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shapinglightFeeling a bit irritated by various hyperbolic (or do I mean hysterical?) reactions I've seen to the last panel in the latest Buffy comic (not here on LJ, elsewhere). Irritated enough that I was going to write a long, ranty post about how people can lose all sense of perspective when they think their chosen 'ship is threatened (and yes, this is a fandom-wide phenomenon, I know). But honestly, what's the point?
So here's a silly poll instead.
Poll behind cut, with spoilers for the latest Buffy comic.
If you don't know (or much care) what happens in this last panel, I'll tell you. Buffy kisses Spike. She grabs him by the coat collar, reels him in and kisses him. He's not expecting it, and his body language strongly suggests (to me anyway) that he's probably going to react by pushing Buffy away.
However, I freely admit that, as a Spuffy 'shipper (and part-time Spangel 'shipper - about time I admitted this situation is now the reverse of what it used to be), I am in a constant state of waiting for the worst to happen. I also think this is probably true of most of us (and after Seeing Red, who can blame us?), though possibly there may be some happy young things on Tumblr skipping through the daisies going, tra-la-la (probably because they're watching the show for the first time and haven't got to mid-season 6 yet). But it happens to us all in the end. We expect the worst Spuffywise, and usually it happens. It certainly did in the comics until Buffy season 10.
Before that, we got four years of flat out denials from anyone at Dark Horse that Spike was in any way important to Buffy (or anyone else), and any mention of him in media pieces was always extremely negative. Then, when he finally did show up, it was in time to witness the Buffy/Angel space frak, and for what he did in Chosen to be dismissed by Buffy in just one panel. I don't need to go on, do I?
Anyway, it wasn't nice. And now, just because of one panel where Buffy kisses Spike (and, as aforementioned, he's probably going to push her away), people are saying they're going to be physically sick, and that civilisation as we know it will end if this relationship goes any further.
Newsflash. No you won't, and no it won't. Because this is a rather badly drawn (if Rebekah Isaacs had drawn this panel, you might have had more of a case) and not particularly well-written comic book based on a TV fantasy show about a super-strong girl who fights vampires, that's now been off air for twelve - yes, twelve! - years. It signifies absolutely bugger all of any relevance to anything.
Why can't we all just admit that we want what we want, and when we don't get it, we sulk? There is no moral high ground here.
Hmm, seems I ranted after all. Have a poll.
Ticky boxes. Much more fun.
[Poll #1996623]
So here's a silly poll instead.
Poll behind cut, with spoilers for the latest Buffy comic.
If you don't know (or much care) what happens in this last panel, I'll tell you. Buffy kisses Spike. She grabs him by the coat collar, reels him in and kisses him. He's not expecting it, and his body language strongly suggests (to me anyway) that he's probably going to react by pushing Buffy away.
However, I freely admit that, as a Spuffy 'shipper (and part-time Spangel 'shipper - about time I admitted this situation is now the reverse of what it used to be), I am in a constant state of waiting for the worst to happen. I also think this is probably true of most of us (and after Seeing Red, who can blame us?), though possibly there may be some happy young things on Tumblr skipping through the daisies going, tra-la-la (probably because they're watching the show for the first time and haven't got to mid-season 6 yet). But it happens to us all in the end. We expect the worst Spuffywise, and usually it happens. It certainly did in the comics until Buffy season 10.
Before that, we got four years of flat out denials from anyone at Dark Horse that Spike was in any way important to Buffy (or anyone else), and any mention of him in media pieces was always extremely negative. Then, when he finally did show up, it was in time to witness the Buffy/Angel space frak, and for what he did in Chosen to be dismissed by Buffy in just one panel. I don't need to go on, do I?
Anyway, it wasn't nice. And now, just because of one panel where Buffy kisses Spike (and, as aforementioned, he's probably going to push her away), people are saying they're going to be physically sick, and that civilisation as we know it will end if this relationship goes any further.
Newsflash. No you won't, and no it won't. Because this is a rather badly drawn (if Rebekah Isaacs had drawn this panel, you might have had more of a case) and not particularly well-written comic book based on a TV fantasy show about a super-strong girl who fights vampires, that's now been off air for twelve - yes, twelve! - years. It signifies absolutely bugger all of any relevance to anything.
Why can't we all just admit that we want what we want, and when we don't get it, we sulk? There is no moral high ground here.
Hmm, seems I ranted after all. Have a poll.
Ticky boxes. Much more fun.
[Poll #1996623]
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Date: 2015-01-25 03:44 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2015-01-25 06:26 pm (UTC)Yeah, that is actually one of the most bizarre admissions to come out of DH central.
I'm pretty sure I could've written Buffy/Koh if I'd set my mind to it. No idea why they couldn't.
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Date: 2015-01-25 06:59 pm (UTC)It's probably not even the truth. They probably backed away 'cause Buffy/non-human-looking demon would put people off or they caught a look at Jeanty's version. It actually might have made S9 interesting. It clearly suffered abandoned plot syndrome after the first arc.
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Date: 2015-01-26 09:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-01-27 01:24 am (UTC)A not-too-small part of my thinks S9 of the BTVS side existed solely for A&F and the whitewashing of Angel. They brought magic back, I guess, but that was the last arc and it's going away again at some point. It was supposed to be about rebuilding characters. The only one who got any was Angel by aforementioned whitewashing. Which they did by throwing more dirt onto the Buffy side. Hardly rebuilding.
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Date: 2015-01-27 02:59 pm (UTC)no subject
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