Hmm...good point. I've only read a smattering of non-canon fic. A lot of it felt, like I said, forced and just not what I was looking for.
Congratulations to the class of 1999. You all proved more or less adequate.
Snyder ,'Chosen'
Angel 5: Is That It? Am I Done?
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WildDemon Cornelius - Jan 11, 2005 10:07:13 pm PST #3168 of 3531
Take your fingers off it, don't you dare touch it, you know it don't belong to you, to you...
Topic!Cindy - Jan 12, 2005 2:00:41 am PST #3169 of 3531
What is even happening?
(Though *cough* I do keep forgetting that TECHNICALLY, Buffy/Faith's not canon...)Your Buffy/Faith reads like canon. I think that's what I need for non-canon fic--that it works off of something well established in the canon.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 12, 2005 4:24:37 am PST #3170 of 3531
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
(just because that whole episode was lame and should never have happened except for the sub-plot w/ the Burkles).
And don't forget "Ciao!"
The only lengthy piece of fic I ever read was Cicatrix (sp?), which rocked something fierce. Verrry dark, though.
Vortex - Jan 12, 2005 5:24:45 am PST #3171 of 3531
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Buffy/Giles is a HUGE squick for me. Way way way more than Batman/Robin (whichever Robin you choose).
I think it’s sexism, really. It’s kind of like the way I have no problem with Lex/Clark, but the idea of Lex/Chloe is unpleasant.
As it played out, he was more like a stepfather that just never had a Relationship with her mother, I think.
They had sex. On the hood of a police car. TWICE (sorry, just watched Earshot with a friend this weekend)
§ ita § - Jan 12, 2005 5:29:56 am PST #3172 of 3531
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That's why I capitalised the R in Relationship, Vortex.
A one night stand does not a Relationship make.
Thank God.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 12, 2005 5:32:31 am PST #3173 of 3531
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
A one night stand does not a Relationship make.
Thank God.
But Otto, what about our relationship?
Fuck that shit!
You asshole! I'm glad I tortured you!
t /Repo Man
Vortex - Jan 12, 2005 5:42:03 am PST #3174 of 3531
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
That's why I capitalised the R in Relationship, Vortex.
har.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 12, 2005 6:44:40 am PST #3175 of 3531
What is even happening?
Is that the textual equivalent of a non-verbal cue?
Steph L. - Jan 12, 2005 9:23:05 am PST #3176 of 3531
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
It's not the age difference, but the roots of the relationship, that bothers me.
Hmm. This might be why I get squicked by Batman/Dick-Grayson-as-Robin but Batman/Tim Drake hardly bothers me at all.
Lyra Jane - Jan 13, 2005 6:44:14 am PST #3177 of 3531
Up with the sun
Buffy/Giles set anywhere during the course of the show is squicky because she's both underage and his student. Buffy/Giles in the future doesn't even make my squickometer flutter.
What Jessica said, more or less. S7 Buffy/Giles isn't squicky, exactly -- she is 21/22, and more of an authority figure than he is at that point -- but it doesn't feel quite right. After "Chosen," I feel the road is clear for both of them.
It’s kind of like the way I have no problem with Lex/Clark, but the idea of Lex/Chloe is unpleasant.
I don't read Smallville fic enough to be sure I have any idea what I'm talking about, but in theory I have no problem with Lex/Chloe unless she's explicitly made 14 or 15, or is in some way coerced. It's probably not ideal for a 17-year-old girl to date a man in his 20s, but it's waaaaay too common a situation to squick me out, and he's not an authority figure over her.
Really, the same applies to Lex/Clark.