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more 5.12 thoughts
This started out as a reply to Deepa's and Cerisaye's comments to my previous post but got rather wordy. Particularly for me.
Still not much in the way of insight, in case you're wondering. :)
I usually leave the reviews to others. But this episode? Man.
The ending was a kick in the gut, but the good kind, ya know. ;o) I mean yeah, I wished Cordy would have stayed with Angel until, well, the series finale. But given the meta we knew that wasn't an option. I'm sad to see her go, but at least she got to go with grace. I'm weirdly happy even though I start sobbing every time I rewatch the final scene. (The first time I was simply too shocked - just gasped at the screen.) Speaking of, are there still those who say DB can't act, or the two have no chemistry? Huh? Huh?
They've really got the surprise twist ending down to an art form on this show. And I'll never get how people can intentionally spoil themselves, never.
I thought YW was a lot like 'Awakening' in that it took a 'meh' kind of episode and turned it inside out until we ended up with something amazing. Man. The plot itself... I dunno, these James Bond settings do absolutely nothing for me. And wtf was Fred doing with a tricorder? Though I liked how the stupid thing was utterly useless. Still. Also, Lindsey? I really, really hope we haven't seen the last of him and they're gonna come up with some explanation that's actually in character and makes sense. But I'm unspoiled, no idea where it'll go.
But the ending made it all right. Sigh.
This is the first time this show made me cry, I mean the I'm-a-sobbing-mess-kinda cry. The only other scenes I found as moving were the final scene of 'Home', and the one in Buffy season 3, where she drops her ring at Angel's mansion and says 'Good Bye'. Nice and understated. All the rest? Doyle's death? Left me cold, sorry to say. Same with Tara, same with Anya. And Spike's heroic demise, thanks to the WB, triggered no stronger emotion than mild curiosity how they'd bring him back.
But here... I just have to think about Angel and Cordy meeting at that party in the pilot, and... damn.
I hope this episode will do something to resuscitate the C/A writer's collective muses. I'm in need of fanfic therapy to put the torn little pieces of my heart back together.
And death may be inevitable in the Whedonverse, but when has it ever been final? They did throw in that one line, "I'll be seing you." Enough to cling my hope to. Doesn't have to end here. In my mind it's certainly not going to.
Still not much in the way of insight, in case you're wondering. :)
I usually leave the reviews to others. But this episode? Man.
The ending was a kick in the gut, but the good kind, ya know. ;o) I mean yeah, I wished Cordy would have stayed with Angel until, well, the series finale. But given the meta we knew that wasn't an option. I'm sad to see her go, but at least she got to go with grace. I'm weirdly happy even though I start sobbing every time I rewatch the final scene. (The first time I was simply too shocked - just gasped at the screen.) Speaking of, are there still those who say DB can't act, or the two have no chemistry? Huh? Huh?
They've really got the surprise twist ending down to an art form on this show. And I'll never get how people can intentionally spoil themselves, never.
I thought YW was a lot like 'Awakening' in that it took a 'meh' kind of episode and turned it inside out until we ended up with something amazing. Man. The plot itself... I dunno, these James Bond settings do absolutely nothing for me. And wtf was Fred doing with a tricorder? Though I liked how the stupid thing was utterly useless. Still. Also, Lindsey? I really, really hope we haven't seen the last of him and they're gonna come up with some explanation that's actually in character and makes sense. But I'm unspoiled, no idea where it'll go.
But the ending made it all right. Sigh.
This is the first time this show made me cry, I mean the I'm-a-sobbing-mess-kinda cry. The only other scenes I found as moving were the final scene of 'Home', and the one in Buffy season 3, where she drops her ring at Angel's mansion and says 'Good Bye'. Nice and understated. All the rest? Doyle's death? Left me cold, sorry to say. Same with Tara, same with Anya. And Spike's heroic demise, thanks to the WB, triggered no stronger emotion than mild curiosity how they'd bring him back.
But here... I just have to think about Angel and Cordy meeting at that party in the pilot, and... damn.
I hope this episode will do something to resuscitate the C/A writer's collective muses. I'm in need of fanfic therapy to put the torn little pieces of my heart back together.
And death may be inevitable in the Whedonverse, but when has it ever been final? They did throw in that one line, "I'll be seing you." Enough to cling my hope to. Doesn't have to end here. In my mind it's certainly not going to.