Okay. I don't think I'm getting the connections I should be getting, but no big. I'll read it in January.
It's simple. I slap 'em around a bit, torture 'em, make their lives hell...Sure, the nice guys'll run away,but every now and then you'll find a prince like Spike who gets off on it.
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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
esse - Dec 14, 2004 12:55:45 pm PST #6976 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
amych - Dec 14, 2004 12:56:01 pm PST #6977 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
His Fables, on the other hand, is amazing.
Can't even agree there. The concept of Fables is, for me, more or less orgasm-inducing (not to mention the sort of thing I could write whole dissertations on). But the actual execution I find just unreadable. And I've tried. Repeatedly. I have half-finished issues on the floorboards of my car.
Polter-Cow - Dec 14, 2004 12:56:30 pm PST #6978 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah. All around. Really no need to shout.
I will defend Fables till I die.
amych - Dec 14, 2004 12:56:54 pm PST #6979 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
t shoots PC dead
DavidS - Dec 14, 2004 12:57:28 pm PST #6980 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
This is what happens when you argue with a duellist, P-Cow.
Polter-Cow - Dec 14, 2004 12:57:57 pm PST #6981 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Well, fuck.
victor's got my back.
victor infante - Dec 14, 2004 12:58:02 pm PST #6982 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
But the actual execution I find just unreadable. And I've tried. Repeatedly. I have half-finished issues on the floorboards of my car.
Really? I've loved every single issue.
amych - Dec 14, 2004 1:02:29 pm PST #6983 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Really?
Truly. And it nags at me, because I keep thinking "this is just the kind of thing a person like me would really like" -- and then I pick it up to give it another chance and it just. drags. And the characters feel incredibly flat, and the concept never rises above "I had this cool idea" and I don't want to bother going on past the first few pages. (Except for the one at the beginning of the third tpb with the Southern dialect so bad I threw it across the room.)
Very much an individual taste thing, obviously. But yeah. Hate the fucker.
Atropa - Dec 14, 2004 1:03:48 pm PST #6984 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I've now read both Fables TPBs, and ...
...
I'm kinda 'meh' on them. Great idea, I love the idea. But something about the execution leaves me feeling like more could have been done with the concept and that Willingham wasn't making enough of an effort. And while I'm going to feel really bad for admitting this, I kept thinking "Huh. Neil Gaiman or Alan Moore would have done this better".
I am going to re-read them in a few weeks to see if I change my mind, because it's entirely possible I was just cranky when I read them.
Atropa - Dec 14, 2004 1:05:05 pm PST #6985 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
And the characters feel incredibly flat, and the concept never rises above "I had this cool idea"
What she said. Yep, yep, yep.