For me Spike on the show has always been a shallow parody of himself ... always relegated to a secondary position, always the one most likely to be minced up to fit whatever plot he needs to be squished into, always trivialised and marginalised. Except for a few weeks in season 5, when it looked like they were going to give him a coherent, credible arc, the ME version of Spike has been a disappointment to me.
And for other characters, too. For example, in Jane Espenson's DVD commentary for 'Intervention' she says that they had written the line "What are you kidding? She's nuts!" to give to a character in response to the Scoobies finding out that Buffy was bonking Spike, and they decided to give it to Tara ... because it would be unexpected and therefore funny. I have very little respect for writers who play so lightly with their characters ... and Espenson is supposed to be one of the good ones! So I'm not going to lose any sleep over Fury and DeKnight's antics, and I'm not going to even listen to JM's opinions.
I definitely agree that AtS 5 Spike has been a low point, but Spike on the show is, for me, some loser alternate dimension Spike who went down the wrong leg of the Trousers of Time. I think I appreciate him a little bit more than you do, but of course I'm peeved that they're largely wasting the character. If it weren't for fanfic and the general fandom community I'd have given up on the character altogether.
So, when can we expect the All About Methos archive? :)
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Date: 2004-05-06 10:04 am (UTC)And for other characters, too. For example, in Jane Espenson's DVD commentary for 'Intervention' she says that they had written the line "What are you kidding? She's nuts!" to give to a character in response to the Scoobies finding out that Buffy was bonking Spike, and they decided to give it to Tara ... because it would be unexpected and therefore funny. I have very little respect for writers who play so lightly with their characters ... and Espenson is supposed to be one of the good ones! So I'm not going to lose any sleep over Fury and DeKnight's antics, and I'm not going to even listen to JM's opinions.
I definitely agree that AtS 5 Spike has been a low point, but Spike on the show is, for me, some loser alternate dimension Spike who went down the wrong leg of the Trousers of Time. I think I appreciate him a little bit more than you do, but of course I'm peeved that they're largely wasting the character. If it weren't for fanfic and the general fandom community I'd have given up on the character altogether.
So, when can we expect the All About Methos archive? :)