<i>Where did the term 'squee' originate and how come so many people use it? </i>
I think it represents that high pitched squeal that 12 year old girls use as a greeting.
<i>-How do people feel about using fanon? For instance, some fic writers use the name "O'Connor" for Liam (mostly in all-human AUs, which I don't really read, but whatever). Do you frown upon writers who use this name? Does it throw you off when writers don't use this name? Do you yourself consciously just avoid ever getting anywhere near the characters' surnames just to avoid the issue?</i>
I hate fanon in general. And I avoid the last name issue. Joss has given his official blessing to Faith Lehane and William (Spike) Pratt.
<i>-Buffy smells like vanilla in a lot of fics. What's up with that?</i> Out of all the fanon you find in fic, this is my most hated. Well, one of my most hated. SMG once mentioned that she sometimes liked vanilla perfume and the avalanche began. Personally, I would think that a vampire would smell lots of stuff besides her perfume - her soap, lotion, deodorant, her sweat, etc.
<i>-Does canon make Buffy out to be a natural blonde?</i> Most fic avoids the issue, but I've seen it both ways. I read a very funny fic in which Willow, Anya, Buffy and Spike all run into each other as they're buying hair dye. And I once wrote a drabble on the subject.
<i>Is there a generally accepted explanation for how vampires get it up?</i> Joss once commented that if they couldn't, the show would have ended after two episodes. How they hell do they walk around and talk? I never sweat the magical stuff. I figure the body chemisrty is completely different. (On a related and gross note, I assume that they don't digest at all. If they eat food, it goes out just the way it came in. No wonder Angel avoids food.)
<i>-Is the idea that vampires "pretend" to breath in order to look natural a fanon thing, or was it on the show?</i> It was never mentioned on the show but I don't think it's an unreasonable assumption. I think most people would notice if Joe Blow wasn't breathing.
<i>-Does nobody use the fact that Angelus wears eye-liner in fics?</i> Sadly, he gets over the Maybelline fixation in AtS season 4. And I've never seen it mentioned in a fic. (The thought that Angel is in horrible pain, stumbling out of bed but first applies a little eye product before he leaves cracks me up no end.)
<i>-Is Andrew ever a heterosexual in fics?</i> There is a fair amount of Dawn/Andrew out there. No, I don't get it either.
<i>-Whatever happened to Miss Kitty Fantastico? Did Dawn really shoot her with a crossbow?</i> I don't think Dawn would lie about that, so, yup.
<i>-Do vampires sweat?</i> I'm gonna go with no. Why would they? Angel sweating in Grad. Day seemed like an unusual phenomena.
<i>-Does anyone besides me hate Joyce Summers' guts in a visceral, it's-even-alright-to-character-bash sort of way?</i> I like Joyce. She was often clueless, she often had a head-in-the-sand attitude, but I never doubted that she loved Buffy and would go to the ends of the earth for her.As opposed to Willow's and Xander's parents.
<i>-Am I the only (character) Angel squeeing fangirl who didn't find David Boreanaz convincing as Angel at times?</i> I thought the writers didn't write a convincing Angel at times. And DB wasn't much of an actor when he started, but that quickly changed. ("Why you ridin' me." WTF? Has there ever been a more un-Angel utterance?)
<i>-What is the IQ of David Boreanaz? Is it really as low as it seems sometimes?</i> I think David enjoys messing with people and will say anything that pops into his head. Or, possibly he drops acid.
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I think it represents that high pitched squeal that 12 year old girls use as a greeting.
<i>-How do people feel about using fanon? For instance, some fic writers use the name "O'Connor" for Liam (mostly in all-human AUs, which I don't really read, but whatever). Do you frown upon writers who use this name? Does it throw you off when writers don't use this name? Do you yourself consciously just avoid ever getting anywhere near the characters' surnames just to avoid the issue?</i>
I hate fanon in general. And I avoid the last name issue. Joss has given his official blessing to Faith Lehane and William (Spike) Pratt.
<i>-Buffy smells like vanilla in a lot of fics. What's up with that?</i>
Out of all the fanon you find in fic, this is my most hated. Well, one of my most hated. SMG once mentioned that she sometimes liked vanilla perfume and the avalanche began. Personally, I would think that a vampire would smell lots of stuff besides her perfume - her soap, lotion, deodorant, her sweat, etc.
<i>-Does canon make Buffy out to be a natural blonde?</i>
Most fic avoids the issue, but I've seen it both ways. I read a very funny fic in which Willow, Anya, Buffy and Spike all run into each other as they're buying hair dye. And I once wrote a drabble on the subject.
<i>Is there a generally accepted explanation for how vampires get it up?</i>
Joss once commented that if they couldn't, the show would have ended after two episodes. How they hell do they walk around and talk? I never sweat the magical stuff. I figure the body chemisrty is completely different. (On a related and gross note, I assume that they don't digest at all. If they eat food, it goes out just the way it came in. No wonder Angel avoids food.)
<i>-Is the idea that vampires "pretend" to breath in order to look natural a fanon thing, or was it on the show?</i>
It was never mentioned on the show but I don't think it's an unreasonable assumption. I think most people would notice if Joe Blow wasn't breathing.
<i>-Does nobody use the fact that Angelus wears eye-liner in fics?</i>
Sadly, he gets over the Maybelline fixation in AtS season 4. And I've never seen it mentioned in a fic. (The thought that Angel is in horrible pain, stumbling out of bed but first applies a little eye product before he leaves cracks me up no end.)
<i>-Is Andrew ever a heterosexual in fics?</i>
There is a fair amount of Dawn/Andrew out there. No, I don't get it either.
<i>-Whatever happened to Miss Kitty Fantastico? Did Dawn really shoot her with a crossbow?</i>
I don't think Dawn would lie about that, so, yup.
<i>-Do vampires sweat?</i>
I'm gonna go with no. Why would they? Angel sweating in Grad. Day seemed like an unusual phenomena.
<i>-Does anyone besides me hate Joyce Summers' guts in a visceral, it's-even-alright-to-character-bash sort of way?</i>
I like Joyce. She was often clueless, she often had a head-in-the-sand attitude, but I never doubted that she loved Buffy and would go to the ends of the earth for her.As opposed to Willow's and Xander's parents.
<i>-Am I the only (character) Angel squeeing fangirl who didn't find David Boreanaz convincing as Angel at times?</i>
I thought the writers didn't write a convincing Angel at times. And DB wasn't much of an actor when he started, but that quickly changed. ("Why you ridin' me." WTF? Has there ever been a more un-Angel utterance?)
<i>-What is the IQ of David Boreanaz? Is it really as low as it seems sometimes?</i>
I think David enjoys messing with people and will say anything that pops into his head. Or, possibly he drops acid.