3 fanon things confirmed

[maggie2]

Needless to say (!) I'm really happy about the preview pages.  It could get me to revert to being a Spuffy.

But aside from wanting (like crazy) to speculate about Buffy's smile and Spike's not-made bed, here are three things that Dark Horse has delivered us about Spike:

1.  It's now text that Spike has a more sizeable package than the other vampire.  Proof?  You don't boast to your ex about your package when she's in a position to make a direct comparison with your rival unless you think that comparison works for you.

2. Spike went to college.  OK, this was pretty much a given -- but now it's unmistakeable.

3.  He's got some sophisticated tastes underneath that bad rude exterior.

How many ways can I possibly say how happy I am that he's back at DH and being written by folks who know that there's more to Spike that womanizing and brawls?

Allie deserves a shout out on this.  So here's me, shouting out.

Finally: does that scene not reek of "Trust is for old marrieds, Buffy"?  I'll take it over space boinking and bestest day ever shenanigans any day of the week.

Comments

[infinitewhale.livejournal.com]

It's not really the metaphor, though, it's the actual plot. The Source is a mystical plug that keeps evil contained. It has a protector that, we can guess, has the ability to push people. That's not in Joss's original idea where it was the Master getting stuck in the Hellmouth.

You could say even then, though, that Joss had all this plotted before Lost was over, but there are quite a few similarities and when you add in all the other shout-outs/homages, it's a little sigh-worthy.

[angearia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but like you said, this has been plotted out for ages now. And the idea of the Hellmouth being the source of the balance as the center for mystical convergence, plus the whole cork in the bottle imagery to show how the Hellmouth is being imagined as a cork in the bottle for along time now, then you have the egg which has been around long before Lost really got into gear with the Man in Black and Jacob.

Similarities, aye. But then, did people cry foul when discussing how the final season of Lost mirrored Buffy Season 7? At least there's actually a reason to cry foul then since the Lost creators said they used BtVS as a model for how to write their series. With Buffy Season 8, the cork, the seed, the plot--it's been years in the making.

Anyways, it's not like this crap was interesting when it was done on Lost either. I mean, this stuff is the phlebotinum that gets us to the interesting character interaction, the moral choices and the action. Who cares?