And there's my heart, shattered on the ground

[exsequar]

Anyone who says Kripke's the new Joss? Yeah, um... no. Not really.

I will not turn this into a bash of Kripke but instead a WORSHIP AT THE ALTAR OF WHEDON. Because holy god. It's been a long time since I watched one of his shows linearly that was mostly new to me, and AUGH. I just watched Angel 3x14, "Couplet", and and and I'M A LITTLE BROKEN. See, I already know most of the major plot points of Angel. I know Wesley reads in the prophecy that Angel's gonna kill Conner, so he takes Conner away. I knew Gunn and Fred got together and that it broke Wesley's heart. I knew Groo came back and got with Cordy and it broke Angel's heart. But I didn't know the ORDER that all these things happened in, and the way Joss plays my emotions like a virtuoso violinist... I just, I'm constantly blown away by his storytelling. It makes me go O.O and ;_; and -_- and x_x. And everything in between. I started crying when Angel told Cordy to take Groo on a vacation, and gave her back the money for the potion, and just the generosity was so heartwarming and god, Angel, god... sometimes you're a goofy, self-centered little biatch, but then you pull it all together, and truly, you are a champion. *is crushing SO HARD* And then, THEN, Wesley writes "The Father will kill The Son" and I'm all !!!! NOT NOW NOT NOW and fade to black and cue flailing. Jesus.

Why YES Joss Whedon, I WILL have your babies. Your pasty white BRILLIANT babies.

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I know, there is no one like Joss out there, he is a genius and my favourite TV writer. No one else can make you cry and break your heart and at the same time make you proclaim that it is the best TV you've ever seen. And he does it over and over again. Is this the first time you watched 'Couplet'? omg I love that episode and Angel is still one of my favourite TV shows. omg Cordy/Groo and Angel/Cordy and kyrumption! And you know that moment in the bookstore where Wesley is to Angel 'you're like one of those rare books, one of a kind' and the bookstore guy finds two copies of the book? Such a Joss Whedon moment, it always makes me laugh. I love the Wesley arc in s3.