I've Somewhat Surprised Myself.
Dec. 20th, 2006 01:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shipperxSo, I've been reading about the BtVS Season 8 comic and my position has long been that if Spike and Angel aren't in it, I have no interest whatsoever in Buffy and pals. However, I have to admit that the other night, it struck me that I must enjoy Buffy (the character) more than I tend to think. The reason I say this is that, while trying to write my ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
noel_of_spikestory (operative word there being try), I realized that I missed the Buffster (so much so that I've kinda, sorta thought about almost having her in the story). The reason this feels like such an odd realization is that I'm one of those who wished that the school bus in Chosen drove off a cliff, and I've felt quite skeptical about any post-Chosen Spuffy. Add in a distaste for Sarah Michelle Gellar, and I'm simply not a fan of on-screen Buffy. That said, I realize that somehow or another Buffy has become the primary POV character for my WIP Perfect Vengeance (which -- hah! -- I'm still writing, believe it or not. Sad, isn't it?), and I find I miss her view point in my noel_of_spike story. I miss having a central female character (and somehow Illyria doesn't exactly count because of her being a godKING. Poor Anne is having to serve this purpose in my untitled Christmas-fic (though she isn't a romantic interest) and she hardly qualifies as more than a blip in the Whedonverse! )
I miss Buffy. Three words I never thought that I would type. (Though I still say that the only way that I would buy a BtVS Season 8 story is if Spike and Angel are in it. Look, I may miss having a central female point of view when writing fanfic, but it doesn't mean that I have any interest in a Buffy story without the vamps. I haven't mellowed that much.)
noel_of_spikestory (operative word there being try), I realized that I missed the Buffster (so much so that I've kinda, sorta thought about almost having her in the story). The reason this feels like such an odd realization is that I'm one of those who wished that the school bus in Chosen drove off a cliff, and I've felt quite skeptical about any post-Chosen Spuffy. Add in a distaste for Sarah Michelle Gellar, and I'm simply not a fan of on-screen Buffy. That said, I realize that somehow or another Buffy has become the primary POV character for my WIP Perfect Vengeance (which -- hah! -- I'm still writing, believe it or not. Sad, isn't it?), and I find I miss her view point in my noel_of_spike story. I miss having a central female character (and somehow Illyria doesn't exactly count because of her being a godKING. Poor Anne is having to serve this purpose in my untitled Christmas-fic (though she isn't a romantic interest) and she hardly qualifies as more than a blip in the Whedonverse! )I miss Buffy. Three words I never thought that I would type. (Though I still say that the only way that I would buy a BtVS Season 8 story is if Spike and Angel are in it. Look, I may miss having a central female point of view when writing fanfic, but it doesn't mean that I have any interest in a Buffy story without the vamps. I haven't mellowed that much.)
