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[elisi]

VM is teh crack. Whatever will I do when we've finished watching Season 1? Anyway, now I need an icon of Veronica and Logan's first kiss! :) (Feeling slightly sorry for her 'proper' boyfriend though - Leo is it? - he's sweet and all but strikes me as a bit Riley-like. Ah well, all must bow to the mighty pull of superior chemistry! *g*) Oh and don't spoil me!

And I *will* get round to replying to comments soon. Promise!

ETA: I should probably change my tag-line to 'Defender of unpoplar fandom opinions'. I am thisclose to writing about the alley-scene in DT. But I'm not going to. Yet anyway. (So hold your fire, OK?)

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[mikeygs.livejournal.com]

I should probably change my tag-line to 'Defender of unpoplar fandom opinions'.

You should. :) You could get a graphic like molly_may's Buffy aficionado one.

Ah, the much debated alley scene. You know one thing that always strikes me is how many posts, essays, whatever, you find about Seeing Red, not nearly as many analyze DT. That's just Buffy beating up her boyfriend, which she did all the time and out of pure enjoyment, of course. Is it right, what happened? Hell, no. But in some weird, twisted Buffy/Spike way, it isn't wrong, either. It's something that happens between them and they're both at fault, IMO, him goading her into it and her for letting herself be goaded. Yes, it's more her fault than his. If anything, it evinces what's wrong between them. I just feel sorry for both of them there.

That said, I never thought it was that big of a deal, certainly not something that needed to be eeked out over a season and a half. I'm sorry, I like Spike, but DT and SR are in no way equatable, in my view.

[elisi]

And again I can only say that you've pretty much summed up my feelings exactly. It's people like the ones who set up fall_for_spike that I cannot fathom. From the user info page:
5) Also, because it's our community, we have decided to disallow any and all Spike/Buffy pairings from being posted. No fic, wallpapers or manips - nothing. If anyone thinks this is unfair and wants to argue the point, go watch the alley scene at the end of "Dead Things" and you may then understand our reasoning. Any and all other pairings are allowed: slash, het, cement blocks, bestiality, whatever - just no Spuffy.
Because WTF? I think I *will* write my alley scene post - but I'll have to wait until I have a little more time!

[mikeygs.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'd forgotten about that community. The funniest part about it is that it's only Buffy that's singled out. I mean, who hasn't slighted Spike or been slighted by him? Why is it OK to ship Spike/Anya or Spike/Faith after he (attempts to) smack them around? Or Angel after the Poker Incident? And of course there's Xander. I find the whole thing funny.

:) Hope things ease up on you a bit soon. :)

[elisi]

Well I barely knew of it - only one person on my flist wrote something for it as far as I know. To my delight it was a fabulously nasty Spawn story, with a Spike so unpleasant that a staking would be far too easy a death! ;)

Anyway, it's now the half-term holidays, so I'm looking forward to a week of not having to get up early! Yay!