And I've gotta be honest, because I don't do shut-up-you're-a-minority very well: Hate-orgies make me pretty uncomfortable. Mostly because I'm wondering how all the Xander-loving peeps in our corner of fandom must be feeling. If this big discussion was happening about Spike (which... there have been plenty), it wouldn't matter if all the points were valid - it would hurt. It would diminish my feeling of safety in this fandom. So, I respectfully decline.
Re: that essay, I nod along with all of its points, but I can't forget all the positive parts of the character that Emmie has pretty much also written an essay about upthread. Though, I agree violently with this:
Okay, first of all, how DARE he? How DARE he take the power of disclosure away from Buffy?
This has always shitted me off. Particularly because I feel like we're supposed to be agreeing with him? Anyway, it was insensitive to a colossal degree.
Still. I'm with Emmie. I'm always a long way off from hate.
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Get your Xander!hate on!
And I've gotta be honest, because I don't do shut-up-you're-a-minority very well: Hate-orgies make me pretty uncomfortable. Mostly because I'm wondering how all the Xander-loving peeps in our corner of fandom must be feeling. If this big discussion was happening about Spike (which... there have been plenty), it wouldn't matter if all the points were valid - it would hurt. It would diminish my feeling of safety in this fandom. So, I respectfully decline.
Re: that essay, I nod along with all of its points, but I can't forget all the positive parts of the character that Emmie has pretty much also written an essay about upthread. Though, I agree violently with this:
Okay, first of all, how DARE he? How DARE he take the power of disclosure away from Buffy?
This has always shitted me off. Particularly because I feel like we're supposed to be agreeing with him? Anyway, it was insensitive to a colossal degree.
Still. I'm with Emmie. I'm always a long way off from hate.