I can even read a slave Spike fic occasionally, if it's very beautifully written and insightful about the characters. But where I can tell I'm supposed to feel turned on or whatever, I just feel sad and want to give poor Spike a big hug.
This is exactly how I feel about the slave-thing. Or even Spike being utterly broken, with no slavery involved. Spike too broken to snark is just depressing beyond measure. And I find it's actually harder to deal with in really well-written stories, because it's completely believable and much harder to write off as someone manipulating his character to fulfill a kink, even if that's what it is. Gah. I really hate that.
I should have known I could count on you to disagree openly with the slave-kink. Just reading all the descriptions of how much people love Spike-the-dead-inside-slave has been kind of depressing. I need my Spike to at least have his illusions of independence.
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Date: 2003-10-14 06:03 pm (UTC)This is exactly how I feel about the slave-thing. Or even Spike being utterly broken, with no slavery involved. Spike too broken to snark is just depressing beyond measure. And I find it's actually harder to deal with in really well-written stories, because it's completely believable and much harder to write off as someone manipulating his character to fulfill a kink, even if that's what it is. Gah. I really hate that.
I should have known I could count on you to disagree openly with the slave-kink. Just reading all the descriptions of how much people love Spike-the-dead-inside-slave has been kind of depressing. I need my Spike to at least have his illusions of independence.