1. Yesterday was a bank holiday in the UK, so none of the people I usually watch on yt were streaming. It felt weird, but they are extremely entitled to days off, just like anyone else.
2. I am very sore, thanks to doing the garden yesterday morning. I somehow managed to pull a tendon (I think?) in my right hand, so it's painful when I stretch my thumb and, during the night, I discovered I have a blister on the heel of my palm, wheeeee!
3. Been doing some brush lettering with a really thick brush (size 8), and having hella fun. Also did some doodling, which was also fun.
4a. Please note there is a huge spoiler for s6 of BtVS in the comments! You may also find it potentially triggering - sorry for not warning for this sooner
4b. I sort of picked up my Buffy rewatch where I left off in Jan 2019, because the thought of going back to episode one and working my way through seasons one and two didn't appeal to me*. So I watched the last six episodes of S3, since I couldn't remember exactly where I stopped, and that way if I gave up again, I'd know where I got to for next time. I find it interesting in hindsight that, had the show ended when S3 did, it would have been an okay ending. Everything was wrapped up, and things were moving on. (I also think that it should've stayed cancelled after S5 ended because, while I thought S6 was better than 5, it still wasn't great, and from what I've seen of 7 since, most of that was boring as heck???**)
OPINIONS, I HAS THEM.
Also I did a twitter search to see what I've said about the show in the past (not a lot!), and was intrigued to note that in 2012, I was already beginning to see what a shitty character Xander actually is. Though as I said to![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ruuger in a comment on one of her posts, I think I'd started to go off him as the seasons progressed, but maybe didn't realise till a LOT later exactly how crappy he is.
Additionally: the more I watch this show, the more I like Cordelia (and the more I hate what happened to her character in Angel).
(OH GOD I'VE JUST SEEN ANOTHER X-MEN REFERENCE WHERE THERE PROBABLY ISN'T ONE re: Willow's arc in S6***)
(I mean, we always assumed Buffy's last name is Summers because of the X-Men, right?)
And: I'd forgotten that Angel is a whole adult! He was 26 when he was turned into a vampire! (this is only relevant because I saw something on twitter (probably) the other complaining about how all the vampires in popular media are teenagers, and honestly who wants to pretend to be a high school student all the time? (which I agree with, but also most of the media I experienced had/has adult vampires so while I get this complaint and agree with it, it's not like stuff doesn't exist)).
5. I don't have a number five, but five things make a list, right?
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*I like them okay, I've just seen them a heck of a lot at this point in time. Um, thanks, Syfy?
**Turns out Joss was content to let his attention to Buffy slide as he was also working on Firefly at the time, and, welp, we all know how THAT turned out.
***In my defence, I haven't seen S6 since it aired, so it never occurred to me till now.
2. I am very sore, thanks to doing the garden yesterday morning. I somehow managed to pull a tendon (I think?) in my right hand, so it's painful when I stretch my thumb and, during the night, I discovered I have a blister on the heel of my palm, wheeeee!
3. Been doing some brush lettering with a really thick brush (size 8), and having hella fun. Also did some doodling, which was also fun.
4a. Please note there is a huge spoiler for s6 of BtVS in the comments! You may also find it potentially triggering - sorry for not warning for this sooner
4b. I sort of picked up my Buffy rewatch where I left off in Jan 2019, because the thought of going back to episode one and working my way through seasons one and two didn't appeal to me*. So I watched the last six episodes of S3, since I couldn't remember exactly where I stopped, and that way if I gave up again, I'd know where I got to for next time. I find it interesting in hindsight that, had the show ended when S3 did, it would have been an okay ending. Everything was wrapped up, and things were moving on. (I also think that it should've stayed cancelled after S5 ended because, while I thought S6 was better than 5, it still wasn't great, and from what I've seen of 7 since, most of that was boring as heck???**)
OPINIONS, I HAS THEM.
Also I did a twitter search to see what I've said about the show in the past (not a lot!), and was intrigued to note that in 2012, I was already beginning to see what a shitty character Xander actually is. Though as I said to
ruuger in a comment on one of her posts, I think I'd started to go off him as the seasons progressed, but maybe didn't realise till a LOT later exactly how crappy he is.Additionally: the more I watch this show, the more I like Cordelia (and the more I hate what happened to her character in Angel).
(OH GOD I'VE JUST SEEN ANOTHER X-MEN REFERENCE WHERE THERE PROBABLY ISN'T ONE re: Willow's arc in S6***)
(I mean, we always assumed Buffy's last name is Summers because of the X-Men, right?)
And: I'd forgotten that Angel is a whole adult! He was 26 when he was turned into a vampire! (this is only relevant because I saw something on twitter (probably) the other complaining about how all the vampires in popular media are teenagers, and honestly who wants to pretend to be a high school student all the time? (which I agree with, but also most of the media I experienced had/has adult vampires so while I get this complaint and agree with it, it's not like stuff doesn't exist)).
5. I don't have a number five, but five things make a list, right?
~
*I like them okay, I've just seen them a heck of a lot at this point in time. Um, thanks, Syfy?
**Turns out Joss was content to let his attention to Buffy slide as he was also working on Firefly at the time, and, welp, we all know how THAT turned out.
***In my defence, I haven't seen S6 since it aired, so it never occurred to me till now.
