The way to enjoy JW work is not getting emotionally attached to the characters.
Enjoy the show for the show, because if you start liking the characters, and wishing they'll ship A with B and it'll be the best ship evah, and the characters will be happy and grow as people and be fine humans that deal with their issues in a sane manner... well, that way madness and resentment and bitterness lie.
Well, that's okay, but when you're watching Angel S5, seeing Fred and Wesley finding happiness and all you can think is "I wonder just what horrible, horrible thing is gonna happen to them?" something might be wrong.
Because characters in the Buffyverse (Firefly didn't last long enough to reach that stage), really have nothing to live for. They're all like Angel in a way, cursed. They moment they get happy it goes downhill real bad. Slit your wrists bad. Every single time.
I'm not saying a show where every character is happy happy, joy joy is the way to go, but one where happy moments, every happy moment, is the harbinger of doom...
Aw, come on. Willow and Kennedy! Buffy and The Immortal! Faith and Wood! Andrew and Nearest Charismatic Male! All the really important relationships, the ones the fans cared passionately about, were validated in the end!
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Enjoy the show for the show, because if you start liking the characters, and wishing they'll ship A with B and it'll be the best ship evah, and the characters will be happy and grow as people and be fine humans that deal with their issues in a sane manner... well, that way madness and resentment and bitterness lie.
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Straightening them out, giving them their happy, that's the purview of fanfic. Fucking them up, that's for the shows.
But, that's just the way I watch.
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Because characters in the Buffyverse (Firefly didn't last long enough to reach that stage), really have nothing to live for. They're all like Angel in a way, cursed. They moment they get happy it goes downhill real bad. Slit your wrists bad. Every single time.
I'm not saying a show where every character is happy happy, joy joy is the way to go, but one where happy moments, every happy moment, is the harbinger of doom...
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*is sad*
But. I still love it all anyway.
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Dude, where the hell were you four years ago when I was renting my clothes and crying bitter tears for a OTP gone way the hell off the rails?
:P
Luckily, I am currently practicing your words of wisdom while watching Bones.