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[moscow_watcher]

My new article "Buffy the Vampire Slayer": Future Is Now". for AccociatedContent collects my thoughts on Whedonverse, modern entertainment and interaction between professional and amateur art. Curiously, the impetus for this article was a Spuffy-bashing paper written by another fan.
I love fics by Ducks aka theantijoss. I respect her work and consider her one

Comments

[petzipellepingo]

Excellent job! And as you so rightly pointed out Ms. Fowler spends an enormous amount of time decrying the Season Six plotline and then turns around and writes the very same type of thing herself.
For some reason my computer won't let me copy and paste parts of your article (?) but I think Joss clearly states his position about writing for television and writing a show which isn't designed for children and was never meant for children. These are adult themes and they are universal themes and merely to say he's irresponsible because your ship of choice didn't end up being the most popular one on the show is absurd.
No fan on this show got a happy ending and as you point out, that's what drives the fan fiction market. It's been 3 years since the show went off the air and people are still debating the events on screen. Surely that's the mark of quality writing.

[moscow_watcher]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it.
Funnily, *my* computer also doesn't let me copy parts of AssociatedContent texts. The only way is to ctrl+a, ctrl+с, then paste the whole page in your notepad from which you can copy and paste the parts you need.

[just_sue]

I thoroughly enjoyed reading your article. If I was more articulate I would attempt to define my appreciation, but am not. Just want to say that Ms Fowler - whom I hadn't heard of until recently - didn't impress me with her article (I read previously and wish I hadn't if it earned her dosh). Using quotes from defunct message boards seemed a bit like closing the stable door after the horse had bolted, and far too late to make any pertinent impact. Folks have had three years to gather and hone their thoughts and impressions from the show, have bought the videos, DVDs and watched the re-runs. I love Spuffy and would have adored if some aspects of the show had been presented differently, but there is abundant fanfiction to pander to my wants and needs.

Happy endings are just that - endings. Without being given them it left the door open for continued interpretation and innovation in fanfiction to continue and build on the characters that Joss gave us. And I'm off now before I start to waffle!

Thanks ever so.

[moscow_watcher]

Thank you!
I think that Fowler is talented fanfiction writer, but I can't agree with her views on BtVS and Spuffy. Where she sees a dangerous message harmful for young viewer's morality, I see a brilliant story of love that triggers countless fanfiction stories.

[moscow_watcher]

Thank you! Obviously, I can't stop talking about Buffy and Spike. :)

[spikeylover]

You did an incredible job. :) Thanks..

[moscow_watcher]

Spikey, you know how much I appreciate your opinion - practically as much as I love your clips!

[makd]

Excellent, very well-done argument.

As a non-shipper who enjoys reading a variety of 'ships in the Buffyverse, I appreciate your response.

I read Ms. Fowler's earlier essay - and thought it well-done, but somewhat one-sided.

Now that I know that she is benefitting from the article, as well as writing under the psuedonym, "Ducks", I find it interesting that she appears to have one set of ethics for the essay, and another for the fanfiction she writes.

[moscow_watcher]

Oh, Ducks is a very talented writer and she captures perfectly the agnst and darkness of Buffyverse. Interestingly, in "Bringing Him Back" written during season 5 BtVS she practically predicted the resolution of *the* triangle: Buffy leaves, Angel and Spike stay together. That's what I meant when I wrote that sometimes fans are emotionally ahead of the canonical story.