Yeah. The thing that really got me in the Promethea comparison was the "Buffy/Satsu happened because there was lesbianism in Promethea!" argument. But I do at least understand the comparison in general--because as flake-sake points out, the two share a motif (world-ending space frakking!) and one apparently worked and the other didn't.
The fact that Meltzer states that #35 was philosophy gives some more ammunition. But I don't really take Meltzer's interviews seriously, so it doesn't bother me much. I think signs point to aycheb's interpretation.
I wonder if the reason Meltzer got this arc is that Meltzer is a total fanboy? If Joss is mocking fan expectations as you have suggested, it might actually be that Joss used Meltzer as a fan to propose increasingly outlandish fannish ideas (all Buffy needs to do to be with Angel is get over herself! Bangel reunite and have sex immediately! Buffy is so awesome she goes to a higher plane! Giles gets to be exposition guy!) to skewer. I'm a bit worried even suggesting this, because the argument against this aesthetically is, what did the fans do to deserve being skewered canonically, at the expense of the story's internal consistency? Lots of questions.
Oh, and I always enjoyed Batman :). I just used to think it was "so bad it's good," whereas now it's "so good it's good."
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Date: 2010-07-14 11:18 pm (UTC)The fact that Meltzer states that #35 was philosophy gives some more ammunition. But I don't really take Meltzer's interviews seriously, so it doesn't bother me much. I think signs point to aycheb's interpretation.
I wonder if the reason Meltzer got this arc is that Meltzer is a total fanboy? If Joss is mocking fan expectations as you have suggested, it might actually be that Joss used Meltzer as a fan to propose increasingly outlandish fannish ideas (all Buffy needs to do to be with Angel is get over herself! Bangel reunite and have sex immediately! Buffy is so awesome she goes to a higher plane! Giles gets to be exposition guy!) to skewer. I'm a bit worried even suggesting this, because the argument against this aesthetically is, what did the fans do to deserve being skewered canonically, at the expense of the story's internal consistency? Lots of questions.
Oh, and I always enjoyed Batman :). I just used to think it was "so bad it's good," whereas now it's "so good it's good."