My Entries for btvsats20in20 Round 11: " Surprise / Innocence "

[red_satin_doll]

My set for Round 11 of btvsats20in20:

As always, kudos and praise for my fabulous beta-Muse velvetwhip, for her ceaseless and generous encouragement, support and inspiration. And big THANK YOU to starry_night for once again extending the deadline.

Teasers:       

10 Themes
Vulnerable	Battle	Pink + White	Dress Up	Scenery
Obscured	Pattern	Strong	Vampire	Inside
5 Category |COLOUR PALETTE
Cat 1	Cat 2	Cat 3	Cat 4	Cat 5
5 Artist's Choice
AC 1	AC 2	AC 3	AC 4	AC 5

Some alts and extras:

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Comments

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Hey you never know I might have bodies hidden in the basement. (Ok I don't. My "darkness" is reserved for emotional angst and chocolate.)

Oh, Dru ... she's my Baby <3 I agree with you that it's a pity they didn't explore her character more, for there is so much going on with this poor lady they could've made more episodes about her.

They've brought her back for the Angel and Faith comics which I don't read but I expect they'll use her as a plot device as always. She has the most fascinating backstory of any of the Fang Gang (and almost any character in the Buffyverse period) and they had a fantastic performer in Juliet Landau and they did not know what to do with her.

I honestly think it could have been fascinating to have Drusilla come back rather than Spike. (Sacriledge I know.) In some ways she tracks with the ostensible themes of the series even better than Spike; she's definitely the first character to represent Buffy's slide into mental illness and she could have had a fantastic character arc. Her visions also parallel Slayer dreams. Joss ls fascinated by tearing characters down and rending them "completely powerless" and seeing what they do then. (This must be a middle class thing, IDK) Who embodies that better than Dru? Who experiences worse traumas, is torn down lower and further from her original personality as a human? She could have been incredibly powerful as either a Big Bad or an ultimate ally. But instead she's emotionally abandoned by her lover (fandom is really hard on her about that. Like, they forget she's a vampire and doesn't have to adhere to conventional human morals? And that she's mentally ill? Hello?)

And then she's pretty well ignored in fandom as well. It's tragic. She DESERVES some truly epic fic.