What other music/artists/songs do you think Angel likes (he says he likes ballads. Apparently cheesy ones, but I’m not so up on that genre)?
He likes Barry Manilow, so any artists of that ilk, I think, would qualify. Neil Diamond, Neil Sedaka, The Carpenters, The Captain and Tenille -- all those 70s pop icons who now fall under the heading of "Adult Easy Listening." Maybe some of the BeeGees earlier stuff, before they went disco. (My dad's a musician, so I grew up with ALL kinds of music in the house. For good or bad. :) Barry White for when he's feeling horny. Which, in my head, is most of the time. *g*
What would Angel read? Only Sartre and existentialist philosophy? Who would be his favorite author? Does anyone vote for Dostoevsky?
Having not read Dostoevsky, I can't comment. Tolstoy, maybe? I think Anna Karenina would be high on his favorite list of books.
Would he read the Bible after he’d been re-ensouled (kinda hard, what with the burning hands, I guess)? What about other religious texts?
Hmm. Not sure if he'd re-read the Bible; I think he knows it off by heart already. I always think of Angel as being Catholic in the same way that I am: he has it burned onto his retinas, but he thinks it's all complete bullshit. Except for the parts about guilt and forgiveness. I do think he would read Buddhist texts, though; he seems to have spent a fair amount of time in Asian monasteries. Plus a lot of those martial arts disciplines have quasi-religious texts that are considered part of the training.
Did you have any stereotypes/preconcieved ideas about what BtVS would be like before you started watching it?
My only experience with SMG prior to Buffy was on All My Children, and I HATED her. Her acting was dreadful. I just figured it would be a bad camp fantasy with a bad lead actress. I started watching the show by accident in season 5. I was flipping around, caught the scene where Spike was at the London soiree in "Fool for Love," and thought, "Oooh! Period piece!" Then Dru bit him, and I thought, "Oh, this must be Buffy. I'll just flip the channel. But... that guy is kind of hot." So I watched till the end. The dialogue was great, JM was fantastic, and SMG was a pleasant surprise. The rest, as they say, is fandom.
How common was it for men to wear corsets back in the day? I know some did, but I want to know if it was considered as crossing-dressing-ish as it is nowadays, or whether it was the thing to do. (I’ve seen period movies in which they make it look like the thing to do. Yup, Ralph Fiennes in a corset). Because Angelus? Vain. And we already know Spike likes to rip garments off women and wear them.
Hee! I thought corsets were mainly for portly gentlemen who wanted to hold their tummies in. I don't think Angelus had much to be concerned about in that department. It'd be weird seeing Ralph Fiennes in a corset, unless he gained weight for the role.
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He likes Barry Manilow, so any artists of that ilk, I think, would qualify. Neil Diamond, Neil Sedaka, The Carpenters, The Captain and Tenille -- all those 70s pop icons who now fall under the heading of "Adult Easy Listening." Maybe some of the BeeGees earlier stuff, before they went disco. (My dad's a musician, so I grew up with ALL kinds of music in the house. For good or bad. :) Barry White for when he's feeling horny. Which, in my head, is most of the time. *g*
What would Angel read? Only Sartre and existentialist philosophy? Who would be his favorite author? Does anyone vote for Dostoevsky?
Having not read Dostoevsky, I can't comment. Tolstoy, maybe? I think Anna Karenina would be high on his favorite list of books.
Would he read the Bible after he’d been re-ensouled (kinda hard, what with the burning hands, I guess)? What about other religious texts?
Hmm. Not sure if he'd re-read the Bible; I think he knows it off by heart already. I always think of Angel as being Catholic in the same way that I am: he has it burned onto his retinas, but he thinks it's all complete bullshit. Except for the parts about guilt and forgiveness. I do think he would read Buddhist texts, though; he seems to have spent a fair amount of time in Asian monasteries. Plus a lot of those martial arts disciplines have quasi-religious texts that are considered part of the training.
Did you have any stereotypes/preconcieved ideas about what BtVS would be like before you started watching it?
My only experience with SMG prior to Buffy was on All My Children, and I HATED her. Her acting was dreadful. I just figured it would be a bad camp fantasy with a bad lead actress. I started watching the show by accident in season 5. I was flipping around, caught the scene where Spike was at the London soiree in "Fool for Love," and thought, "Oooh! Period piece!" Then Dru bit him, and I thought, "Oh, this must be Buffy. I'll just flip the channel. But... that guy is kind of hot." So I watched till the end. The dialogue was great, JM was fantastic, and SMG was a pleasant surprise. The rest, as they say, is fandom.
How common was it for men to wear corsets back in the day? I know some did, but I want to know if it was considered as crossing-dressing-ish as it is nowadays, or whether it was the thing to do. (I’ve seen period movies in which they make it look like the thing to do. Yup, Ralph Fiennes in a corset). Because Angelus? Vain. And we already know Spike likes to rip garments off women and wear them.
Hee! I thought corsets were mainly for portly gentlemen who wanted to hold their tummies in. I don't think Angelus had much to be concerned about in that department. It'd be weird seeing Ralph Fiennes in a corset, unless he gained weight for the role.