I think that for me, the farther you get from slot-it-right-into-the-show canon the better the story and the writing have to be, for much the same reason that I expect my vampire shows to be consistent dammit. If you want me to buy Willow and Spike, you're going to have to impress the hell out of me with your Willow and Spike characterizations, the prose is going to have to be damn solid, and I'm going to have to get all the way to the end without once thinking "oh, look, there's the author giggling about how cool they are that they made Willow and Spike have sex!" That's difficult for me. (Depends on the relationship, of course. Some of them make sense to me - Buffy and Wesley is a really interesting what-if in my head, for instance, while Spike and Xander just makes me feel very, very puzzled.)
Unless it's just trying to be porny, which I can get behind.
(Depends on the relationship, of course. Some of them make sense to me - Buffy and Wesley is a really interesting what-if in my head, for instance, while Spike and Xander just makes me feel very, very puzzled.)
And yet, Spike and Xander are a HUGE ship, where the other still has people looking at me like I'm on crack. *g*
And yet, Spike and Xander are a HUGE ship, where the other still has people looking at me like I'm on crack. *g*
Oh, Plei, my drabble today.
I a thing for Spike and Xander, I like the silly totally AU stories of James Walkswithwind and Mad Poetess because that's pretty much the only way I can believe the pairing.
However Anna S.'s S/X are really good, including her new series.
I see Xander being attracted to Spike but I can't ever see him acting on that attraction because of his vampire issues, and of course for what Spike did to Buffy and with Anya. Which is why I tried to write them in a PWP and couldn't because Xander's issues were such a factor.
Oh, Plei, my drabble today.
I am nothing if not a crack pusher.
::cough cough::
I have drabbled.
That was fun.
t cracks knuckles, gets back to work
Am, I loved that one and I didn't even notice it was you.
I'm not really a huge ships person. I mean, there are some *specific* pairings that don't interest me, like Buffy/Giles, but in general, keep them in character and give me a plot, and I'm happy.
Plei, you asked a few weeks back if I was a popslash BNF...sadly, I must report that I received confirmation today that I am not:
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I didn't make the list. *sniff*
My friends of list is almost as big as Rhys's!
