lettered | Questions Post #2

About a month ago I had a bunch of questions. A bunch of people answered them, which made me happy, because now I feel a lot less ignorant. But I still have a lot of questions about lj and fandom. Almost all of them are opinion questions, because I'm interested in general consensus. I'm not looking for anyone to form my opinion for me, but it's nice knowing what other people think, especially if there's some sort of group opinion (again, not that I'd be swayed by group opinion). For instance, the question about Holtz? I'd be so comforted if a large body of people could answer "no" to that question.

General

-Why didn’t we get to see a shirtless Angel holding baby Connor? Was that too much to ask?
-Does anyone at all love Kennedy?
-Why did they maul Charisma Carpenter’s hair, and did anyone like it short and blonde better than long gorgeous luxurious droolable enviable need-I-go-on brunette?
-Do most fics consider the movie canon? Does Whedon consider it canon for the show?
-Does anyone besides me feel guilty for not liking Doyle all that much?
-Can Angel (the character, not David Boreanaz) dance?
-Does James Marsters-as-William look like a young Captain-Picard-with-hair (or, more accurately: Patrick Stewart in I, Claudius) to anyone besides me?
-Are there any Wesley/Virginia fics out there?
-Is it wrong to think Holtz is dead sexy (especially his voice)? Am I alone in this feeling?
-How come male actors don’t have chest hair any more? Do people really think it’s unsexy? Why? And the point: so does David Boreanaz wax his chest or what?

Names/endearments/appellations

-What names/endearments can you actually see Angel using? (Would he call Buffy “sweetheart”? Would he call Cordy “my love”? Would he call Spike “lad”? Would he call Wesley “sex kitten”? et al)
-What about Buffy? (I know she calls Angel “honey” in an episode. Would she ever call him “hon”? Would she ever call Faith “precious”? Would she ever call Spike “daddy”?)
-Did Angelus ever once refer to his souled self as “soul boy”? (I know others did.)
-What’re your views on using the term “childe” in a fic?
-Am I the only one who’s uncomfortable calling actors by their first names when talking about them?
-What kinda name is Boreanaz?

Lj etiquette

-If you’ve just friended someone new you met on lj, do you comment when they post about their personal lives, or does that feel invasive to you before you get to know them better?
-Is it polite to friend someone without asking?
-Is anyone else nervous posting to a community without being invited to?
-Is it polite to rec someone without asking?
-Is having a paid account really worth it?
-Do you feel awkward weighing in with your opinion on the lj of someone you haven’t friended or don’t know that well? (not in reference to fic; everyone knows writers like comments from whomever they can get them ;o)

Smut

-You’re reading an epicky fic with an interesting plot. Does a really long sex scene right in the middle bore you? At what point, really, does gratuitous smut become gratuitous?
-Has Angel ever been the sub partner in a D/s relationship (in fic, I mean)?
-Wouldn’t it be kinda difficult for a human male to maintain an erection while being bitten and sucked on by a vampire? I gave blood (in hopes of helping hurricane refugees in my town, yay) today, and felt cold and limp like a noodle afterwards. Arousal? Difficult to conceive of. Then again, not a human male. What gives? Or doesn't give?

'k. That's all for now. Thanks.

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-You’re reading an epicky fic with an interesting plot. Does a really long sex scene right in the middle bore you? At what point, really, does gratuitous smut become gratuitous?

If it's not well written. If sex doesn't turn me on *or* serve to further the plot.

-Has Angel ever been the sub partner in a D/s relationship (in fic, I mean)?

Yes. Often for Darla, sometimes for Buffy, occasionally for Wes. There's S/A fic where he subs, but I personally find it OOC and don't tend to read, let alone archive that. Check around StA if you're interested in fic where he subs. I also tend to draw a line between bottoming and subbing- Angel would bottom easily, he's a masochist and he thinks he deserves punishment. So he'd let his lover hurt him. I just can't see him calling anyone "Sir" while they did it. Except for Buffy, who I think he would crawl naked over bottlecaps for, and call anything she damn well asked him.

-Wouldn’t it be kinda difficult for a human male to maintain an erection while being bitten and sucked on by a vampire? I gave blood (in hopes of helping hurricane refugees in my town, yay) today, and felt cold and limp like a noodle afterwards. Arousal? Difficult to conceive of. Then again, not a human male. What gives? Or doesn't give?

Pain isn't conducive to hard ons in most human males, with the obvious exception of S&M play. I'm sure with conditioning, a human could learn to get off on being bitten. And certainly, Buffy got off on it when Angel bit her in S3. I think this is one of those fanon-canon blurry boundary things, which good writers can carry off, and bad writers tend to over do.

You ask the coolest questions. :}

Except for Buffy, who I think he would crawl naked over bottlecaps for, and call anything she damn well asked him.

*snort*

Damn straight.

There's S/A fic where he subs, but I personally find it OOC and don't tend to read, let alone archive that. Check around StA if you're interested in fic where he subs.

Unless you're reading exclusively S/A there, which I have been doing--thus the lack of seeing Angel sub. Huh.

I also tend to draw a line between bottoming and subbing-

I believe most people do. In fact, there's an interesting article on it in Wikipedia. Why I would look up something like topping and bottoming on Wikipedia? Ask me not.

Except for Buffy, who I think he would crawl naked over bottlecaps for, and call anything she damn well asked him.

Thank you for that image.

And certainly, Buffy got off on it when Angel bit her in S3. I think this is one of those fanon-canon blurry boundary things

Yes, because while I can certainly understand people interpreting that scene in S3 as Buffy getting off on him biting her--and while I've wavered sometimes and occasionally believed it, while reading interpretations in various fic--I prefer to believe she's in serious pain and trying not to follow all her subconscious instincts and reflexes to kill him. The idea that Angel could get off on it when she's pretty much fatally suffering to me is more intriguing--I guess because I think it'd make him hate himself more. And I like Angel hating himself.

You ask the coolest questions. :}

You have the coolest answers. Because "he only fucks blondes"? That was my guess, too.

Buffy getting off on the bite in S3 is canon. According to SMG, that was "orgasm face", and kicking the table across the room was part of it. Joss says the same thing. It was all a nice prelude to "Smashed", I guess.

Oh. I didn't know that. I had wondered whether SMG was playing it as in pain or as in the throes of ecstasy. Or possibly both. Watching it, I honestly couldn't tell. But maybe I'm just twisted that way.

No, you're spot on. She was playing it as both, which was, I think, the point. It was foreshadowing the whole "where does my power come from/am I a demon too?" arc that began a couple seasons later, and continued pretty much til the end of the series.

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