I have to say I really quite adore Oz, werewolf or not.
What I love most about Oz is his wonderful dialogue. So far, as wolf, he just grunts and growls. A waste!
Speaking of, I also adore his reaction to waking up naked in the forest: "huh".
Yes, that was wonderful too.
There's something sweet about the way he can get enthusiastic about new weirdness.
Yes. He really does love his work.
I like this episode for making the distinction between kinds of monsters -
I like the way the werewolf is not a monster and the human werewolf-hunter is one.
Last heard of, Willow was calling Cordelia a skanky ho.
At some point very soon I want to talk about Willow and her various relationships - I get confused. She was so upset about Cordelia and now she's talking to her like a friend? And then she seems to have fallen for Oz, and then is all strung out over Xander and we don't see Oz for a bit, and - well, I don't quite get it. It's as if the continuity is a bit messed up. Issues that are resolved get unresolved and then fixed up without explanation.
Oz is nothing like the profile of the werewolf the gang work off, Larry turns out to be gay and his sexism was all about denying it, and Cain gets run out of town by the girl he dismissed. All of which I like.
I like it too, and I like the way we see all these different angles, one after another.
I love the way he gets happier because of it, but because of Xander's reaction. It kind of bothered me this time around that he gets so freaked out.
Me too. There's quite a bit of homophobia in Xander's reaction. I think partly it's that ten years ago the world was more homophobic and that kind of fear-reaction to learning someone was gay was considered more 'normal' than it is now. (As if it were contagious or something.) It doesn't make Xander look very sympathetic, but he isn't mean to Larry, and maybe learns from it.
Not helped by the knowledge that Angel killed Theresa - especially since Buffy did have the chance to kill him and couldn't make herself do it.
Of course, I'm glad she didn't. But I like her sense of guilt here. Guilty because she didn't do it; guilty because of the feelings that prevented her from doing it.
Makes me smile every time.
Willow often makes me smile.
Willow: So, I'd still if you'd still. Oz: I'd still. I'd *very* still.
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Date: 2008-05-03 09:44 pm (UTC)I have to say I really quite adore Oz, werewolf or not.
What I love most about Oz is his wonderful dialogue. So far, as wolf, he just grunts and growls. A waste!
Speaking of, I also adore his reaction to waking up naked in the forest: "huh".
Yes, that was wonderful too.
There's something sweet about the way he can get enthusiastic about new weirdness.
Yes. He really does love his work.
I like this episode for making the distinction between kinds of monsters -
I like the way the werewolf is not a monster and the human werewolf-hunter is one.
Last heard of, Willow was calling Cordelia a skanky ho.
At some point very soon I want to talk about Willow and her various relationships - I get confused. She was so upset about Cordelia and now she's talking to her like a friend? And then she seems to have fallen for Oz, and then is all strung out over Xander and we don't see Oz for a bit, and - well, I don't quite get it. It's as if the continuity is a bit messed up. Issues that are resolved get unresolved and then fixed up without explanation.
Oz is nothing like the profile of the werewolf the gang work off, Larry turns out to be gay and his sexism was all about denying it, and Cain gets run out of town by the girl he dismissed. All of which I like.
I like it too, and I like the way we see all these different angles, one after another.
I love the way he gets happier because of it, but because of Xander's reaction. It kind of bothered me this time around that he gets so freaked out.
Me too. There's quite a bit of homophobia in Xander's reaction. I think partly it's that ten years ago the world was more homophobic and that kind of fear-reaction to learning someone was gay was considered more 'normal' than it is now. (As if it were contagious or something.) It doesn't make Xander look very sympathetic, but he isn't mean to Larry, and maybe learns from it.
Not helped by the knowledge that Angel killed Theresa - especially since Buffy did have the chance to kill him and couldn't make herself do it.
Of course, I'm glad she didn't. But I like her sense of guilt here. Guilty because she didn't do it; guilty because of the feelings that prevented her from doing it.
Makes me smile every time.
Willow often makes me smile.
Willow: So, I'd still if you'd still.
Oz: I'd still. I'd *very* still.
Young werewolf-love. So cute.