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[rahirah]

I've never read an early-season Spike/Buffy story (in the sense of them actually being in a relationship) that I find completely convincing. That doesn't mean I don't think it can be done, but I've never found a story where the writer's done it to my satisfaction. Which would entail no spells, curses, time travel, etc.; just pure raw character

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[zanthinegirl]

Hee! I just came from that post. I have to admit early season spuffy is a very hard sell for me. I'm sure it can be done well, but doing it that way means changing huge amounts of canon. And I like canon!

But I found myself surfing over to the fics in question, just because.

[rahirah]

Yeah, I need to go leave feedback. *g*

[harmonyfb]

::wipes away perfect tear:: My season 2 Spuffy fic didn't satisfy. ::sniff:: Guess I'll go eat worms.

;)

[sp23]

I was thinking about your fic, which I loved btw! :-D

[rahirah]

Yours is definitely one of the ones that made me suspend my disbelief the least! :D

[angearia]

You know, this has been making me puzzle something out.

I've always thought of suspension of disbelief as something that happens when you start reading a fic. So it's total. But as you're reading, if things start to go awry, it jars the suspension. So total suspension is what's needed to go into a story and immerse yourself in fiction--the real is what happens in real life, suspension of disbelief is needed for you to read a story and believe it's 'real'. But when bad characterization or what-have-you mess with the in-story believability, then your disbelief returns to you as your reading. Because you can no longer accept the story--you disbelief is no longer suspended and the story is no longer 'real'.

[bloodypoetry]

While I prefer season five fic, I understand that people want to explore the characters in different seasons. And yeah, I find it takes a bunch of suspension of disbelief when reading those kinds of fic. But wrong to write them? Uh...why? I will more than likely skip over a fic (unless it comes highly recommended) that says it's season two/three/four, because as you said, it is usually something either non-cony, spell/time-travel/etc-y, or totally out of character. But I have read and mostly enjoyed some as well. There is no reason people shouldn't write them. (Though, I do find it funny when Spuffy shippers are slightly squicked by Spuffy season two fic, because Buffy was underage. Uh...Angel is a great deal older than Spike...)

[rahirah]

Honestly, Buffy being underaged is the last reason to be squicked...

[eowyn_315]

I think the Spuffy shippers who are squicked by the Buffy/Spike age difference in S2 are ALSO squicked by the Buffy/Angel age difference in S2. I've never heard someone who liked Bangel complain about the age difference for Spuffy.

[rahirah]

Well, they have so much else to complain about. Maybe they just never make it down the list to the age difference. *g*

[sp23]

I've written two S3 Spuffy fics, both of which I'm happy with. If others get their tails in a twist about Early!Spuffy, well, that's their right. Just as it's my right to have a fondness for my fics.

[rahirah]

I almost feel like it's 2001 again, sneaking over to Ducks' Babble Board to marvel at all the frothing Spike-hate. *g*

[quinara]

*can hardly believe you dared say it out loud*

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have an incredible urge to write S3 Spuffy.

ME TOO - I was saying to shapinglight that I feel an alternate Lover's Walk caper coming on...

[rahirah]

It's an idea whose time has come! :D

[quinara]

I kind of want to make it passable as the first chapter of your great alt S3 novel (without the necessity for an actual novel, of course)...