Re: SPOILER: "Angel" vs. "Buffy"

[Tater <tater@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:39 AM 5/25/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Well, my objections to Riley are somewhat shallower than my objections
>to Spuffy, but yes, Sarah and Marc certainly lacked chemistry. Did you
>know that Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald) auditioned for Riley? Would
>that they would have cast him...
>
>As to why they can't keep Buffy single, I think they think that since
>B/A was such a big smash, there's a certain part of the audience that
>demands a romance of some sort. Lord knows Marti Noxon isn't going to
>keep Buffy celibate, not Ms. Soap Opera Tortured Romance "Pains and
>Chains Gal" (her nickname for herself). But, yeah, there's a lot to be
>said for Season 1: less relationships, more stories. (And okay, a LOT
>of B/W cuteness, but that's just our subtexty little minds at work...)
>
>As for "better no one than the wrong one", well maybe that was the point
>of Spuffy, to make Buffy learn that lesson. Maybe Spike will return in
>Season 7, having learned and grown, and ready to be a better
>boyfriend--and Buffy will STILL show him the door, because she knows
>better than to repeat that mistake. Maybe ME won't live down to my
>worst expectations and close the series on a Spuffy smoochfest.
>
>Maybe I'll win the lottery tomorrow, too...
>
>Dan
>
>Suddenly realizing that it's dark and he's pretty much whistling,
>here...


Well we can hope that Buffy has learned she can exist without a boyfriend.
We can also hope that the Watcher's Council has pulled their heads out of
their asses and decided to give the Slayer their full and unconditional
support, all the vampires in Sunnydale have switched to pig blood, Harmony
has become a Rhodes Scholar, Wolfram and Hart has given up all their demon
clients to do pro bono work for underpriviledged children, and Dawn has
become a mature adult. We can hope.


tater (Vegetables of the world unite!)

With you on wishing they had cast Christian Kane as Riley.