Just like to say, thankyou for posting this in the first place, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading everybody's differing opinions on the subject.
I can understand everyone's differing perspectives, and as some have already expressed, I am inclined to take a middle of the road perspective on the subject. (Yeah yeah I know, fencesitter! Lol)
One thing I would say about Abby, I found her rather more interesting as a character in the early couple of seasons than in the subsequent seasons, although in season 7 she seems to be coming more to the middle of the two very polar Abby personalities, so yay.
Early on, she was more funky, a bit tomboyish and didn't really wear skirts much, a bit more low key in her personality,a bit angsty, more true to her gothness.
In later seasons, she's way more bubbly, "the happiest Goth you'll ever meet", VERY girly, way more huggy, bouncybouncy, pushy and pouty. Nothing wrong with that, I just found her earlier self more interesting personally. I do like both, really I do!
Which is why I love season 7 Abby the best. The pendulum has swung a little back more to the middle. She's still more of the girly version, but there's a bit more edge to her again, and I found her a bit less annoying too.
Not sure if all of that is really relevant to this discussion though, but I did notice some of the feelings about how Abby is portrayed re Tim/Tony is rather related to how people perceive her character in general. Which, depending on where you picked up watching the show, could really make all the difference.
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I can understand everyone's differing perspectives, and as some have already expressed, I am inclined to take a middle of the road perspective on the subject. (Yeah yeah I know, fencesitter! Lol)
One thing I would say about Abby, I found her rather more interesting as a character in the early couple of seasons than in the subsequent seasons, although in season 7 she seems to be coming more to the middle of the two very polar Abby personalities, so yay.
Early on, she was more funky, a bit tomboyish and didn't really wear skirts much, a bit more low key in her personality,a bit angsty, more true to her gothness.
In later seasons, she's way more bubbly, "the happiest Goth you'll ever meet", VERY girly, way more huggy, bouncybouncy, pushy and pouty. Nothing wrong with that, I just found her earlier self more interesting personally. I do like both, really I do!
Which is why I love season 7 Abby the best. The pendulum has swung a little back more to the middle. She's still more of the girly version, but there's a bit more edge to her again, and I found her a bit less annoying too.
Not sure if all of that is really relevant to this discussion though, but I did notice some of the feelings about how Abby is portrayed re Tim/Tony is rather related to how people perceive her character in general. Which, depending on where you picked up watching the show, could really make all the difference.
mj