With me it's the opposite. I'm enjoying S8 because of the characters, not the storyline. The storyline is neat, this big bad is actually interesting because he's not really evil (I was never a big fan of the show's big bads, only liked Angelus and Warren.)
However, plotline never interested me as much as characters. I'm enjoying Buffy here like I've never enjoyed her before, she's going through new challenges, bigger than the ones she faced in S7. I really wish SMG acted the scene with Giles on the phone, acted the scene with Faith in the pool, acted the scene with Satsu in the graveyard. Heck, all Buffy's scenes with Xander were awesome, and very Buffy-like.
I'm enjoying that they continued the friendship between Xander and Buffy, they were getting closer in S7, in ways they never had before (I think the scene in Seeing Red was the key) he was becoming as much of a family as Dawn, the hand squeeze in Chosen clearly shows that of all the Core Four, Xander was the only one she was really fine with.
I thought it was weird that Xander was in Africa when we had such a strong family vibe between Buffy, Xander and Dawn. This continuation makes more sense than Andrew's story in S5.
Buffy and Willow aren't as close as they used to, same goes with Buffy and Giles, as well as Buffy and Dawn, that's all interesting to me. Wish we get to see how that develops, and cross my fingers that this won't be another S7 where character relationships go to the background in favor of plot.
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Date: 2008-02-12 11:02 am (UTC)However, plotline never interested me as much as characters. I'm enjoying Buffy here like I've never enjoyed her before, she's going through new challenges, bigger than the ones she faced in S7. I really wish SMG acted the scene with Giles on the phone, acted the scene with Faith in the pool, acted the scene with Satsu in the graveyard. Heck, all Buffy's scenes with Xander were awesome, and very Buffy-like.
I'm enjoying that they continued the friendship between Xander and Buffy, they were getting closer in S7, in ways they never had before (I think the scene in Seeing Red was the key) he was becoming as much of a family as Dawn, the hand squeeze in Chosen clearly shows that of all the Core Four, Xander was the only one she was really fine with.
I thought it was weird that Xander was in Africa when we had such a strong family vibe between Buffy, Xander and Dawn. This continuation makes more sense than Andrew's story in S5.
Buffy and Willow aren't as close as they used to, same goes with Buffy and Giles, as well as Buffy and Dawn, that's all interesting to me. Wish we get to see how that develops, and cross my fingers that this won't be another S7 where character relationships go to the background in favor of plot.