janedavitt

This is a big blow. I've been part of that community in a small way for years and get a lot of fun out of the forums and recaps. Right now, as I rewatch a Buffy episode with Lauren (last night was Surprise/Innocence: OMG!!!) I follow up by reading the recaps.

All that work, all that information and snark, gone? Ack. This makes me sad. I want to download every word and save it but that's not going to happen. Some of the recaps were dull; one recapper for Desperate Housewives made my teeth grind because she simply said what happened, nothing more, but some of the recaps were works of art.

And some just made me grin:

"Do you want to be punished?" he asks quietly, and a million Giles-spanking-Willow fan-fics are born. ["Dude, forget the fan fic. I want to be punished, and if raising a evil, phallic temple is all it takes to get that sort of attention from Giles, I'm so there." -- Ace] ["The line starts behind me, sister." -- Sars]

I wish this was an early April Fool.

http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/03/27/tv-fans-pity-shutdown-of-television-without-pity/