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What in the Slashy Heck?
I'm not reading the Season 8 comics, mostly because from what I've read spoiler-wise, Buffy doesn't act like Buffy, and since she is my girl, my favorite character, and one of my heroes, I have absolutely no interest in watching her act not-Buffy-like. Also (and yes, this probably makes me a bad fan), I don't really have much interest in reading it if Spike isn't around in at least some capacity (I don't demand my shipper heart be satisfied, but everyone's better when they're interacting with Spike). For that reason, I'd be open to reading Angel: After the Fall and Spike: After the Fall if I could get them for free, but I'm not a big enough comic fan to spend money on them. I loved the ending of "Not Fade Away," even if a lot of the stuff leading up to it didn't make any sense, and I'm happy with sticking with my fic from here on out.
All that to say, this little bit of a comic that just popped up on whedonesque is the first Buffy comic I've seen. Only a few pages, but I had tons of questions.
First off: from what I know of the comics, pretty much the only mention of Spike has been in that one much-iconed dream sequence where Buffy's all dressed up like a nurse and chained to Our Boys. Other than a few lines here and there, there hasn't been any sort of mention of him, right? No mourning that we ever see? (This makes me bitter, honestly).
So even though this, too, is a dream sequence, it's much more revealing to me because she's seeing Spike (and Angel) as more than just the object of a sexual fantasy (even though that aspect is there, too). And the fact that her subconscious has Spike accusing her of leaving him at the bottom of the crater-that-is-Sunnydale is fascinating to me. As is her,"I missed you so much!" Now I don't have any problem with her including Angel in that, and she probably is talking to both of them, but my little shipper heart just exploded with happiness to have her say that.
...Of course that's promptly followed by "What in the Slashy Heck"ness, which is kind of hilarious. I'm also quite pleased that Buffy knows the term slash, since she doesn't seem to be the type who would spend any time on the internet at all besides using email. And maybe reading Go Fug Yourself. That seems Buffy-ish. And any time she tries to do something beyond that, she somehow does the wrong thing and her computer crashes and she has to call Willow to fix it.
Apparently, I think about thist stuff too much.
Also, Buffy should always be saying "Everybody die always." I LOVE HER. And that one panel of her eyes when she hears Spike's voice? Okay, I'm pathetic--it gave me wonderful goosebumps.
Plus, all the cameos in the wedding scene are brilliant. CLEM!
And the most important question this raises for me (I don't know why I care, it's not like I'm accepting this stuff as canon, but whatever): Does this mean that Buffy knows Spike is back from the dead?
And that was your daily dose of me being a fangirl. Carry on.
All that to say, this little bit of a comic that just popped up on whedonesque is the first Buffy comic I've seen. Only a few pages, but I had tons of questions.
First off: from what I know of the comics, pretty much the only mention of Spike has been in that one much-iconed dream sequence where Buffy's all dressed up like a nurse and chained to Our Boys. Other than a few lines here and there, there hasn't been any sort of mention of him, right? No mourning that we ever see? (This makes me bitter, honestly).
So even though this, too, is a dream sequence, it's much more revealing to me because she's seeing Spike (and Angel) as more than just the object of a sexual fantasy (even though that aspect is there, too). And the fact that her subconscious has Spike accusing her of leaving him at the bottom of the crater-that-is-Sunnydale is fascinating to me. As is her,"I missed you so much!" Now I don't have any problem with her including Angel in that, and she probably is talking to both of them, but my little shipper heart just exploded with happiness to have her say that.
...Of course that's promptly followed by "What in the Slashy Heck"ness, which is kind of hilarious. I'm also quite pleased that Buffy knows the term slash, since she doesn't seem to be the type who would spend any time on the internet at all besides using email. And maybe reading Go Fug Yourself. That seems Buffy-ish. And any time she tries to do something beyond that, she somehow does the wrong thing and her computer crashes and she has to call Willow to fix it.
Apparently, I think about thist stuff too much.
Also, Buffy should always be saying "Everybody die always." I LOVE HER. And that one panel of her eyes when she hears Spike's voice? Okay, I'm pathetic--it gave me wonderful goosebumps.
Plus, all the cameos in the wedding scene are brilliant. CLEM!
And the most important question this raises for me (I don't know why I care, it's not like I'm accepting this stuff as canon, but whatever): Does this mean that Buffy knows Spike is back from the dead?
And that was your daily dose of me being a fangirl. Carry on.