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So last week I finished Angel: the Series. Spoilers through the end of the TV show, a mixed bag of positive and negative reactions )

So, now that I've finished both series, I'm open to recs! Vids especially, I'd love vids for either show (oh! I've been lent Scooby Road and entirely forgot I had it, will have to watch that!)- I've mentioned my preferences before, but really, if the vid is awesome or pretty or hysterical, I'd love to see it. As far as fic goes...I am sort of wanting fic, but what I'm wanting is pretty specific and not that common, from the Buffyverse fic I've looked at...I'd like AtS s5/post-series stuff* that's not incredibly angsty; if not gen (and good, non-depressing post-AtS gen would be awesome) I'd especially love either a B/A fic with a happy ending that I can believe in (pretty much all the B/A I've seen is either ridiculously unconvincing domestic romantic fluff, or tragic AAAAAANGST, much of it well written but not what I'm in the mood for) or else a Buffy/Angel/Spike fic that's more about story than the sex. And that has a happy ending! which I don't even know how it could work, but want it bad enough that I'm tempted to try to write it myself, just to figure it out.

* I know there's a lot of great fic written earlier in AtS's run, but I've got this thing that I can't really read fic about characters who later die in canon. E.g. I can't read fic set in the first couple seasons of NCIS, for all that I loved SPOILER. So most earlier Buffy & Angel fic wouldn't work for me, now that I've seen the whole show. The one exception is chars who die in the final eps, because generally I can just forget that they ever did. But most of the BtVS/AtS deaths cannot be denied as easily as, say, Richie Ryan's...

I also must mention that having finished with the Buffyverse, I've started watching Bones (yes, yes, I'm madly crushing on David Boreanaz, moving on), am at the beginning of s2 and am rather enjoying that. no specific spoilers, but cutting for those not interested ) All the show wants for is a bit more h/c...(if there's any good Bones h/c fic out there, please to be pointing me toward it?)
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In fact, it's here for Buffy the Vampire Slayer; I finished watching the show last night. spoilers through the end of BtVS )

Now I suppose I'll have to track down the Buffy s8 comics, as I'm curious where it goes from here.

And then there's Angel season 4... more spoilers )

Can't believe I'm almost done all of it - but it's quite a ride!
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About a third of the way through season 7 of Buffy/season 4 of Angel, and...

spoilers for Buffy ) Can't believe I'm almost done with the show...

and then Angel spoilers ) Looking forward to more!

of note

Feb. 17th, 2010 03:27 pm
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The Buffy musical episode? Totally worth watching the entire rest of the show for. ZOMG LOVE. Funny and cute and touching and awesomely singable. Seriously, Joss Whedon should just be writing musicals. (Okay, so I'm biased, as I love Sondheim and Rent and clearly Joss does, too. But he's very good at them! And horrible soul-crushing angst is so much more entertaining when it's being sung about...)

a few spoilery remarks re: BtVS & AtS )

*wanders off humming "Walk Through the Fire"*
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Had a major blow in RL that left me in a terrible funk for a few days this week, which I handled by submerging myself in TV and flash games. Last night we finished up BtVS s5/AtS s2, so here are my thoughts - now with extra rambling and whining!

first, Buffy: spoilers, squee and anti-squee )

then, Angel - mostly squee here )

ETA: Also, I'm getting enough along in both series to be able to watch vids without spoilers - got any recs? I'd be up for just about anything well-done, any char or pairing focus (though particularly Giles, Buffy, Giles & Buffy, fluffy Xander/Anya, Angel, Spike, AtS!Cordelia, cute teamy AtS. Also I'd kind of love a totally epically tragic romantic Buffy/Angel (the pairing, not the series) vid (yes, I like them, sue me :P) And please tell me that there is at least one awesome Wesley/Gunn vid, because they need one badly...)
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As recommended, we've been watching Buffy and Angel concurrently, and are now through Buffy 4x18/Angel 1x18. (Does anyone else find it confusing to talk about two shows, both of which are named for the title character, and which chars are also in a major 'ship? Buffy/Angel Verse leaves me wondering if I'm talking about the two shows, or about an OTPer's AU...)

spoilers for both, including spoilers for future stuff I haven't seen but know about, so if you're behind-the-times watching like myself be cautious )
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So, thanks to a marathon weekend, we made it to 4x01 of Buffy tonight! Must say, season 3 was a romp indeed.

long rambly spoilers, warnings for mild capslocking and totally non-incisive, extremely shallow stream-of-thought )
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So, after avoiding it for some long years (mainly for reasons of Needing Another Fandom Like I Need a Hole in the Head) I am finally watching Buffy for the first time. It's a bit weird, seeing things that I've heard other fans discuss for years. But overall I am quite enjoying the experience!

The last ep I watched was the premiere of season 3. (So no spoilers beyond that ep, please!) general thoughts; spoilers included )

So, yeah, those are my present thoughts on Buffy thus far. Definitely looking forward to more! Again, I would appreciate it if no one mentioned any spoilers in the comments - thanks to fannish osmosis I've picked up a fair bit of Buffy canon, but there's still a lot of things I don't know, and would prefer to discover them for myself - thanks!

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