Off To Bed

Just posting to say good-night! I am sore, hot and tired, and it is that time of the month as well. So irratated as well! At least I did everything I was supposed to now

What Is AU or AR?

Just posting my thoughts on what is AU or AR in BtVS and AtS.

Well for the complete purist, anything which is not controlled by Joss would be AU or AR, therefore all fanfiction is, as it is the fanfic authors version who has control of what happens to the character(s). I am not a purist, so I don't hold to that view myself.

My AU or AR is a completely different reality from the Jossverse, such as sexymermaid's Wings, Manhunter or The Janitor.

Anything set in the world of Joss where, for example, Angel and Spike are vampires, Buffy is a slayer, the Scoobies are the Scoobies, And either Sunnydale or LA are as stands in the Jossverse are variations of cannon to me.

The least AU or AR are stories which are episode reinterpratations, an example, from sexymermaid would be Jan's latest Seven, a Spander reinterpration of Season Seven. They keep the most detail from the Jossverse seasons, and are closest to cannon.

What does everyone else think? Sorry for using you as an example Jan, but I think your work is the most widely known in my bit of the BtVS and AtS world.

Pondering With Friends

I was out with my friends today, and we started talking about snobbary in art. The Critics and the Art Galleries telling us what we should like, and the general public tossing them two fingers (or one if you are Spike) and buying what they like.

I know this is not fandom based, but, in my drunken mind, I thought I would post what I thought.

We have an artist in Scotland, well known, but of Italian decent, so I really don't think in this state I should make a try for his name. Anyway he is very popular by the general public. One of Britain's best selling artists, and really doesn't care what the "establishment" thinks. He is also self taught. So no not a techical wiz, but has his finger on the pulse of popular taste.

I think the Art Galleries should show his work, because that is what the general public splash their money out on, and is a snap shot of the mass taste of this time. What do you think? Should we let snobbary dictact what it perserved for the future?

His name is Vettiano if you want to check him out! Rothko is what the establishment likes (Yawn). Not saying what I like