How I Made My Way To NerdVille by Author Melissa Darby

 I was the tender age of say 11 or 12. My aunt, who is no longer with us and was an amazing person, bought me Buffy The Vampire Slayer the movie on VHS. Yes this is way, way back. I instantly fell in love with the movie. I watched it like 10 million times. My mom had to buy the movie again because I watched it so much. I knew every word in the movie; I would sit there and say the dialogue. 
“Does Elvis talk to you? Does he tell you to do things? Do you see spots?”
Or “All I want to do is graduate from high school, go to Europe, marry Christian Slater, and die”

I would later find out that Joss Whedon wasn’t a huge fan of the movie. But that doesn’t really faze me to this day. He still created Buffy. So anyways, later on when I was a teenager The WB was coming up with some awesome shows. Then I saw the commercial Buffy The Vampire Slayer TV Show. I jumped for joy and never missed an episode. You know I didn’t have a life, that’s before DVR’s. I loved the characters he created. I don’t know how many times I laughed with them, and cried with them. Especially, the episode where Joyce dies, It was heart wrenching. One of the best episodes of Buffy; It is in my top ten. I have every season on DVD; I had the Once More With Feeling album. I really wanted the poster but I never bought it and now I
can’t find it anywhere. I have the Buffy comics also!

Then there was the Angel spin off which I never missed. I was happy with the direction they took Cordelia and you could feel the love they had for each other. Gosh I miss that show to. The ending made me go really?? I’ am a huge fan of Joss Whedon and I believe is the Super Genius. He has done so many amazing things. Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Doll House, Cabin in the Woods, and The Avengers! If it has his name on it. I automatically like it, he can do no wrong!

I’m so grateful that he created all these awesome shows, characters. I love the fact that he uses the same actors for his other shows or movies. Maybe someday I will meet him, probably not…. But a nerdy girl can dream.