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Apologies to any passing B/A shippers...
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zanthinegirl made this icon yesterday, and it made me laugh so hard that my poor husband now fears for my sanity. (You are very welcome to snag.)
And I needed a laugh, because the more I look at the comics, the more they seem to rehash stuff we've already done. Buffy feeling isolated? Oh yes. B/A? Been there, done that. Why couldn't they have thought of something *new*? I think the castle is the problem. It removed Buffy from the everyday life that we all identified with, and we still don't know WHY! *is grumpy* I like show!canon, because that makes SENSE!
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Anyway, I realised that I missedpfeifferpack's birthday, with is very bad!!! So sorry Kathleen, I hope your day was FABULOUS! *sends many belated hugs*
I also missedlillianmorgan's, which just made me sad, because I miss her still. We got our LJs within days of each other and learned to navigate fandom together, writing fic etc etc, and talking pretty much daily, until she drifted away. :(
But I need to run away again - RL is busy! (They go back to school on Tuesday! \o/)
zanthinegirl made this icon yesterday, and it made me laugh so hard that my poor husband now fears for my sanity. (You are very welcome to snag.)And I needed a laugh, because the more I look at the comics, the more they seem to rehash stuff we've already done. Buffy feeling isolated? Oh yes. B/A? Been there, done that. Why couldn't they have thought of something *new*? I think the castle is the problem. It removed Buffy from the everyday life that we all identified with, and we still don't know WHY! *is grumpy* I like show!canon, because that makes SENSE!
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Anyway, I realised that I missed
pfeifferpack's birthday, with is very bad!!! So sorry Kathleen, I hope your day was FABULOUS! *sends many belated hugs*I also missed
lillianmorgan's, which just made me sad, because I miss her still. We got our LJs within days of each other and learned to navigate fandom together, writing fic etc etc, and talking pretty much daily, until she drifted away. :(But I need to run away again - RL is busy! (They go back to school on Tuesday! \o/)
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But in the next issue, she's going to face The Master! She's never done that before! However will she manage to defeat him?!?
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(The parade of Big Bads in 'Lessons' was cool. This is not.)
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Word.
The thing about the rehashing is that comics add nothing new to stories that were already told on the show.
They are just retold in a more bizarre way.
The show cut some corner on occasion but all it was plotted very well most of time, or at least not so bad it became annoying. Here I have to squint so hard to overlook all the logical gaps and misrepresentations that I can't even really get a look.
Love the icon naturally, though I have to admit that by this time I'm so out of the story I tend to think "Now why not do that 30 issues ago and leave him that way".
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Exactly. I think this is why it's so fan-ficcy (in the bad sense) - it's all turning in on itself, with a cracktastic plot added to get everyone to do stuff that'd otherwise be OOC.
Love the icon naturally, though I have to admit that by this time I'm so out of the story I tend to think "Now why not do that 30 issues ago and leave him that way".
It would have been a far better disguise than the mask...
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Though I wonder, if you have to give half your characters a personality transplant to even fit them into your story, why write about them at all.
It would have been a far better disguise than the mask...
Though it probably would have made much difference, the Buffyverse military would follow everyone.
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Comic fans and Buffy fans need different
thingscharacters?Though it probably would have made much difference, the Buffyverse military would follow everyone.
*snerk*
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Exactly. I think this is why it's so fan-ficcy (in the bad sense) - it's all turning in on itself, with a cracktastic plot added to get everyone to do stuff that'd otherwise be OOC.
I think that's a big part of the problem. It's a big rule of fanfic and sequels... go with the characters that brought you to the party. The people came because they wanted to see more of those characters, and when they are acting like total strangers
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*nods* And it's one reason some fic is not very innovative - it doesn't dare go elsewhere. The show, every year, brought something new to the table. season 8 hasn't - well it's brought crack and OOCness and a sentient universe, but the Big Bad is a variation on a theme we know very well. Meh.
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Ahem. You're probably right about the reference, although clearly Buffy can't be his true love since he's as batshit as ever.
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YOU STOLE MY LINE :D
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It could very well be another reference. Only this time that Prince Charming is just a frog underneath it all.
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Yes, so many people have drifted off and you really notice it when that LJ birthday list rolls along.
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Why couldn't they have thought of something *new*
I don't get that either or why Joss felt the need to retcon so much of the old 'verse. How was Warren so important to the story that he had to be brought back, whether Joss forgot The First played him or not? And so on and so on.
I can maybe, sorta-kinda see what Joss was attempting with all if it if spec is right, but I don't see how it was worth it at all.
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Comic fans and Buffy fans need different things. (I think this is the answer to everything btw.)
How was Warren so important to the story that he had to be brought back, whether Joss forgot The First played him or not?
But he's skinless!
I can maybe, sorta-kinda see what Joss was attempting with all if it if spec is right, but I don't see how it was worth it at all.
And so say we all...
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Comic fans and Buffy fans need different things.
My response to that would have been: "Why combine them then?"
The whole thing depresses me.
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Indeed.
*is depressed too*
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I am curious about the frog though.
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You are a wise woman. It's not terribly clever btw, it's just Angel being momentarily turned into a frog by Willow (who is a little annoyed about the world destruction and all that), whilst in the middle of making googly-eyes at Buffy. Srsly the B/A is so over the top that it *presume* that they're OOC on purpose.
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I guess there are always people coming and going for one reason or another, just like friends in off-line life who sometimes drift off into other things - but I really do value friends, like you, who are still here even when we only comment in each other's journals maybe once every month or two.
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She came up North and visited me twice, so yes, very, very lovely person. *is sad*
even when we only comment in each other's journals maybe once every month or two.
That's it - I do *read* your LJ ('cause your on my flist), but I'm hopeless at commenting. But it's nice to keep up with everyone. :)
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