I think for many of us, Buffy and Angel is when we went from being fans to being fanatics. That something over the top that made us believe in OTPs and there was only certain *right* way to characterize our favorite characters.
And sure, we have opinions about all that in other fandoms but we can laugh off poorly drawn characters or dabble in alternate pairing for our favorites. But it's just not the same as being so invested in the show that we cursed the writers when they did us wrong, worshiped the writers when they did us right, passionately argued character backgrounds and motivations in endless meta discussions ... cried buckets when they left us.
Someday I want to be so blinded by a show that all it's successes lift me up and all it's fault cut me deep. But maybe it's like that first true love, that you will never feel in that way quite the same way.
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Date: 2008-01-30 02:16 am (UTC)And sure, we have opinions about all that in other fandoms but we can laugh off poorly drawn characters or dabble in alternate pairing for our favorites. But it's just not the same as being so invested in the show that we cursed the writers when they did us wrong, worshiped the writers when they did us right, passionately argued character backgrounds and motivations in endless meta discussions ... cried buckets when they left us.
Someday I want to be so blinded by a show that all it's successes lift me up and all it's fault cut me deep. But maybe it's like that first true love, that you will never feel in that way quite the same way.