So a decade (and a couple of days) ago...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiered on the WB, and i wasn't there. Do you have any idea how often that thought drives me crazy? I wasn't one of the cool kids who could see that this show was going to be something amazing, i wasn't on the ground floor of the masterpiece work known as Buffy. I was 12 years old when Buffy premiered, so i guess i was in 7th grade, possibly 6th, i can't really remember, and to be honest i probably didn't really know that it was even on T.V. for a while.
But i can fuzzily remember sometimes watching TV and seeing promos for Buffy and possibly Angel and thinking, "Ha, only nerds watch those shows, how weird are those things!" and feeling quite smug and superior that i wasn't silly enough or nerdy enough to watch those. Thinking this now makes me want to cry very nearly, because had i not been so snobby i might have been able to get in there and could say i was a supporter of the show even when it was on the air. Instead i came to Buffy the Vampire Slayer a little more than 2 years after it had been off the air.
Everyday since I watched "Welcome to the Hellmouth" in 2005 has been filled with Buffy or connected to the Buffyverse in some form or fashion. I love it and am so proud to be a Joss/Buffy/Angel fan. I like Firefly and Serenity as well just not on as obsessive a level as the others. I have a shirt that says, "Joss Whedon is my master now", and sure i like Star Wars, but no where near loved it or was obsessed with it, i just wanted people to know that i loved Joss Whedon and wasn't afraid to advertise that love.
I had a big Buffy marathon on Saturday and watched "Welcome to the Hellmouth" of course, and then just watched whatever other episodes i felt like watching. My love for this show goes beyond what i can come up with to type, say or write, it's all-encompassing, consuming, joyful, obsessive love and i wouldn't have it any other way.
I only wish i had been a bit older when the show first premeired, maybe then i would have been able to overcome my snobbery and i would be here saying, "i remember the day the show premiered and how i just knew it was gonna be cool", instead I'm here now wishing i had been there then, but oh well, i think in the end all that matters is that I'm here now and i love it and when i go to bed at night, visions of the Buffyverse swirl in my dreams. Thanks Joss.
But i can fuzzily remember sometimes watching TV and seeing promos for Buffy and possibly Angel and thinking, "Ha, only nerds watch those shows, how weird are those things!" and feeling quite smug and superior that i wasn't silly enough or nerdy enough to watch those. Thinking this now makes me want to cry very nearly, because had i not been so snobby i might have been able to get in there and could say i was a supporter of the show even when it was on the air. Instead i came to Buffy the Vampire Slayer a little more than 2 years after it had been off the air.
Everyday since I watched "Welcome to the Hellmouth" in 2005 has been filled with Buffy or connected to the Buffyverse in some form or fashion. I love it and am so proud to be a Joss/Buffy/Angel fan. I like Firefly and Serenity as well just not on as obsessive a level as the others. I have a shirt that says, "Joss Whedon is my master now", and sure i like Star Wars, but no where near loved it or was obsessed with it, i just wanted people to know that i loved Joss Whedon and wasn't afraid to advertise that love.
I had a big Buffy marathon on Saturday and watched "Welcome to the Hellmouth" of course, and then just watched whatever other episodes i felt like watching. My love for this show goes beyond what i can come up with to type, say or write, it's all-encompassing, consuming, joyful, obsessive love and i wouldn't have it any other way.
I only wish i had been a bit older when the show first premeired, maybe then i would have been able to overcome my snobbery and i would be here saying, "i remember the day the show premiered and how i just knew it was gonna be cool", instead I'm here now wishing i had been there then, but oh well, i think in the end all that matters is that I'm here now and i love it and when i go to bed at night, visions of the Buffyverse swirl in my dreams. Thanks Joss.
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