I do have an actual substantial post for today. Because I have a lot of thoughts churning in my head, and I want to kinda put them in words and see if they make any sense
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It's funny, because I can buy just about any pairing for the length of time I'm reading a fic. Suspension of disbelief is not that hard for me. Buffy/Willow, Buffy/Faith, Spike/Andrew, Xander/Dawn, etc. etc. etc. - I can see merit in just about all of them. Hell, I've even written Angel/Connor.
But the one ship I've never been able to buy into, which is hugely popular, is Spike/Xander. I do not get it. I don't get it even when it's really well written - and there are lots of great Spander fics out there. And it's not that there isn't any subtext in canon, if you know where to look for it. The writers gave them plenty of slashy moments. Even Jane Espenson shipped them! I just - don't have any Spander glasses.
Also, I love the term "fandom eyewear." It's awesome!
It's funny, because I can buy just about any pairing for the length of time I'm reading a fic. Suspension of disbelief is not that hard for me.
Hee. You have rather flexible lenses. :)
I'm enjoying the fanfic I'm reading. Even if I don't buy the pairing or get enthusiastic about it in a "shippy" sense, I can recognize that what I'm reading is a good, solid work of fiction. But that shipper investment I have while reading a Spuffy fic just isn't there.
But the one ship I've never been able to buy into, which is hugely popular, is Spike/Xander.
Yeah, I'm still working on that one, myself. I was reading a longfic by Herself that was Spike/Xander, but even that wasn't doing anything for me so I stopped. Maybe something else on my to-read list will appeal to me more...
Also, I love the term "fandom eyewear." It's awesome!
I just wish I had an icon of Willow wearing glasses...
I just - don't have any Spander glasses. Oh the same here! I think Spike would rather go for a threesome with Angel and Connor than do Xander. (Which is probably why I've read the former and not the latter. *g*)
Also I at this point feel duty bound to rec Gay Me Up, (Goes AU right at the end of 'First Date' - remember Xander's "OK, I'm going gay now?" Spike takes him at his word. Hysterical and yet beautiful.)
Incidentally, I think Xander/Dracula is the single best thing about s8.
But the one ship I've never been able to buy into, which is hugely popular, is Spike/Xander. I do not get it. I don't get it even when it's really well written - and there are lots of great Spander fics out there. And it's not that there isn't any subtext in canon, if you know where to look for it. The writers gave them plenty of slashy moments. Even Jane Espenson shipped them! I just - don't have any Spander glasses.
Also, I love the term "fandom eyewear." It's awesome!
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Hee. You have rather flexible lenses. :)
I'm enjoying the fanfic I'm reading. Even if I don't buy the pairing or get enthusiastic about it in a "shippy" sense, I can recognize that what I'm reading is a good, solid work of fiction. But that shipper investment I have while reading a Spuffy fic just isn't there.
But the one ship I've never been able to buy into, which is hugely popular, is Spike/Xander.
Yeah, I'm still working on that one, myself. I was reading a longfic by Herself that was Spike/Xander, but even that wasn't doing anything for me so I stopped. Maybe something else on my to-read list will appeal to me more...
Also, I love the term "fandom eyewear." It's awesome!
I just wish I had an icon of Willow wearing glasses...
Willow should SO have worn glasses at some point!
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OMIGOD THIS.
After all, she is a geek! And a shmexy one, too.
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Oh the same here! I think Spike would rather go for a threesome with Angel and Connor than do Xander. (Which is probably why I've read the former and not the latter. *g*)
Also I at this point feel duty bound to rec Gay Me Up, (Goes AU right at the end of 'First Date' - remember Xander's "OK, I'm going gay now?" Spike takes him at his word. Hysterical and yet beautiful.)
Incidentally, I think Xander/Dracula is the single best thing about s8.
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