this is a petty, obnoxious, complaining post. please feel free to ignore it

[lirazel]

I hate my job, and I have heard exactly one thing about today's S8 comic, and I'm already pissed. Now, I'm incredibly ignorant about anything else in this installment, but apparently Buffy kisses Angel/Twilight at the end. This is NOT COOL (not because of my shipper affiliation; I was pretty resigned to the idea that my ship won't ever be canon again) but because my Buffy would not kiss someone who was ACTIVELY KILLING SLAYERS. When she was with soulless!Spike, he wasn't killing anyone, he had a chip in his head, and he babysat her sister. But right now Angel is trying to kill her friends. I wouldn't care if someone wrote a fic like this. I do care when it's canon. But again, I don't know context, and that probably makes a difference, and when I find out what it is, I'll regret rambling like this. And maybe later Emmie will share reasons why this isn't such a bad thing at all. And if not, well, there's always Thought You Should Know, my S8 happy-place!

Also, while I'm being petty: in an interview, Scott Allie apparently said that Joss says the most important thing to Angel is Buffy. This makes me sadface, not because of the shipping thing (again: resigned) but because WHAT ABOUT CONNOR???? Anyone who says that Connor isn't the most important person in Angel's life is just ridiculous. Unless something happened in the Angel comics I'm not aware of, CONNOR IS ANGEL'S LIFE. PERIOD.

...aaand now I'm over it! Just needed to get it out of my system, apparently!

And I hope everyone who is reading the comics genuinely enjoyed this issue. I wish you only happy fandom love!

Still, I'm not having such a good day. I need more .gifs!



Buffy being adorable and Spike loving it always makes me feel better.

Comments

[angearia.livejournal.com]

I think there's a part that could be subverting it and I can get behind it. But I'm worried about that not happening. And I'm getting so sick of certain fans excusing Angel's behavior. Some people are treating it like it's perfectly normal for Buffy to make-out with Angel. That his explanation actually justified KILLING SLAYERS and staging a war between Slayers and the army.

I'm just more fed up with the Buffy/Angel insanity of it all and I'm hoping that it means that Buffy isn't in her right mind because of this new power throwing her all askew.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I'm worried, too. Especially because you're worried.

I'm pretty furious about the explanation, too. I'll be interested to see the actual explanation, because I haven't heard much about it yet. I'll have to hunt it down.


I'm just more fed up with the Buffy/Angel insanity of it all and I'm hoping that it means that Buffy isn't in her right mind because of this new power throwing her all askew.

I have this hope as well.

[angearia.livejournal.com]

Hey, the more Season 8 diverges, the more it motivates me to fix it in my own story. Bright side?

Oh, and I hope you liked the short one-shot I sent to you! You'll be relieved to know that while it's about Willow, it's through Buffy's POV and in reality, it's all about Buffy, too. :) (I think I'm incapable of not being all about Buffy...should I be worried?)