Spike: Asylum

[shipperx]

Finally read Spike: Asylum last night

All in all, I liked it. There was some nice humor involved (Particularly liked the Mosaic cover w/ "Turning Mutant Enemies into Mutant Friends"). Spike was very much in Spike voice. The plot was interesting. My only quibble, which really isn't a quibble but more taking note and waiting to see, was Lynch's having Spike saying that Angel would have handled things better. Angel would know what to do. I don't know that Spike would ever voice those things (even if he felt them). And, if not for AtS 6 comics coming up, I probably wouldn't have any problem with them at all because I do think that deep down Spike really doesn't have great confidence in some aspects of himself. I do think he uses bravado to cover these things. But, simply because AtS 6 is in Lynch's hands, I hope that these lines of Spike's were written due to Spike's feelings as opposed to an actual view of Angel. Because, even if Spike thinks Angel knows how to be a hero (which, given early Season 5 AtS, I think Spike has some misgivings about that), looking at Angel on his own, Angel shouldn't think that. (the poor manpire has pretty much managed to doom, destroy, and/or damn everyone he's come in contact with. It's like he's cursed. Oh, wait...) Anyway, while not quibbling (much) about Spike's view of Angel as hero in Asylum, I do hope it's not reflective of Lynch's view of Angel.

Anyway, as to Asylum itself, I liked it. I like Spike as reluctant hero of outcasts, and I liked that Beck gave him a hug at the end. In those respects, I'm an easy sell.

Comments

[shapinglight]

I don't think you need worry about Brian Lynch really thinking what he put into Spike's head to say here. We had a big discussion/argument going on the IDW board as to whether or not Spike could be a leader and Brian was pretty emphatically on the side of those who said he could.

He's just voicing Spike's doubts about himself here - and it's worth noting that Spike overcomes those doubts by the end and solves things his own way.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Hope so. I can easily accept Spike having doubts. That's in character. I just hate things when they're set up as Angel = Good and Spike = Dope.

Showing them both as good but fallible, works for me.

[shapinglight]

I hate the Spike is stupid stuff too. I really don't think Brian is going to do that though of course, with Joss in the mix, I can't say I'm not worried at all.

It's sort of sad really that I find myself hoping Joss won't influence Brian too much.