Silly chilly meta

[beer_good_foamy]

So I'm snowed in and watching the winter olympics and reading my flist at the same time and the thought struck me:

Let's say all the Buffyverse people (well, the ones who are still alive) were also snowed in and lounging in front of a sports channel. Which disciplines would they be watching?

Buffy watches figure skating. Of course. Though if one of the younger girls should drop by, she quickly switches over to downhill to show Slayer solidarity with Lindsay Vonn and Anja Pärson.

Willow watches the halfpipe competition with Kennedy. That's about it; she doesn't watch a lot of sports since that incident with the short track competition in 2002:

Magic control and exciting TV don't always mix.

Kennedy, however, watches alpine and freestyle skiing and snowboarding. She prefers traditional alpine skiing, ski cross and snowboard giant slalom to moguls and halfpipe since she figures the fastest across the finish line should win, not whoever sucks up to the style judges.

Xander watches women's curling. He's also a fan of cross-country skiing, especially the 50K classic – there's something to be said for sports that require tactics, patience and endurance rather than superstrength and superspeed.

Giles is fascinated by biathlon; the mixture of physical exertion and precision. He's suggested it to Buffy as a training method for new Slayers. Surprisingly, Buffy had no problem with the guns, but refused to participate in any sport that required her to be out for hours in the snow.

Dawn generally thinks winter sports are pretty lame. Especially figure skating. She watches a lot of the behind-the-scenes reports, though, and knows more about waxing skis than she does about skiing.

Spike watches any sport where a Brit is in with a chance. So no winter olympics for Spike.

Angel watches hockey. Of course. He also watches bobsledding, more out of puzzlement than anything else; why would anyone who's not trying to atone for a dark past do that to themselves?

Connor doesn't watch ice hockey. He's not sure why.

Illyria finds passing amusement in watching ski jumping. Human beings trying to fly are somehow almost endearing... she means pathetic. Illyria doesn't find humans endearing. Uh-uh.

Gunn watches ice dancing. Don't tell anyone.

Lorne watched the opening ceremony.

Vi watches skeleton (like luge, except head-first). I'm not saying she doesn't cringe and cover her eyes a lot, but she watches it. Someone has to.

Anne is usually busy, but occasionally joins Kennedy to watch the freestyle events since she appreciates anyone who can improvise in mid-air and land on their feet.

Oz watches curling. Not for the same reasons Xander does, he genuinely likes watching rocks slide slowly across the ice.

Riley watches downhill. It's a Man's sport.

Andrew watches downhill. It's a sport with men in tights.

Ethan watches short track. See above.

Faith is actually in Vancouver right now. She played the opening game for the US women's hockey team – or rather, 11 seconds of it; she was then suspended for the rest of the games after rather spectacularly forgetting the no-tackling rule. She was barely off the ice before she was signed by the Boston Bruins, though.

ETA: D'oh! Forgot Andrew and Connor for some reason. Added them.

Comments

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Of course. He also watches bobsledding, more out of puzzlement than anything else; why would anyone who's not trying to atone for a dark past do that to themselves?


"snorfle"

[gabrielleabelle.livejournal.com]

*laughs openly*

[xlivvielockex.livejournal.com]

The Spike one made me laugh out loud. As well as the Faith one.

And I love curling. I wonder what that says about me. I think I'm with Oz. The best curling quote I ever found "I first became aware of curling about 7 years ago. I've found, once you start watching, you can't stop. It's like being stoned and being amazed by your hand. You just can't look away."

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

There are a lot of strange sports out there, but bob has to be one of the weirdest. It's like a soapbox derby without wheels for grown men. Plus, you know, Angel's probably flashing back to that fun summer he spent in a box at the bottom of the ocean.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

:-)

[opportunemoment.livejournal.com]

Bwahaha, Riley and Andrew. And Faith! :D

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think curling is a fantastic sport, and your quote pretty much explains it. It's one of the very few sports I know that takes its time. Every other sport keeps getting faster, harder, higher, longer... curling takes hours to play, and even if there were a pro league with tens of thousands of spectators per game and MLB wages you couldn't play it any faster. Plus, it's a rule that the winners buy drinks for the losers afterwards. How cool is that?

[xlivvielockex.livejournal.com]

Seriously, it's just a sport of awesomeness. I've been watching hours upon hours of it. No matter who is playing, I'm watching. I wish I didn't live in the Southwest cause I really want to play!

And plus, The Simpsons did an episode about it. You can't get more cool than that. Though I admit, free drinks for the winners, pretty damn fantastic.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Well, if the Canadian and US women's teams are made up of Slayers, it would explain a thing or two... (between them, they had a combined goal difference of 72-3 in the first three games. I'm not ruling out superpowers.)

[deird1]

Connor doesn't watch ice hockey. He's not sure why.

Oh... *sniffles*

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

*nods* Unfortunately, Chipmunk Robots On Ice isn't an olympic sport.

[gillo]

Spike watches any sport where a Brit is in with a chance. So no winter olympics for Spike.

Except possibly the women's skeleton in which we won the gold medal? Or the curling?

(Grrr)

*g*

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

You're saying Spike would consider curling a sport? ;-) Even with a soul, I think Spike would explode with frustration every time the British team deliberately scored 0...

[snickfic]

Vi's is definitely my favorite. Hee!

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

I'm with Illyria on this one. Except that all sorts of these crazy-ass kids seem to be going airborne, not just the ski jumpers. Sometimes you just have to come down with a little ice dancing, with its relaxing lack of death-defying feats.

Maybe I'm with Vi.

[caira.livejournal.com]

Have you considered Test cricket?

[caira.livejournal.com]

*snort* Hee. (OTOH, Buffy never found out how much Tara liked figure skating, and can't work out why Willow won't watch it with her anymore.)

As for the short track, I still crack up every time I see that. He did Australia proud, that boy. :p

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

*snerk* more cookies - with funny faces on them

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

Are you sure you don't mean luge? Because that's even more dangerous and insane than bobsled.

Hey! Lets go 80 miles an hour while flat on my back! You have to be undead to even attempt it in my opinion.

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

Faith is my favorite. Of course that's what happened.

[angearia.livejournal.com]

Dawn generally thinks winter sports are pretty lame. Especially figure skating. She watches a lot of the behind-the-scenes reports, though, and knows more about waxing skis than she does about skiing.

Oh, really now?

:D

[angearia.livejournal.com]

Agreed!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Luge is insane (as was, sadly, proven on the very first day of the olympics). But at least you get to be out of the open, you don't squeeze into a speeding sardine can with three other people.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Too much running. It doesn't have the "we look ridiculous and we don't care" dignity of curling. Plus I'm not British and therefore it's genetically impossible for me to understand the rules.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

I think it's the default way of watching skeleton. :-)