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Angel on top?

will57
Some recent discussions I've seen have me curious. This poll is relatively simple: Was Buffy over Angel by the end of the series (Not Fade Away, specifically)? I decided to do it as a scale, because a strict dichotomy would probably be difficult.

Absolutely no comics discussion! Pretend they don't exist. We're only working from the TV show. I don't have any particularly negative feelings towards the comics, but I don't read them and I'm not interested in hosting a discussion about them. Don't mention them. Not even to snark (Especially not to snark). I don't share your snarkage. I don't want to hear it. Let's stick to the TV show.

Okay, that said, let's get poll-y. Vote and comment with lovely thoughts. Discuss, debate, share ideas. Y'all know the drill.

Edit: Just to clarify, this poll is about Buffy being over Angel in a romantic sense. Carry on. :)

Poll #1640887
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 148

How much has Buffy moved on from Angel by the end of the series? 1 = Completely, thoroughly over him; 10 = Still as into him as she was in S1-S3

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Mean: 3.85 Median: 3 Std. Dev 1.99
1
6 (4.2%)
2
26 (18.1%)
3
52 (36.1%)
4
24 (16.7%)
5
10 (6.9%)
6
5 (3.5%)
7
9 (6.2%)
8
8 (5.6%)
9
2 (1.4%)
10
2 (1.4%)

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crevanfox
Nov. 5th, 2010 01:30 am (UTC)
I dont think you ever completely get over your first love. She might be in a place where she can date other people and not be constantly comparing them to Angel, but she'll always carry a torch, whether she wants to or not.
gabrielleabelle
Nov. 5th, 2010 01:37 am (UTC)
I've never been entirely comfortable making universal statements such as that. Personally, I am so very over my first love. Good god, am I over him. I refuse to believe I'm an anomaly.

I think Buffy has her own special, idealized fantasy place where Angel resides (that she likes to retreat to in times of stress). I don't know that I'd describe it as carrying a torch, though, as it's not an active yearning in any way.
hello_spikey
Nov. 5th, 2010 02:08 am (UTC)
Way, WAY over my first love.

So is my sister.

And my husband.

And everyone I'm close enough to to know that about, actually.

(Also, thank god!)
owenthurman
Nov. 5th, 2010 03:09 am (UTC)
We're so over each other that we can be friends and chat on F'book without any sliver of regret or passion.

Same with my best friend and my sister and pretty much everyone else I know.
eowyn_315
Nov. 5th, 2010 02:49 pm (UTC)
Heh, maybe the difficulty in getting over your first love is directly proportional to how traumatic it was? I'm certainly not over my first serious relationship (I refuse to call it "love" given how it turned out), at least in the sense that I'm still talking about it in therapy, lol.

I think Buffy's probably the same way, except she holds onto both the horror AND the fantasy of Angel, which makes for some interesting issues.
gabrielleabelle
Nov. 5th, 2010 05:49 pm (UTC)
Oh, I don't doubt there are some people for whom their first love sticks with them for a prolonged period of time (possibly forever). Buffy's likely to be one of them given the Absolute Trauma it entailed. I just automatically rail against generalized statements proclaiming that nobody gets over their first love. I did. I'm not a weirdo.
eowyn_315
Nov. 5th, 2010 06:04 pm (UTC)
No, I got that. I actually agree with you. I was suggesting that for those who don't get over it (and I think it's a minority), there's probably a reason for it - whether the experience is positive or negative (and for Buffy, it was both), if there's a huge amount of emotion involved, it seems it'd be more likely to stick with you than if you dated someone and broke up with minimal drama.
ssddgr
Nov. 6th, 2010 11:57 pm (UTC)
I'm glad I read through the comments a bit before writing one myself, because now I don't have to :) I completely agree with this:

I think Buffy has her own special, idealized fantasy place where Angel resides (that she likes to retreat to in times of stress). I don't know that I'd describe it as carrying a torch, though, as it's not an active yearning in any way.

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