Yes, I feel the same way about TBQ's Spike. The thing that squicked me in that story was more Angel and Wesley; I dismissed the Spike characterization almost instantly because it's so completely foreign to me. I didn't recognize Spike in there at all, except for maybe a one-dimsional extrapolation of School Hard Spike. As you said, it's reminiscent of the very limited Spike that used to show up in early B/A fic. I realized when reading TBQ's review of Just Rewards that her view of Spike is just on a whole 'nother planet from mine. (Which has many different facets, as you can see from what I archive, but is never so limited.)
Not that that's a value judgement; everyone has different characters that they relate to and understand best. I'm sure that if I tried to write, say, Dawn, the Dawn fans would tell me I was being one-dimensional. 'Cause I don't see anything complex or interesting within that character.
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Date: 2003-10-15 07:29 pm (UTC)Not that that's a value judgement; everyone has different characters that they relate to and understand best. I'm sure that if I tried to write, say, Dawn, the Dawn fans would tell me I was being one-dimensional. 'Cause I don't see anything complex or interesting within that character.