Largely by tumblr user impalementation, because I stan.
[Re: transformation and redemption in Angel's and Spike's arcs] by impalementation and left-handed-moth
Excerpt: "transformation and redemption become harder, more interesting problems when you try to solve them with characters that actively resist those narratives."
[Spuffy as an abuse-to-care storyline is philosophically consistent with the show] by impalementation
Excerpt: "i’ve rarely seen discussion of why it would make sense for buffy as a show to end up depicting one of the most obvious and well-developed examples of an enemies-to-lovers storyline. and an abuse-to-care storyline as part of that as well."
RE: What are your official takes on each of Buffy's major love interests? by impalementation
Excerpt: "“i’ve seen the best and the worst of you”: that is the point of buffy/spike, to me. they are each other’s mortifying ordeal, and the payoff is that scene in touched. the payoff of being known is not a matter of being in a sexual or romantic relationship."
Familiar Pain, Safety, and Season Six by Riley Finn Lesbian Productions
This is a loving and thoughtful video essay on the themes of the season, and I wish more people were this willing to let characters have faults.
i want so badly to go back to early 2000s livejournal... by jewishdyke
And now for something completely different: fandom history as self-insert microfiction.
[Re: transformation and redemption in Angel's and Spike's arcs] by impalementation and left-handed-moth
Excerpt: "transformation and redemption become harder, more interesting problems when you try to solve them with characters that actively resist those narratives."
[Spuffy as an abuse-to-care storyline is philosophically consistent with the show] by impalementation
Excerpt: "i’ve rarely seen discussion of why it would make sense for buffy as a show to end up depicting one of the most obvious and well-developed examples of an enemies-to-lovers storyline. and an abuse-to-care storyline as part of that as well."
RE: What are your official takes on each of Buffy's major love interests? by impalementation
Excerpt: "“i’ve seen the best and the worst of you”: that is the point of buffy/spike, to me. they are each other’s mortifying ordeal, and the payoff is that scene in touched. the payoff of being known is not a matter of being in a sexual or romantic relationship."
Familiar Pain, Safety, and Season Six by Riley Finn Lesbian Productions
This is a loving and thoughtful video essay on the themes of the season, and I wish more people were this willing to let characters have faults.
i want so badly to go back to early 2000s livejournal... by jewishdyke
And now for something completely different: fandom history as self-insert microfiction.
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Date: 2020-10-26 03:27 pm (UTC)Thanks for posting.
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Date: 2020-10-26 03:31 pm (UTC)"I was highly amused by the last one having been there"
Heee! And I was half sure they must have been making some of it up...
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