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And Everything Old Is New Again
May. 3rd, 2007 11:26 pmSo the Buffy Season 8 comics are out and it looks like shipping wars are here again. I have to laugh at the reports of B/Aers declaring victory because of ( this shot )
Seriously?
You really want to find the 'proof' of your OTP in a pic of chubby cherubs, trains going in tunnels, volcanos spewing, and -- oh yeah -- a three way?! Seems to me if this is "proof", you're officially desperate. Not that it matters (at least to me) who is annointed with the glow of Buffy's glittery hoo-hah. I'm just wondering how in the hell Buffy the 'feminist icon' became so inconsequential that she's reduced to being a vagina tug of war between fanfactions... with Joss Whedon gleefully egging it on.
Doesn't this pic strike anyone as mockery? Enjoy the comic porn (it is amusing), but forego searching the artwork for serious allusions. Dude! It's comic cherubs. If it was meant to be serious (which is isn't) it would still be chessier than a cheddar factory.
Just as ridiculous but less amusing was![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shapinglight's report that the next issue promises letters with strong opinions about Spike.
Jeez.
Of course Spike (and Spike fans) must be beaten down as evul intruders into the pure world of core four and Bangel 4 evah! ...Or something. I don't know. I do know that this is probably at least half the reason I've dreaded the whole comic 'canon' thing. It resurrects tired, old shipper wars (and we're back to the war for Buffy's diamond-plated vagina.) One thing about a closed canon with a deliberately vague conclusion is that it left avenues for every fan faction to think whatever they want. And, with time and distance, factions slowly (more or less) left opposing factions alone. After all, nothing was at stake any more. Now, [sarcasm]OMG a comic book future is at stake, and the opposing faction must be DESTROYED![/sarcasm]
The other part of my 'why open canon again...'( Read more... )
On a slightly different note, for reasons unknown other than the subconscious can drag up all sorts of detritus in our heads, the other morning I woke up thinking about "Chosen." The thought in my sleep deprived mind was that I understood the flow of Spike's arc in the last several episodes. For better or worse, whether I liked it or not, I could see the flow. I could see the steps of A -> B -> C -> D. And, for the life of me, I can't see the same organic flow of Buffy's final arc. ( Read more... )
And for something entirely different. I thought tonight's Supernatural was quite interesting.
Seriously?
You really want to find the 'proof' of your OTP in a pic of chubby cherubs, trains going in tunnels, volcanos spewing, and -- oh yeah -- a three way?! Seems to me if this is "proof", you're officially desperate. Not that it matters (at least to me) who is annointed with the glow of Buffy's glittery hoo-hah. I'm just wondering how in the hell Buffy the 'feminist icon' became so inconsequential that she's reduced to being a vagina tug of war between fanfactions... with Joss Whedon gleefully egging it on.
Doesn't this pic strike anyone as mockery? Enjoy the comic porn (it is amusing), but forego searching the artwork for serious allusions. Dude! It's comic cherubs. If it was meant to be serious (which is isn't) it would still be chessier than a cheddar factory.
Just as ridiculous but less amusing was
shapinglight's report that the next issue promises letters with strong opinions about Spike. Jeez.
Of course Spike (and Spike fans) must be beaten down as evul intruders into the pure world of core four and Bangel 4 evah! ...Or something. I don't know. I do know that this is probably at least half the reason I've dreaded the whole comic 'canon' thing. It resurrects tired, old shipper wars (and we're back to the war for Buffy's diamond-plated vagina.) One thing about a closed canon with a deliberately vague conclusion is that it left avenues for every fan faction to think whatever they want. And, with time and distance, factions slowly (more or less) left opposing factions alone. After all, nothing was at stake any more. Now, [sarcasm]OMG a comic book future is at stake, and the opposing faction must be DESTROYED![/sarcasm]
The other part of my 'why open canon again...'( Read more... )
On a slightly different note, for reasons unknown other than the subconscious can drag up all sorts of detritus in our heads, the other morning I woke up thinking about "Chosen." The thought in my sleep deprived mind was that I understood the flow of Spike's arc in the last several episodes. For better or worse, whether I liked it or not, I could see the flow. I could see the steps of A -> B -> C -> D. And, for the life of me, I can't see the same organic flow of Buffy's final arc. ( Read more... )
And for something entirely different. I thought tonight's Supernatural was quite interesting.
