James Marsters' Spike Comic

[ms_scarletibis]

Don't know what's gone on over here, but the details of the standalone Spike comic have been released via this interview, and I have to say that I think it stinks.

Folks are up in arms because the Spike fans think that James is pissing on the character, and the James fans think that the Spike fans are jealous of James' wife...Yeah, okay.

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[red_satin_doll]

Nothing will be worse than space!frak with grossly OOC Angel.

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put on a bug ship that was a metaphor for his fans (a loyal bunch of roach beetles, basically--nifty comparison! Not),

Is THAT what that was all the fuck about?

[rahirah]

Well, some readers interpreted it that way. I'm not sure Dark Horse put that much thought into it beyond "Space roaches are funny!" (Personally, I'm fond of the bugs.)

[ms_scarletibis]

That's how some (including myself, because why not insult Spike fans, which has been the norm for ages?) have seen it ;)

[red_satin_doll]

I just thought the entire scenario was bizarre - but given the context....whatever......

Btw I didn't realize that JM fandom and spike fandom were't one and the same thing

[ms_scarletibis]

Oh, god no they aren't...

I think Spike fans are better at assessing Spike's faults than James fans are at assessing James'. Not all, but some. That's why it got kind of kerfuffley over there--the Spuffies (or Spike fans) didn't agree with JM's choice of story, and the James fans came to defend it. I've been on both sides of each fandom, and can see it quite clearly ;)