When I first saw your subject in my inbox, I feared you were going to chastise me for carying on such an extensive 3rd party discussion on your LJ! I must admit when you keep responding to comments via e-mail it's easy to forget whose LJ it's on at all! ;)
I think your right that the pride and certainty in the declaration contributes to the laughter. I too get tired of people being weenies about merely declaring their preferences. The only thing worse (I'm starting to notice I use this phrase a lot) is when people recieve no negative response when they say that their favorite show is something like Will & Grace (idiotic) or Jackass (rephrensible), but I'm supposed to feel shame about Buffy? Hell no! I used to either be reticent or even premptively defensive about it, but I realize that if you just declare it confidently you feel better no matter how people react. And honestly, it's hard not to laugh at the title Buffy the Vampire Slayer no matter what the context! Sometimes I wish Joss hada been easier on us... :P Yes, I know the point of it.
Re: I feel like I'm intruding here . . .
I think your right that the pride and certainty in the declaration contributes to the laughter. I too get tired of people being weenies about merely declaring their preferences. The only thing worse (I'm starting to notice I use this phrase a lot) is when people recieve no negative response when they say that their favorite show is something like Will & Grace (idiotic) or Jackass (rephrensible), but I'm supposed to feel shame about Buffy? Hell no! I used to either be reticent or even premptively defensive about it, but I realize that if you just declare it confidently you feel better no matter how people react. And honestly, it's hard not to laugh at the title Buffy the Vampire Slayer no matter what the context! Sometimes I wish Joss hada been easier on us... :P Yes, I know the point of it.