Isabel

BtVS watcher since: "Lover's Walk."
Hanging out at the ATPoBtVS Posting board since: early December 2000. Delurked between Christmas 2000 and New Year's 2001.
Origin of posting name: early December 2000. Delurked between Christmas 2000 and New Year's 2001.
Age / species / day-job: (Just turned) 35 / human, most of the time / serials cataloger (librarian)
Most memorable BtVS/AtS quote: Per episode? Per character? Just ONE?! I was going to choose Spike's monologue mocking Angel from the roof in "In the Dark." but I think I'll go with one of Willow's from "The Puppet Show"- "One again I'm banished to the demon section of the card catalog."
Favorite philosopher: never thought much about philosophy before. I was going to say nobody, but there is someone I've read that I think I understood. I don't agree with everything he says, but Machiavelli is a very interesting read.
TTMQ: I'd put myself around a 9. Example: I am a cataloger and my library uses the Dewey Decimal System. The first time I saw "The Puppet Show," when Willow said the quote I cited above, I thought to myself, "Hmm, 133- Magic and folklore or 291- Religion?" (I have friends that don't like watching movies with me because I'm such a nitpicker for errors.)
Strangest thread topic ever posted: We once discussed the symbolic meanings behind Buffy's wardrobe.
Coolest thread topic ever posted: OnM's 'Buffy is the Kwisatch Hadderach' (sp) springs readily to mind, but there were a number of others that also made me sit back and say "Whoa."
Why I love this board more than unlife itself: I love watching BtVS and AtS and I like being able to discuss and analyze episodes and the characters of my two favorite shows. The posters are polite and friendly and even if people get into a fierce discussion with people having opposing viewpoints, I have rarely seen it turn into electronic name calling and hair pulling. Plus, it's not all intellectual. I also like the fun threads like the 'chocolate dipped characters' and the 'Canadian Demon Cat Worshippers.'
Read Isabel's character analysis of Willow.