20 years...

[elisi]

Dear Buffy, Happy Anniversary! Sorry pet, didn't get you flowers. Been busy talking to all the people who are celebrating you and Mr pointy! pic.twitter.com/Y7ytBus9xC

— James Marsters (@JamesMarstersOf) March 10, 2017

(Via Sueworld)

I wish I could think of what to say, and there are endless articles extolling Buffy's virtues (which are all good, but none quite reflect ME). I guess above all she gave me fandom, fic, meta, all you lot... ♥

ETA: Oh, and if anyone's curious, here is My Buffy History. :)

Comments

[kass]

Aw, James Marsters. <3

[elisi]

Bless him, he's got class. <333

(Also it seems as if I don't have a Spike icon uploaded on DW yet. I must amend this.)

[owlboy]

I thought Buffy had it's 20th anniversary years ago o_O

[elisi]

It's not THAT old...

[sea_thoughts]

I can't believe it's 20 years... *feels old*

[elisi]

My eldest is 18... I feel ANCIENT! /o\

[adoxerella.livejournal.com]

When I saw an article on NPR announcing this anniversary my first thought was...frak I'm old. The second was an appreciation of the positive influence the show has been on media and society. Which was pretty impressive at the crack of why am I awake in the morning.

Now, I still feel old, but I also feel fortunate that I have met so many fantastic people in fandom. *raises a glass*

[elisi]

When I saw an article on NPR announcing this anniversary my first thought was...frak I'm old.
And so say all of us...

The second was an appreciation of the positive influence the show has been on media and society. Which was pretty impressive at the crack of why am I awake in the morning.
*is impressed* And yes, so many articles. Made me happy. :)

Now, I still feel old, but I also feel fortunate that I have met so many fantastic people in fandom. *raises a glass*
*cheers*

[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

I loved your Buffy history. I also watched sporadically at first. And then in Lovers Walk, Spike said " I haven't had a woman in weeks" and went into vamp face. That's when it clicked for me.

[elisi]

I loved your Buffy history.
I'm so glad I wrote it down when I did, since lots of it has now been lost in the mists of time and when I re-read it myself I go 'Oh yeah, that was a thing...'

And then in Lovers Walk, Spike said " I haven't had a woman in weeks" and went into vamp face. That's when it clicked for me.
Mmmm. It's always Spike isn't it? ;)

[fangfaceandrea.livejournal.com]

Much love for the show and the fandom today, *cheers*.

[elisi]

*\o/*

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

Whoa...how time flies..

[elisi]

Yeah, it's scary...

[ever-neutral.livejournal.com]

Hallelujah and amen.

♥

[elisi]

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

[eaweek.livejournal.com]

Wow, it's been 20 years. I knew that particular anniversary was coming up, but the reality of it kind of kicks you in the head.

I stopped watching after season 5 (popping in from time to time for things like the musical and the final episode), but I still rate seasons 1-3 among the best television I've ever watched.

[elisi]

Wow, it's been 20 years. I knew that particular anniversary was coming up, but the reality of it kind of kicks you in the head.
It's holding up well though! *pets show*

I stopped watching after season 5 (popping in from time to time for things like the musical and the final episode), but I still rate seasons 1-3 among the best television I've ever watched.
Funny isn't it - I liked the show well enough in those early years, but it was S6 and S7 which made me into the obsessive fan I became. :)

[eaweek.livejournal.com]

It's funny what we're drawn to, for sure. I think because I liked early Buffy so much, that became, to me, the way the show "should" be. But I know people who began watching circa season 4-5, and to them, that was the way the should "should" be, and when they went back and watched the early seasons, it didn't seem quite right. : )

[elisi]

But I know people who began watching circa season 4-5, and to them, that was the way the should "should" be, and when they went back and watched the early seasons, it didn't seem quite right. : )
Ah, the Doctor Who argument. ;) 'The only REAL Doctor is [insert whichever Doctor was around when speaker was 8 years old]' *g*

I watched from the start, and enjoyed it very much, but it didn't grab me until those later seasons. Possibly because I wasn't a teenager (and had never been an American teenager) and couldn't identity with those particular issues. Although generally I think it's because I fall for certain types of stories. And Buffy didn't tell those stories until later on.