about that original gang - Buffy, Xander, Willow, Cordelia, Giles and Angel (later Oz) that was special. I think Buffy just worked better with the high school setting. Something was lost for me in more ways than once season four came around....

[sum1-different.livejournal.com]

DoubleMeat Palace has some value as a satirical episode.

Season 1 is cool. It's the purest BTVS. At the core BTVS is a tongue in cheek show with a strong dose of satire and parody and season 1 was the most that way. The low-budgetness and cheesiness work fine for a satirical show. If you recognize that it's all tongue in cheek and not very serious and trying to comment on the genres and poke fun at stuff and that the cheesiness is intentional, it all works fine. It's a very positive-spirited season. Season 6 has much going for it. From episode 8 onwards season 7 is an abomination that gets worse and worse and destroys the Buffyverse. Can't stand it.

Oz was subtle but he's very human. So is Tara. They're very similar.