Maybe because he's kind of a blank screen?
I caught her on a park bench, making out with a *chaos* demon! Have you ever seen a chaos demon? They're all slime and antlers.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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erikaj - Jul 19, 2003 6:40:31 pm PDT #5733 of 9843
Always Anti-fascist!
Emlah - Jul 19, 2003 6:46:21 pm PDT #5734 of 9843
To every idea a shelf...
Maybe it helps that he's associated with Oz?
erikaj - Jul 19, 2003 6:47:29 pm PDT #5735 of 9843
Always Anti-fascist!
well, yeah. Oz is cool.
Emlah - Jul 19, 2003 7:22:29 pm PDT #5736 of 9843
To every idea a shelf...
I just had what must be an extremely common fanfic experience. The description said Devon/Host pairing. I thought: 'No way that can work.' I read it, and it totally worked.
Maybe because he's kind of a blank screen?
Based on this one story, I'd say this could be part of the reason. The author gave him divorced parents, anger at the world and bisexuality, none of which are textual as far as I can remember.
P.M. Marc - Jul 19, 2003 7:40:05 pm PDT #5737 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
See, there are so many blank slate characters that don't pull that kind of attention.
Somewhere out there, there should be an essay on Devon in Fanon.
Kassto - Jul 19, 2003 8:34:10 pm PDT #5738 of 9843
`He combed his hair, Put on a shirt that his mother made, And he went on the air...'
Can someone define Fanon? Is it like canon, only....?
P.M. Marc - Jul 19, 2003 8:37:09 pm PDT #5739 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Susan W. - Jul 19, 2003 9:23:11 pm PDT #5740 of 9843
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
That site seems to treat fanon as things common in fanfic that are contradicted by the show, while I've always thought of it as at least as much things that are never stated one way or the other on a show, but show up in fanfic by a variety of authors. For instance, I'd call it fanon that William the Bloody Awful Poet was heir to a baronetcy, since I've seen it in multiple fanfics. Of course, I don't think he was born anywhere near so high--I'm thinking father made money in trade and had social ambitions for his children, but that's another debate.
Typo Boy - Jul 19, 2003 9:27:24 pm PDT #5741 of 9843
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Or Spike/Angelus sex is such strong fanon as to approach canon.
Kassto - Jul 19, 2003 9:33:57 pm PDT #5742 of 9843
`He combed his hair, Put on a shirt that his mother made, And he went on the air...'
Thanks for that link, PMM. I was going to say `thankyou ma'am' but then realised I didn't know whether you were one and didn't want to put my foot in it. It's interesting coming into this board only very recently that some of you seem to know each other really well. Being new, you pick up little clues about others....but sometimes it's hard to remember them, and if the name doesn't obviously say male or female, even that can be a mystery.
But then, you can be anyone on the internet. I could be an 18-month-old pomeranian pup.