geekyI don't really need four copies for my very own. So...
In my essay, I talk about my love of Buffy, and how it helped me grow into myself as both a fannish adult and a professional author. Others talk about finding community through the Browncoats, or the treatment of good and evil in Angel, or the Hero's Journey of Dr. Horrible. If you're a Whedon fan, you probably have a story of your own. Tell it! Be as detailed or as brief as you like. On Friday, I shall unleash our old friend, Random Number Generator, to pick two winners, each of whom* will receive a copy of Whedonistas.
The book officially comes out next Tuesday, so even if you don't win, you should absolutely pick up a copy for the Whedon fan in your life. Or in your head. Whatever floats your boat.
Game on!
(*North American entries only, please, unless you're willing to pay postage. I just can't afford it right now, I'm sorry.)
March 8 2011, 18:50:15 UTC 6 years ago
But I still hated Buffy. And Angel. Right?
I had quit my job to focus on writing and got up with my boyfriend every morning to gym first. And at the gym they would play reruns of Angel. While watching it I saw bits of Mal in the way Angel talked. And it fascinated me.
That summer Dr. Horrible came out and I could not stop singing the songs.
So about a year later, with another boyfriend who was a huge Whedon fanboy, I was finally talked into watching Buffy. I was in middle school when it first came out and I thought it was stupid. I didn't even want to entertain thoughts of liking it. And I didn't understand how the vampires worked.
Going back to watch it as an adult? It was amazing. The whole writing team on the show had such a grasp on character development and how to make a story work. And the vampires? They were real monsters!! And some of the episodes ranged from creepy to downright frightening.
Now I watch the show while I write (I have to watch tv or movies while writing, I'm weird) and I read the scripts to try to teach myself to write better dialog. And I'm convinced that if Joss had taken up novels as opposed to TV he would be viewed at one of the best writers in several generations. But people don't think like that about film or television.
And for the last three months I have had one song or another from Once More With Feeling stuck in my head.
So, in regard to Joss Whedon? I am a complete 180 from where I was ten years ago. (Luckily this is true in other parts of my life but those are irrelevant to this post)
March 8 2011, 23:31:56 UTC 6 years ago