I got the general feeling that Faith was considered to be too self-consciously tough in S3, and the real Faith love didn't start to bloom until her return in S4. Then it had a nice retroactive glow which went back over the earlier episodes. Of course, that's a pretty subjective take on a general board-wide vibe.
Zoe: What's that, sir? Mal: Freedom, is what. Zoe: No, I meant what's that? Mal: Oh. Yeah. Just step around it. I think something must've been living in here.
'Out Of Gas'
Buffy 4: Grr. Arrgh.
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DavidS - Sep 17, 2003 9:42:14 am PDT #5671 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
tina f. - Sep 17, 2003 9:46:45 am PDT #5672 of 10001
Personally, I did the dance of Faith love from the minute she came on the screen. As much as I love the Scoobs, for once I saw someone who I could relate to and acted more like I did when I was in highschool.
While I wasn't a big cleavage-y slut bomb, I did, you know, smoke and cuss, make fun of cheerleaders and listen to music too loud, etc. (And then I staked that one guy by accident and went evil, but that's a whole other story...)
Cindy - Sep 17, 2003 10:36:09 am PDT #5673 of 10001
Nobody
I think "new character's" experience, or rather, the experience an audience has when a new character is added to the show, is sort of like how a new school sees a "new kid", which Joss gave us a nice view of, in WTTH.
JohnSweden - Sep 17, 2003 10:38:42 am PDT #5674 of 10001
I can't even.
I remember the Bronze having major Faith-lust immediately. It was the first time the Bring Your Own Subtext crowd emerged, that I noticed. Cosmic Bob danced with Eliza at the PBP that year and his sig file became legend.
These are just my rose-coloured memories -- there was a sizable "is Faith Evil?" faction even before she was, y'know, evil, but I remember a generally positive reaction. However, if Allyson is skimming the vaults, she may have a different take to report.
erikaj - Sep 17, 2003 11:29:32 am PDT #5675 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
As a late adopter, I pretty much always liked her.
Cindy - Sep 17, 2003 12:07:32 pm PDT #5676 of 10001
Nobody
Faith and I arrived in Sunnydale, pretty much at the same time, so she wasn't subjected to my usual aversion to cast changes and additions.
(Fred got double, on Angel. Plei ropes me in, once in a while. At least the twitching is gone, now.)
JenP - Sep 17, 2003 12:12:59 pm PDT #5677 of 10001
Personally, I did the dance of Faith love
This, I would like very much to see, please.
While I wasn't a big cleavage-y slut bomb
Oh, come on. Just admit it ...
Cosmic Bob danced with Eliza at the PBP that year and his sig file became legend.
What's a sig file? Or, really, what does this mean? I am old. And wasn't a Bronzer. And am sort of low- to mid-tech competent.
amych - Sep 17, 2003 12:17:18 pm PDT #5678 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Jen, a sig is like a tagline.
OTOH, I don't know what Cosmic Bob's was, and I wanna know!
Cindy - Sep 17, 2003 12:18:14 pm PDT #5679 of 10001
Nobody
I think it was just "I danced with Eliza," amy.
JenP - Sep 17, 2003 12:18:51 pm PDT #5680 of 10001
Jen, a sig is like a tagline.
Thanks, and ...
OTOH, I don't know what Cosmic Bob's was, and I wanna know!
me, too!