So you're downtoolong? Small world indeed! I was taken aback by snowdrops very kind compliments. And no, I don't mind late compliments at all!
Also I read some of your tumblr posts (I noticed xlivieloxx there as well) and found them really interesting - I had no idea that so much actual conversation was happening on tumblr (not just picspams); but the format seems weird to me. Perhaps I've been wrong that it doesn't suit conversations. (I can't see myself making an account but I'm tempted just to be able to follow and chime in from time to time.)
But you know I share your thoughts on the matter at any rate - and kwritten definitely put down in words what I've been thinking for some time, and probably with more clarity and passion than I could. (I only disagree with her slightly on the subject of slash shipping, which I think is a legitimate strategy for writing about dynamics and characters an author is genuinely interested in - preferable to "shipping Spuffy/Bangel" etc whilst hating one of the partners in the pairing.) But I have nothing to back up that opinion beyond a general intuition sense.
Again, Buffy still written crappily, but Spuffy undertones, so thoughts were positive.
Well I do get that other people are Spike fans first, or shipping is their primary lens. That's what they are in it for, as passionately as I'm in it for Buffy. What surprised (surprises) me is the number of folks who said "it's Joss I trust him [to make it make sense]? to confirm my ship [which he never has had the balls to do either way]?" After how many years?
Even I felt sympathy for Bangel and Angel fans after the spacefrak because I assumed they'd be infuriated by the treatment of their ship and beloved characters and that turned out by and large to not be the case, from what I've seen. It's perplexing.
Even if it was, it's still punishment for a romantic choice* and that's bullshit whether it's Angel or Spike.
Whether it was meant to be "subversive" or not, it's gross and mean-spirited towards the characters - and their fans - on any number of levels. But especially towards Buffy herself.
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Date: 2014-04-25 02:17 am (UTC)Also I read some of your tumblr posts (I noticed xlivieloxx there as well) and found them really interesting - I had no idea that so much actual conversation was happening on tumblr (not just picspams); but the format seems weird to me. Perhaps I've been wrong that it doesn't suit conversations. (I can't see myself making an account but I'm tempted just to be able to follow and chime in from time to time.)
But you know I share your thoughts on the matter at any rate - and kwritten definitely put down in words what I've been thinking for some time, and probably with more clarity and passion than I could. (I only disagree with her slightly on the subject of slash shipping, which I think is a legitimate strategy for writing about dynamics and characters an author is genuinely interested in - preferable to "shipping Spuffy/Bangel" etc whilst hating one of the partners in the pairing.) But I have nothing to back up that opinion beyond a general intuition sense.
Again, Buffy still written crappily, but Spuffy undertones, so thoughts were positive.
Well I do get that other people are Spike fans first, or shipping is their primary lens. That's what they are in it for, as passionately as I'm in it for Buffy. What surprised (surprises) me is the number of folks who said "it's Joss I trust him [to make it make sense]? to confirm my ship [which he never has had the balls to do either way]?" After how many years?
Even I felt sympathy for Bangel and Angel fans after the spacefrak because I assumed they'd be infuriated by the treatment of their ship and beloved characters and that turned out by and large to not be the case, from what I've seen. It's perplexing.
Even if it was, it's still punishment for a romantic choice* and that's bullshit whether it's Angel or Spike.
Whether it was meant to be "subversive" or not, it's gross and mean-spirited towards the characters - and their fans - on any number of levels. But especially towards Buffy herself.