Sounds to me more as though he's started playing to his perceived audience (or believing their blogs). I mean, the guy writes fanfic for a living - it's just fanfic that happens to be original and excellent. He's a nerd, with one of the best ways with a character that I've ever seen. He knows how to arc, and how to develop, and he doesn't waste anything. I admire all of that.

But whether he was being honest, or whether he was simply talking to suit what he thought people wanted to hear from him (those in the cult, anyway) it sounds like it crossed over from interesting to TMI. Could be ego, could simply be poor judgement.

I adored Buffy - for all the reasons herein, and also Firefly, which was one of the snappiest pieces of rapid character exposition and engagement I've ever seen. Hated Angel as a spin off, and couldn't be arsed to get engaged with Dollhouse or Dr Horrible (which I actually didn't find very amusing).

I'd like to think that the things he brought to the shows I did like would give us something to talk about - but without the ability to actively engage in the conversation, I doubt I'd pay to go sit and listen to him tell me what he thinks I might want to hear. :D

Also, have you been watching that series called Martin Clune's Horsepower at the moment? I wasn't going to watch it, because I knew it would make me cry, but C decided to put it on, and sure enough, I cried. But I'm also now recording it to keep watching as it goes on. Brilliant - because it's actually presenting some really useful information as well as being beautiful.

I can feel my extremely dead and decayed 'horsey' bits tingling with the potential for regeneration. *sigh*