the fandoms were kind of fizzled out by then To some extent, that'll be true... but that's the interesting thing about Buffy - new generations (ha!) are always rediscovering it... and even her patterned cow pants are back in style again, sort of (which might be a sign of the Apocalypse all on its own, now that I think about it). In any case, people are still writing LOTS of fanfic for many "dead" fandoms on a regular basis. Especially Buffy.

Anyway, there are bonuses to both styles of watching.