Occasionally Snarky and Meta

At least according to the trending news on Facebook. When I watched it at eleven, Sabrina looked so mature. Now, in the picture they're showing, she looks so young. Of course, sixteen is to me now what seven year olds were to me at eleven.

So, random Sabrina thoughts:
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Did any of you watch Sabrina? Do you still?

What is something you've seen or read that worked for the plot, but would be perceived as dangerous, obnoxious or even evil in the real world? Did it work for you because it was fiction, or did it still bother you?

(Let's assume the characters doing said thing were supposed to be at least marginally likable.)

Example: Joey causes a two hour traffic delay while proposing to his girlfriend in the middle of an intersection. (Actually, this happened IRL.) We see two ambulances being among the stuck vehicles.

So I've been watching Girl Meets World, which is basically a sequel series to Boy Meets World. It veers a little close for comfort at first towards being a "next gen fanfic" (where everyone's basically a xerox copy of their parents), but fortunately it avoids it, and even Maya, who is a bit of a Shawn expy, is very much her own person. I'm not watching the show faithfully, just a few episodes I've heard were good, but it's fun nonetheless.

Here's my question, though - what series did you grow up with do you think could have a plausible continuation, either a "next gen" thing or even the characters as being older? OR, what other series have done this that you enjoy? Spiritual successors don't really count, unless you want to argue that they could very well be in the same universe (that would be interesting, so let's hear it).

Phobias may be memories passed down in genes

Personally? I buy it, and a NOVA feature also suggested nightmares could be genetic as well. According to the study, when children have bad dreams, they usually involve animals; as they grow up, they end up being more along the lines of "modern' problems. I know I used to have dreams about dogs chasing me, even though I never had any remote fear of dogs. (Although the NOVA feature didn't suggest they were memories so much as primal "warnings", a way to sort of help prepare us for what could happen.)

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A situation we've all been in. Exaggerating mostly to make this universal. :P

Person A: Oh, Star Wars? I LOVE Star Wars!

Person B: Another Star Wars fan! So blather blather, mcblatherson, Han Solo -

Person A: Wait, Han who?

Person B: Han Solo.

Person A: I have no idea who that is, I haven't seen Star Wars since I was five. I know Darth Vader's Luca Moonrunner's uncle, though!

So I've been thinking about how I feel about most of Jo's chats/interviews/appearances being catered for her eight year old fans, when IMO there's no way they actually understood TDH.

And wondering how reasonable it is.