Oh, yes, the problem with Ats is definitely that, to follow grandiose plot arcs, character personalities sometimes end up getting warped in absurd ways.
Yeah, I'd argue that season 4 was one of the best Ats seasons when it comes to the overall plot being pretty tight that year, but it's not my favourite season because it's just not as great for character arcs. At times it felt like Angel and Wesley were the writers only priorities, Cordelia, Gunn, Lorne, and to an extent Fred, all kind of fell by the wayside
Season 5 seems to be the favorite season of those who are mainly BtVS fans because it is the less tied to long plot arcs and mostly composed of one-shots episodes. Also Spike.
My flist is probably a pretty biased sample as I do have a lot of BtVS and Spike fans friended! I did find it interesting though that season 1-4 all seemed to get almost an equal amount of love (even season 4 gathered a few more votes in the end), while with BtVS it's definitely a lot easier to pinpoint the fan favourite seasons. I'm still not really sure what those would be with AtS...
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Date: 2015-07-31 01:06 pm (UTC)Yeah, I'd argue that season 4 was one of the best Ats seasons when it comes to the overall plot being pretty tight that year, but it's not my favourite season because it's just not as great for character arcs. At times it felt like Angel and Wesley were the writers only priorities, Cordelia, Gunn, Lorne, and to an extent Fred, all kind of fell by the wayside
Season 5 seems to be the favorite season of those who are mainly BtVS fans because it is the less tied to long plot arcs and mostly composed of one-shots episodes. Also Spike.
My flist is probably a pretty biased sample as I do have a lot of BtVS and Spike fans friended! I did find it interesting though that season 1-4 all seemed to get almost an equal amount of love (even season 4 gathered a few more votes in the end), while with BtVS it's definitely a lot easier to pinpoint the fan favourite seasons. I'm still not really sure what those would be with AtS...