The whole "But he's changed now!" school of justification for S7 Spike.
First, for violating show, don't tell.
Second, for basically using the same line that shows up whenever someone takes an abusive partner back and taking it at face value. (I think if you go back into the Spoiler archives, I've ranted about this at length.)
Third, for attempting to have their character cake and eat it too by not making the changes in the character all that major.
Jilli and I have discussed at some length how they could have possibly made it work. Visual cues, like the inch long roots of basement crazy, oddly enough, would have helped a lot.
I'm well aware that I'm like the only person who had a problem with a tonal shift from "dark and disturbing drama" to "show that cites to Fraggle Rock."
Freak. Maybe if he'd stalked Fred or something, you'd have liked him more?
There is no level of creepiness that will get me attracted to muppets.
Third, for attempting to have their character cake and eat it too by not making the changes in the character all that major.
Exactly. He's crazy! He's not crazy! He's crazy again! O...kay.
And I felt like I could see the moment when the writers decided, Hey! Let's use the crazy thing and have the First manipulating him! What the hell!
Season 7 makes me so sad.
I'm like the only person who had a problem with a tonal shift from "dark and disturbing drama" to "show that cites to Fraggle Rock."
See, the shift from Epiphany to Pylea pissed me off. I thought the muppets were much darker than Pylea, so it didn't jar at all.
There is no level of creepiness that will get me attracted to muppets.
But it turns out there's a level of muppetness that can get me attracted to Oliver.
Go figure.
There is no level of creepiness that will get me attracted to muppets.
But it turns out there's a level of muppetness that can get me attracted to Oliver.
I know I can always count on you to bat what I'm pitching way out of the park.
Oliver, like OC Oliver?!?
I know I can always count on you to bat what I'm pitching way out of the park.
And proudly.
Oliver, like OC Oliver?!?
Can't you see it? I can see it. It's quite cuddly.
I'm so glad I never got sucked into the OC. My life is woobiefied enough as it is.
Oliver, like OC Oliver?!?
Can't you see it? I can see it. It's quite cuddly.
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.
My life is woobiefied enough as it is.
Trust
me. The unplush version is quite psycho and repulsive. But all that nutness in a little puppet version? Whee!
And, yeah, topic -- RIGHT. The coyness about PodGiles (coyness, crap writing, whatever). That did make me quite angry too.
