On Slayers and Angels.
Feb. 7th, 2004 05:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
azuriteI hate myself for neglecting to mention how traumatized I am.
CORDELIA DIED!??!?!
Angel-verse, by the way. I've been following Angel and BtVS for the longest time, though I went through a period of not-watching Angel. Angel sort of sank in quality for a bit, and now that Cordy is *gone* GONE... wow. I mean, Joss has killed off major characters before (Buffy, Angel, blah, blah...) but... why Cordy? He did say in some interview that he felt he had taken Cordy's character to the limit, there was nothing more to be done with her...
What the hell? What demon crawled into his brain and sucked it dry?
Don't get me wrong, I hate the idea of a Cordy/Angel relationship; no matter how hard they tried to make it look canon in the show, it was like Seven of Nine/Chakotay in Voyager... there was something majorly OFF. But Cordy was the strongest female presence Angel had. I realize that the show is not CALLED 'Cordelia' or anything, but they kept her in a friggin' coma for a whole season (or was it more?) but geez.
Besides, the whole "character" thing is so two-sided. You're supposed to treat characters as if they're real people-- especially in a live action, where viewers are more likely to want to relate to the characters! And you can never take a person to the "limit;" nobody goes through a series of experiences and NOT change. We saw Cordy change from Season 1 of Buffy, and Season 1 of Angel, but... what? Just because she was in a coma for a season, her character is DEAD? That's so wrong. There's much to be done-- she could have been alive and had a competition with Buffy, could have gone and done something new and cool... Yeesh.
I was hoping for an "original cast" reunion-- Buffy, Angel, Oz, Willow, Xander, Cordy -- together again fighting a new baddie. But then... apparently the Buffy crew in Europe doesn't like Angel, CEO of Hell Incorporated, all that much. Faith (Eliza Dushku) is supposed to make a reappearance on the show, but I doubt it'll be for many episodes, given that Dushku's got her hands full with Tru Calling (admittedly, I like her "Faith" better, but Tru is still pretty damn cool).
So now we've got...
* Angel - same old, same old.
* Lorne - who is funny, but rarely used
* Fred - Genius, but had her time in the limelight; she's really a subcharacter now
* Wesley - Also had his time to shine; it'd be nice to see him reunite with Giles or something. Ex-Watchers, LTD!
* Gunn - His character isn't as strong as it used to be. Blame that on the brainwashing.
* Spike - Second only to Angel; I can't wait for Buffy to reappear and make things uber-complicated.
* Eve - I don't know why Angel didn't just kill her. She's going to be back. I hate her, but she's cool.
* Harmony - I <3 Harmony. She kicked so much ass in the last episode. I really wanted her to eat Eve alive. >:)
DEAD!
* Connor - They gave him a "normal" life. I wonder what REALLY happened to the actor.
* Cordelia - Someone shoot Joss Whedon.
* Lilah - She *so* needs to come back (again). If Lindsey can, why can't Lilah??
GONE...!?
* Andrew
* The Slayerettes (Buffy, Xander, Willow, Robin, Giles, Dawn, Potentials-Gone-Slayer)
* Faith
We're at the point where there's only so much that can happen, you know? They've had their apocalypses, their big baddiness, the mystery of Lindsey (the whole Doyle plot was good, but the minute Spike spoiled it, the story disappeared) and Cordelia's one-shot. Now what?
NOW WHAT???
CORDELIA DIED!??!?!
Angel-verse, by the way. I've been following Angel and BtVS for the longest time, though I went through a period of not-watching Angel. Angel sort of sank in quality for a bit, and now that Cordy is *gone* GONE... wow. I mean, Joss has killed off major characters before (Buffy, Angel, blah, blah...) but... why Cordy? He did say in some interview that he felt he had taken Cordy's character to the limit, there was nothing more to be done with her...
What the hell? What demon crawled into his brain and sucked it dry?
Don't get me wrong, I hate the idea of a Cordy/Angel relationship; no matter how hard they tried to make it look canon in the show, it was like Seven of Nine/Chakotay in Voyager... there was something majorly OFF. But Cordy was the strongest female presence Angel had. I realize that the show is not CALLED 'Cordelia' or anything, but they kept her in a friggin' coma for a whole season (or was it more?) but geez.
Besides, the whole "character" thing is so two-sided. You're supposed to treat characters as if they're real people-- especially in a live action, where viewers are more likely to want to relate to the characters! And you can never take a person to the "limit;" nobody goes through a series of experiences and NOT change. We saw Cordy change from Season 1 of Buffy, and Season 1 of Angel, but... what? Just because she was in a coma for a season, her character is DEAD? That's so wrong. There's much to be done-- she could have been alive and had a competition with Buffy, could have gone and done something new and cool... Yeesh.
I was hoping for an "original cast" reunion-- Buffy, Angel, Oz, Willow, Xander, Cordy -- together again fighting a new baddie. But then... apparently the Buffy crew in Europe doesn't like Angel, CEO of Hell Incorporated, all that much. Faith (Eliza Dushku) is supposed to make a reappearance on the show, but I doubt it'll be for many episodes, given that Dushku's got her hands full with Tru Calling (admittedly, I like her "Faith" better, but Tru is still pretty damn cool).
So now we've got...
* Angel - same old, same old.
* Lorne - who is funny, but rarely used
* Fred - Genius, but had her time in the limelight; she's really a subcharacter now
* Wesley - Also had his time to shine; it'd be nice to see him reunite with Giles or something. Ex-Watchers, LTD!
* Gunn - His character isn't as strong as it used to be. Blame that on the brainwashing.
* Spike - Second only to Angel; I can't wait for Buffy to reappear and make things uber-complicated.
* Eve - I don't know why Angel didn't just kill her. She's going to be back. I hate her, but she's cool.
* Harmony - I <3 Harmony. She kicked so much ass in the last episode. I really wanted her to eat Eve alive. >:)
DEAD!
* Connor - They gave him a "normal" life. I wonder what REALLY happened to the actor.
* Cordelia - Someone shoot Joss Whedon.
* Lilah - She *so* needs to come back (again). If Lindsey can, why can't Lilah??
GONE...!?
* Andrew
* The Slayerettes (Buffy, Xander, Willow, Robin, Giles, Dawn, Potentials-Gone-Slayer)
* Faith
We're at the point where there's only so much that can happen, you know? They've had their apocalypses, their big baddiness, the mystery of Lindsey (the whole Doyle plot was good, but the minute Spike spoiled it, the story disappeared) and Cordelia's one-shot. Now what?
NOW WHAT???
