Warning...All Characters on AtS Will Self-Destruct...

I'm a much happier fangirl, I have found, when I scroll my friendslist and just *don't* click on the latest episode cut-tags, unless I already have formed a basic fandom relationship with the reviewer and feel comfortable that even if I disagree, sanity will prevail and we can discuss, analyze and pick apart the show until the cows come home or I have to answer the phone at work. Whichever comes first.

Also - thebratqueen - with whom I have decided that I share a brain, except she got all of the exceptionally functioning cells, said this today in her LJ and it made me happy:

...We had meta problems up Charisma's uterus...

And I love her for that phrase alone. Yes - "Angel" is my show. I love it. Do I love every episode? No. It is still my show, now and forever, amen. "Buffy" was also my show. Do I feel the same way about both shows? Eh...no. They are different. Same parents. Different kids. But in my eyes both kids are gifted. Just differently.

So you don't have to like Buffy to like Angel and you don't have to like Angel to like Buffy. Some people like me and don't like Dawn at all. Some people really dig Dawn and find me creepy. That is fine. We are different people and your reaction to either of us does not have to be the same. However, if you say shit about my Mama, I will have to kick your ass. Fair warning --just cause one or both of us suck, does not mean it is our mother's fault. Joss Whedon? Well, he ain't my mama, so you can say what you like about him, and I will reserve the right to agree/disagree.

And this is fine and dandy and we can all go off skipping into the sunset, hoding hands and buying the world a Coke: except for one thing. The Spike Card.

Aside: When I actually read "The Spike Card" aloud up there - I'm saying it like in the intro to Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" - where he says:

Dearly beloved
we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life
electric word - life
it means forever and that´s a mighty long time
but I´m here to tell you
there´s something else...
the afterworld

I'm saying "The Spike Card" in the exact same way Prince says "the afterworld" - just so you know.

Spike has fans. People adore/love/worship/worry and feel for him. That is special. Seriously. I get it. I do.

I also understand that there are people that feel Spike is the worst thing to ever happen to network television since Steve Urkel hiked up his pants and sauntered into your living rooms. This is not so special - but emotions are valid and I get it. I see where you are coming from as well. I do.

If you are a Spike fan and you absolutely hated what happened to his character on BtVS last year, or sixth season, or fifth season or really - name your season - you are probably not going to like Angel. Trust me. It's my show - I think it is peachy-keen and bowl full of cherries and everything good and pure in the world if everything that was good and pure was actually really bad and nasty, but I'm funny that way. I liked the last season of Buffy. I wanted more to be sure, but eh, I liked it.

See, Spike is still in the same family - he is just hanging with a different sister. And you may or may not dig this chick, but she has a lot in common with the other sibling - Fury, DeKnight, Goddard... you see where I am going with this. But she is a different show. Different goals, different values, different tastes and aesthetics. Similar history and sense of humor - but different.

But wait! I said if you hated what "Buffy" did to Spike, you will probably hate "Angel" as well and then I turned around and pointed out that these are entirely different shows. Well - how can that be bad? One show fucked Spike over - this show can't treat him any worse, right?

Wrong. This show treats everyone like shit. Seriously. Look what has happened to Angel in the past 4 years and he is the freakin' lead. To really enjoy Angel - ya gotta like watching the pain. Ya gotta get into your favorite characters getting really up close and personal with their dark sides. If Season 6 Depresso!Buffy was a turnoff to you, then you are just gonna be in agony every single week. This show is the bad sister - trust me. She is a man-eater. While I don't wish to be spoiled and I am not spoiled I can say this with utter certainty: What ever happens to any character on Angel ain't gonna be pretty. Unless they happen to be naked.

Why do I say this...Hmmm, I don't know - let's see:

Doyle
Cordelia
Lilah
Kate
Connor

I could go on. I don't think I need to. So, if you're not happy with bringing the pain and heroes acting less-than-heroic and sometimes downright petty, and undeserved, ignoble endings, don't watch.

I like messy. I like dark. I'm a happy fangirl. You may not be. It's okay.

More About The Bracelet...QaF US

Gah! This is just the thought that wouldn't die.

Cutting cause I reference late season 2 although kitkatbyte is almost there. You go girl!

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