Thanks. You managed to pinpoint & vocalise all the stuff I was vaguely turning over in my head.
See, I think that it is harder to write archetypes because they can so easily become boring easily unless they are done right. Oh very much word. I meant from his POV (apparently *g*).
Sometime when I can take the time to research and find examples I am going to write a meta about how I think the most human and rounded characters on both AtS and BtVS were actually the Fanged Four. They always struck me as the most flawed and least archetypal (or at least if they began as an archetype the time to round out the character sufficiently was taken during their character arcs) of all of the characters in that 'verse. Ooooh I'd like to read that. Esp because they all started out as one thing, and then reacted *against* that when they were turned (can you tell I just rewatched FFL?), and then had to deal with all the shades inbetween. Plus souls.
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You managed to pinpoint & vocalise all the stuff I was vaguely turning over in my head.
See, I think that it is harder to write archetypes because they can so easily become boring easily unless they are done right.
Oh very much word. I meant from his POV (apparently *g*).
Sometime when I can take the time to research and find examples I am going to write a meta about how I think the most human and rounded characters on both AtS and BtVS were actually the Fanged Four. They always struck me as the most flawed and least archetypal (or at least if they began as an archetype the time to round out the character sufficiently was taken during their character arcs) of all of the characters in that 'verse.
Ooooh I'd like to read that. Esp because they all started out as one thing, and then reacted *against* that when they were turned (can you tell I just rewatched FFL?), and then had to deal with all the shades inbetween. Plus souls.
Thanks for taking a look at it.
My pleasure. :)