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Whedonverse Stuff
Ran across this quote in a comment thread that was discussing places other than LJ.
"...Nothing we saw in season 2 of BtVS ever made me think that Angelus would have been anything but an inventive, elegant and sophisticated lover - well, as far as Buffy was concerned in any case..."
No comment.Oh, who am I kidding? I've got to comment.
The only folks I could see agreeing with that assessment are Franklin Mott and Drusilla.
Elsewhere, read spoilers and it looks like the Whedonverse comics continue to furiously dig themselves into greater depths of fail. I kind of respect them for putting this much effort into coming up with new and ever more spectacular ways to suck. It cannot be easy. It takes a work ethic, people! Respect it!
::Pets Whedonverse Comics:: They're like Chinese Crested puppies. So ugly they're almost cute. Never change, Whedonverse. I'd hate to think there could ever come a time when I could actually underestimate you.
ETA: Spoiler (as I understand it which is basically having read a comment about it online): Turns out in one of the W-guys writing the AtS comics (meaning I don't know the difference between them, so basically 'Not Lynch') has the plot twist that Spike lost his soul and didn't notice. A plot that has, of course, been done many times in fanfic. Though given the overall stupidity of the comics, it's a safe bet that it will not be done well. Or with any thought given to characterization of anyone...especially not Spike characterization. Don't know and don't care about the details of it.
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Dreadful. I guess they do deserve slight props for at least attempting to "fix" it, albeit in a half-assed retcon kind of way. The attempt is worth something.
At DH, they don't even bother to do that. I think their strategy is that if you write badly long enough people will forget just how OOC the characters are.
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Oh definitely. I mean, above all, it's just so damned lame. A whole world of possibilities and they go the soul/unsouled route. Of course if they were good writers they wouldn't need to "fix" anything to begin with...
To me it's just an offshoot, though. It's not even comic canon, like you said below. Even IDW seems to have sorta pushed this aside in that regard, so I guess I can just shrug it off and go with them admitting a fail instead of blaming fans like they have been for the last few years.
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