One of my wonderful Imaginary Readers wondered how on earth I could get hooked into a show when they kill off a cool character – was/am I a sick perv for getting hooked so?
Back in the day, I was an occasional watcher of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Thanks to Wiki, I know that I started watching from the middle of season two onwards, and I don’t know whether it was the vampire killer schtick, the witty asides and/or the realistic interactions that kept me tuning in.
And then… a character who seemed established and part of the Scooby Gang freakin’ died. I hadn’t experienced that in serial television in, like, forever.
What. The. Frak?
As I found myself mourning the loss of a character along with the characters on the little screen, I realised a couple of things:
– there’s some serious shit you could do with television drama (and a horror fantasy to boot); and
– they made me freakin’ care.
WTF, indeed.
aah, get used to it, especially if you watch all the episodes buffy and angel – the most note-worthy death, and gut wrenching death, did not involve vampires or demons…..thankfully, for buffy fans, her adventures live on in the comics…..and no one is looking forward to the possible movie reboot
ah yes, i remember that ep: The Body, i believe.
as for the movie reboot… wha-?