Angel

[louiselux]

So, where is all the Top Gun slash? Just curious really. I saw a fic today - the one and only fic I've ever seen and for a film with slo-mo volleyball and lots of locker-room towel wearing you'd think there'd be piles of it.  Or was it those horrid little v-shaped smiles that put everyone off?

Veering wildly, I've been watching Angel for the first time ever! How did I manage to avoid it for so long? It's really good. Angel's bad dancing is a thing of beauty that will stay in my mind for a long time.  As a character in Buffy he was rubbish and annoying, but in Angel he's a slightly lost, vulnerable guy and the way Cordelia and Wesley are protective of him is, well, quite frankly it makes me squee.

I've also been watching an anime called X, which is quite a lot of fun. Everyone has seriously pointy chins and there's a lot of leaping from rooftop to rooftop in a silly way. Nearly everyone has mystical powers of leaping and is Mysterious. But there's some nice hurt/comfort bits where the beefcakey boy puts his arm protectively round the skinny boy (Kamui, I think), even when he's just saying hello or attaching a plaster.  I like it.

Comments

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

I often wonder if I would've loved Angel so much if I'd seen him on Buffy first, rather than the other way around.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

I've only ever seen him on Buffy and I didn't like him at all, although to be fair he was better/less annoying than Spike. But now I love him as a character, I think because there's more humour to set off the angst.

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he's a lot more self-aware-feeling in Angel-- I think someone woke up and realized how old he really was. XD And like anyone on Buffy wasn't less annoying than Spike.

But there will be more angst. Oh yes.