The Trouble with Comic Book Continuations

[knifeedgefic]

WARNING: the following post may contain rambling, over-used analogies, and poorly thought out arguments. Also profanity and references to dinosaur porn. You are free to disagree with me. It's just my opinion.

One of the many strange ways my fandoms overlap: both Labyrinth and Buffy have fallen victim to the problem of comic book continuations.

Now,

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[hollydb]

[knifeedgefic]

How is it that DB can be so big and still manage to look like a prancing pink poof? :D

Also, yay, you DO sometimes read my stuff. (I wondered.)

[lostboy_lj]

This is all spot on. Especially this bit:

Besides that, Buffy was a blue-collar superhero. She had extraordinary abilities, yes, but she fumbled through life just like the rest of us. She went to high school. She dealt with studying. With foul jobs and bad bosses and teachers who were totally out of touch with her generation. Her cream rinse was sometimes neither creamy nor rinse-y. She carried tampons in her purse and a yo-yo. She had to take care of a little sister with the voice of a banshee and a serious kleptomania problem. She had to pay bills and deal with leaky pipes and she couldn't drive. And we LOVED her for it, because she was us--even with the super-strength and the supernatural boyfriends and the whole slaying gig. We related. We were THERE. We got it better than she did, sometimes. We knew she wasn't normal. That none of us are ever NORMAL.

The sad thing is, I think it was very possible to render this sort of hero in comic book form. In a way, she wasn't that different from Peter Parker/Spiderman when you think

[norwie2010]

Thank You for Your well written thoughts - albeit a writer never stroked me til...

...well, i want to say that You make a truly compelling argument with both, mind and heart. :)

[diebirchen]

What you said, sweetie, and then some! As to your above categories, I'm a three that used to be a four. The only comics I read are Donald Duck in German. Really! Helps me expand colloquialisms and onomatopoeia -- no kiddin'. :-) Anyway, after all the flap-doodle about the comics, I picked a couple up in a bookstore to peruse in the café. I came late to BtVS due to evening work, but once there, I was hooked. What I saw in the comic was just too upsetting and a violation of the characters and what I loved about the show. So no more of that for me. I'm happy with the show and the fanfic of folks, and there are some danged fine ones, who aren't in it for a buck!

[pfeifferpack]

May I rec this meta on my LJ later? You've really made some excellent points.

*hugs*
Kathleen

[knifeedgefic]

If you like, sure. :)