stuff and things

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1. I forgot to thank eowyn_315 for my sugary Easter bunny. Thank you, Eowyn!

2. Seraph has been nommed over at the Cover to Cover Buffy Awards, for best non-Spuffy characterization. See my shiny nominee button!


3. Housemate and I are into the meat of S6. This my first rewatch of anything past "Tabula Rasa." The first time through I did everything from "Smashed" to the end in one long marathon session because I just couldn't stop. Whereas this second time... it's exactly the same. I have no trouble pausing in the middle of any of the other seasons, but this one just pulls me and won't let go. Is it just me?

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[rebcake.livejournal.com]

It's not just you.

How's Housemate holding up?

P.S. Congrats on the lovely and deserved nom!

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Housemate is unimpressed by the sexcapades and considering a disavowal of her previous Spike fannishness. But the series ain't over yet.

Thank you!

[riccadonna.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!
What usually stops me is having to change the DVD, and I think non-american people have a bit of a problem with marathon watching; but I'm totally with you in spirit!

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Is marathoning-watching a peculiarly American pastime? Somehow I wouldn't be surprised.

Thank you. :)

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

Woot! Congrats on the nom.

Not just you. In spite of how awful parts of season 6 make us feel, it's hard to look away from a season that had so many ups and downs. (Mostly downs, but....)

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Yes. The proverbial train wreck. Plus there just don't seem to be any good stopping points, the way there are in other seasons.

Thank you. :)

[next_to_normal]

Heh, I'm the opposite. My first rewatch ground to a halt somewhere around "Smashed," or maybe "Gone," because I need a certain level of emotional fortitude to be able to make it through, and I usually can't make the investment. (My second rewatch, for the record, ground to a halt because I didn't want to rewatch "Amends" but I felt bad skipping it.)

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You know, I need that emotional fortitude for S5, but not S6. I don't know why. All the external trauma of S5 just weighs me down, but the internal angst of S6 pulls me on. I dunno.

Heh. My first rewatch of S5 paused for a long time before I finally decided skipping "The Body" was allowed. OTOH, "Amends" has all that Oz/Willow adorableness and a wee bit of Faith/Summers household bonding...

[angearia.livejournal.com]

Yay for nominations! Sugary Easter bunny! Housemate!

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Yep yep. :)

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! I feel like I get more excited over Seraph noms than over any of my own! *g*

S6 just sucks me in. GAH I LOVE IT.

I feel like my viewing of the show is so skewed: I watch different parts of S6 and 7 over and over and over again, with a few specific episodes from S5 and 4 thrown in. I almost never revisit the earlier seasons. Weird, huh?

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Awww. You are so sweet.

I think there's going to be monster post of conflicted S6 opinions once the rewatch is over. I can't wait to read your response and hear why you love it.

I've ended up rewatching S2 a bunch of times, partly because that's usually the season I use to introduce people to the show. Then I rewatched S4 like crazy for Seraph purposes (which amuses me, since pre-Seraph it was one of my least favorite seasons, and now I like it quite a bit). And then I rewatch parts of S5 pretty regularly, plus OMWF.

The thing is, I'm realizing that while I'm a sucker for the angst&woe the first time through, when it comes to rewatching I really want happier, lighter fare. It's true for movies, too. So I like S4 and large parts of S2 just for the light-heartedness. We get our heart torn out so rarely in S4! Also, light-heartedness is generally self-contained in one episode, whereas to get the full angst impact one has to watch a bunch of eps in a row for that cumulative effect.

Also, please to be noting that all those seasons are Spike seasons; much as I love Faith, I just never get around to rewatching S3 as often...

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I will withhold my thoughts till then. And honestly, most of my reasons for loving it aren't ones that would apply to other people--they're very specific to me and who I am. *shrug*

I do love to rewatch 4! Happy times! And hilarity!

S3 is boring. There are some good episodes, but I think people are mostly so distracted by Faith (and the Mayor, who are awesome, it's true) that they don't realize how much of it is bogged down by pointless B/A angst and just slow in other areas.

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Actually, I find the first half of S3 pretty slow. But the second half just rocks, what with The Zeppo and Dopplegangland and The Wish and Bad Girls/Consequences all in a row.

You're right though - the B/A angst reeeally drags.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I admit that that stretch it really awesome. But other than that...it drags. A lot.