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[frelling_tralk]

Give me a fandom and I'll give you, either in the comments or in a separate post, five unpopular opinions for that particular fandom.

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Re: :D

[infinitewhale.livejournal.com]

I hated Dark Willow. The fact that there *is* Dark Willow renders the whole thing dumb. I hated the resolution to both Buffy and Willow's arcs in S6, honestly.

And yes, about The Body. I liked the Buffy, Dawn and even Giles stuff. The others...just too over the top for me because, yeah. When do the Scoobies and Joyce ever really converse? Also while Emma does a good job with her part, I felt it was completely out of place for Anya. Her not understanding death after having wielded as a weapon for a thousand years just didn't fit. Like you said, it felt like she, Xander and Willow were just acting out parts instead of playing their characters.

Re: :D

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Yeah same, I didn't buy that Buffy would get over her depression so easily, nor did I appreciate her getting sidelined so much in the finale. The first half of season 6 is very strong to me, but it felt like they didn't know how to resolve what they had set up, that entire two-parter hit too cheesy a note with how easily they resolved everything

And yep, I could understand the scoobies being sad for Buffy (as Tara was) and feeling shocked at coming face to face with mortality for the first time with their friends mother dying, but punching the wall? Ending up in tears? The flashback felt like a very contrived way of suddenly telling is that Joyce had been a mother figure to the gang, even though that blatantly didn't line up with the rest of the series

Re: :D

[infinitewhale.livejournal.com]

I sometimes wonder if they just chickened out. Ratings were falling, everyone was complaining about the dark, depressive storyline and they just threw in a half-assed happy ending. Buffy's happy, Xander saves the day and Willow's Willow again. Nothing will ever redeem the crayon business. Nothing.

Same thing in S7. Out of nowhere in EoD we're supposed to forget everything that happened.