I love this meta! It didn't seem that long while I was reading it.
I'm thrilled you pointed out the comparisons between Spike's Angel issues & Faith's Buffy issues. I hadn't thought of that, but of course! ... although I hope further Spike comics will tone the Angel issues thing down further, 'cause I have a fairly low tolerance for it. It would annoy me as well if they did the same thing with Faith. I want to see the characters progress, as they did on the show, rather than remain static or (worse) regress.
It's not that those sensitive areas shouldn't exist or shouldn't be touched on at all ... it's not realistic for them to vanish completely. It's really all down to how they're handled by the writer. I also feel whatever time they're given in a comic, by nature of the medium (whatever makes it to the page is *important*) gives them weight, so I worry about this overshadowing everything else ...
I think you and shapinglight are right that it wasn't overdone in Asylum and probably stood out to me more than warranted since I read the story in one go and since I'm feeling a bit hyperconcerned on that topic.
(I dread reading S8, OMG!!)
Also ... "Asylum" was such a good story. You remind me how many times I was actually taken by surprise by events that I didn't see coming ~ but that made perfect sense. It really was well done, and the dialogue was wonderful. I know on re-reading I'll notice things I missed the first time (I haven't yet read the author's notes in the back.
Lynch & Urru did really, really well. I'm looking forward to the completed Shadow Puppets!
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I'm thrilled you pointed out the comparisons between Spike's Angel issues & Faith's Buffy issues. I hadn't thought of that, but of course! ... although I hope further Spike comics will tone the Angel issues thing down further, 'cause I have a fairly low tolerance for it. It would annoy me as well if they did the same thing with Faith. I want to see the characters progress, as they did on the show, rather than remain static or (worse) regress.
It's not that those sensitive areas shouldn't exist or shouldn't be touched on at all ... it's not realistic for them to vanish completely. It's really all down to how they're handled by the writer. I also feel whatever time they're given in a comic, by nature of the medium (whatever makes it to the page is *important*) gives them weight, so I worry about this overshadowing everything else ...
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(I dread reading S8, OMG!!)
Also ... "Asylum" was such a good story. You remind me how many times I was actually taken by surprise by events that I didn't see coming ~ but that made perfect sense. It really was well done, and the dialogue was wonderful. I know on re-reading I'll notice things I missed the first time (I haven't yet read the author's notes in the back.
Lynch & Urru did really, really well. I'm looking forward to the completed Shadow Puppets!