Oh, that's hilarious. Look at you, starting kerfuffles! ;)
I didn't realize that VM/BtVS comparisons were such a hot button issue. Um, there are about a zillion parallels--shows centered around life in a California high school, focused on a small blond heroine who doesn't quite fit in, two main romantic interests, one a stoic boring passive type, and one a bit dangerous, who our heroine hated and yet is drawn to....
And yeah, I put Logan on my "archetype I adore" list, along with Spike, Lex, Methos, Jaime Lannister, Brian Kinney, etc. All sort of damaged and fucked-up and angsty, and witty and funny and cynical, and strong underneath, and the interesting thing for me is seeing them rise above their circumstances and make the right ethical choices when you don't expect them to. (And also they're pretty when they suffer.) I mean, there are variations there, but they're all fairly similar. So, yeah, Logan and Spike aren't the same, but it's perfectly within reason to compare and contrast the two. They fulfill similar archetypes and similar positions in relation to the show and heroine. Anyone who freaks out at you for comparing the two is just being, well, kind of ridiculous.
Oh, yeah, and that bad boyfriend thing? So lame. (I actually couldn't even get into that song when I was listening to the new Garbage album, precisely because it kept giving me flashbacks to that damn Marti Noxon quote.) Now, if RT meant it ironically, or to reflect Veronica's point of view while thinking Logan was an evil killer, that's fine. But if he thinks it's an actual representation of who Logan is and of how he relates to Veronica... ugh. It's such an old argument I'm not even going to bother; BtVS has permanently soured me on this. I am NOT going to watch another show feeling constantly at odds with the writers and the intended direction.
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Date: 2005-05-16 09:30 pm (UTC)I didn't realize that VM/BtVS comparisons were such a hot button issue. Um, there are about a zillion parallels--shows centered around life in a California high school, focused on a small blond heroine who doesn't quite fit in, two main romantic interests, one a stoic boring passive type, and one a bit dangerous, who our heroine hated and yet is drawn to....
And yeah, I put Logan on my "archetype I adore" list, along with Spike, Lex, Methos, Jaime Lannister, Brian Kinney, etc. All sort of damaged and fucked-up and angsty, and witty and funny and cynical, and strong underneath, and the interesting thing for me is seeing them rise above their circumstances and make the right ethical choices when you don't expect them to. (And also they're pretty when they suffer.) I mean, there are variations there, but they're all fairly similar. So, yeah, Logan and Spike aren't the same, but it's perfectly within reason to compare and contrast the two. They fulfill similar archetypes and similar positions in relation to the show and heroine. Anyone who freaks out at you for comparing the two is just being, well, kind of ridiculous.
Oh, yeah, and that bad boyfriend thing? So lame. (I actually couldn't even get into that song when I was listening to the new Garbage album, precisely because it kept giving me flashbacks to that damn Marti Noxon quote.) Now, if RT meant it ironically, or to reflect Veronica's point of view while thinking Logan was an evil killer, that's fine. But if he thinks it's an actual representation of who Logan is and of how he relates to Veronica... ugh. It's such an old argument I'm not even going to bother; BtVS has permanently soured me on this. I am NOT going to watch another show feeling constantly at odds with the writers and the intended direction.