in fic, I tend to write him as a way less sympathetic character than Spike
For some folks, you feel a lot more comfortable being critical with people that you love... perhaps the reason your Angel feels less likable to you is that you are comfortable enough in your esteem for the character -- that you don't really have any bones about showing how dark/nasty/mean he can be -- because you know you'll still like them.
I've seen plenty of writers who - it feels to me like they pull punches - because they know a part of them wouldn't be able to still love the character if carried out as far as that character could go. How else can we explain uninronic fanfic in which soulless Spike rescuing saving little girls from the Nazi death camps...
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For some folks, you feel a lot more comfortable being critical with people that you love... perhaps the reason your Angel feels less likable to you is that you are comfortable enough in your esteem for the character -- that you don't really have any bones about showing how dark/nasty/mean he can be -- because you know you'll still like them.
I've seen plenty of writers who - it feels to me like they pull punches - because they know a part of them wouldn't be able to still love the character if carried out as far as that character could go. How else can we explain uninronic fanfic in which soulless Spike rescuing saving little girls from the Nazi death camps...