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

[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.