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lady_windermereJust got finished reading my flist, which has totally exploded with Dr Who....I'm only a member of one community for Dr Who, but it must account for half my friends list! It takes me back, and not always in a good way, to when Buffy was being aired. I seriously am not looking for friends on that community. Too many people I do not agree with, so I am keeping my opinions to myself. Yet again I'm out of the main ship. Not a Rose fan!
On that subject, I would say at as far as BtVS and AtS is concerned everyone knows my Ship is Spangel, and I'm more than content if it never gets an official nod as canon. I have totally no axe to grind for either Bangel or Spuffy. My het pairing is Spru, because I can have them in a historic setting, and have YEARS to place them in. So I'm not against a love interest in the comics at all, indeed I'm all for Angel, Spike and Buffy moving on, and having a love interest! Or in Buffy's case growing up and learning how to treat the person you love, not in any way the way she treated Angel, Spike (or even Riley).
So why am I not on board with the comic based love interests they have given them?
It is not because they cannot make a comic book character into a love interest. Comics have had love stories in them for decades. It is more difficult with an established character from another medium, TV in this case, and over a long period of time. For the stories to live on, the characters do have to have some love interest, it is all part of story telling.
For me, it is more a case that these comic characters have faults. Yes I know that is part of story telling, but it is not faults like they are flawed characters, it is more flaws in how they are written. They have not engaged me, or held my attention. I simply do not care about them, nor are they colourful enough to be the love interest of a major character.
With Spider, she does have flaws, and questions that are not answered yet. Even so she is not working out. Not because I am a Spangel shipper, as I have said, I think I would rather my ship never became canon, and I was happy reading fanfic where others share my vision. I at least do have questions about her, so that is something. At present I just do not see her with Spike, or not as anything other than passing the time in a hellish dimension with maybe some mutual comfort, and some undisclosed motivations, on both their parts, that they may be using each other for some reason. I would find that interesting, but I would be totally disgusted if it is that Spider is using Spike (which I could see), while Spike is protrayed as the stupid duped character. I would accept it if they both have underhand plans. Ok so it is not romantic Spike, but I can see Spike doing that, if the need arose.
I read that Metallica released "Whiskey in the Jar", and have ran to my Thin Lizzy. *Puts Thin Lizzy up Full Volume for protection"
On that subject, I would say at as far as BtVS and AtS is concerned everyone knows my Ship is Spangel, and I'm more than content if it never gets an official nod as canon. I have totally no axe to grind for either Bangel or Spuffy. My het pairing is Spru, because I can have them in a historic setting, and have YEARS to place them in. So I'm not against a love interest in the comics at all, indeed I'm all for Angel, Spike and Buffy moving on, and having a love interest! Or in Buffy's case growing up and learning how to treat the person you love, not in any way the way she treated Angel, Spike (or even Riley).
So why am I not on board with the comic based love interests they have given them?
It is not because they cannot make a comic book character into a love interest. Comics have had love stories in them for decades. It is more difficult with an established character from another medium, TV in this case, and over a long period of time. For the stories to live on, the characters do have to have some love interest, it is all part of story telling.
For me, it is more a case that these comic characters have faults. Yes I know that is part of story telling, but it is not faults like they are flawed characters, it is more flaws in how they are written. They have not engaged me, or held my attention. I simply do not care about them, nor are they colourful enough to be the love interest of a major character.
With Spider, she does have flaws, and questions that are not answered yet. Even so she is not working out. Not because I am a Spangel shipper, as I have said, I think I would rather my ship never became canon, and I was happy reading fanfic where others share my vision. I at least do have questions about her, so that is something. At present I just do not see her with Spike, or not as anything other than passing the time in a hellish dimension with maybe some mutual comfort, and some undisclosed motivations, on both their parts, that they may be using each other for some reason. I would find that interesting, but I would be totally disgusted if it is that Spider is using Spike (which I could see), while Spike is protrayed as the stupid duped character. I would accept it if they both have underhand plans. Ok so it is not romantic Spike, but I can see Spike doing that, if the need arose.
I read that Metallica released "Whiskey in the Jar", and have ran to my Thin Lizzy. *Puts Thin Lizzy up Full Volume for protection"
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Date: 2008-07-03 09:51 pm (UTC)The Dawn storyline annoys me, and shows a lack of respect for the character to me. I'm not keen on the Buffy comic, and was not happy with the last Angel one either. But trying to like them!