Hunh. I'm glad to hear my Spike is still Spike-ish. Because all those things- those bitter, mean, imperfect things, are why I find him so fascinating. And why say, Riley bored the piss out of me. Until he found vampires hot and then they sent him away. But I digress.
A/S is REALLY hard to get right, and not fall into the dynamic of They Are So Opposite They Must Be In Love, because really? They're not so opposite. They have way more in common, from well before they both got souled and fell in love with a Slayer, than most people ever write about. And that's the dynamic I personally love about them.
I think, for me, I love Angel best, but I think Spike is a (again for lack of a better word) Nicer Guy. I just don't happen to have a thing for nicer guys.
And then let's throw Connor in the mix, shall we? There's a character that makes me throw my hands up and want to either write all day and night until I am dead from exhaustion, or never write again, because WHERE DO YOU EVEN START.
Thank you for your reassurances about Buffy voice, too. But honestly? I could write a character I have seen only once for twelve seconds if they were interacting with Angel.
Oh! And I meant to write to you earlier and tell you that alas, I was not clever enough to have Buffy be Zeus, but damn that was lovely meta you came up with for my fic. I was going for Angel and Spike being the Old Gods, you know, the ones who were cruel warriors, and who humanity gave up on. But who Buffy can never get away from, because in the end, that's where she lives too. Your version is so much deeper. :)
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A/S is REALLY hard to get right, and not fall into the dynamic of They Are So Opposite They Must Be In Love, because really? They're not so opposite. They have way more in common, from well before they both got souled and fell in love with a Slayer, than most people ever write about. And that's the dynamic I personally love about them.
I think, for me, I love Angel best, but I think Spike is a (again for lack of a better word) Nicer Guy. I just don't happen to have a thing for nicer guys.
And then let's throw Connor in the mix, shall we? There's a character that makes me throw my hands up and want to either write all day and night until I am dead from exhaustion, or never write again, because WHERE DO YOU EVEN START.
Thank you for your reassurances about Buffy voice, too. But honestly? I could write a character I have seen only once for twelve seconds if they were interacting with Angel.
Oh! And I meant to write to you earlier and tell you that alas, I was not clever enough to have Buffy be Zeus, but damn that was lovely meta you came up with for my fic. I was going for Angel and Spike being the Old Gods, you know, the ones who were cruel warriors, and who humanity gave up on. But who Buffy can never get away from, because in the end, that's where she lives too. Your version is so much deeper. :)