VoyForums
[ Show ]
Support VoyForums
[ Shrink ]
VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: [1], 2 ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 13:01:23 07/17/02 Wed
Author: lanie
Subject: Re: Will SOMEONE explain the Appeal of B/S to me?
In reply to: Majin Gojira 's message, "Will SOMEONE explain the Appeal of B/S to me?" on 11:39:48 07/17/02 Wed

Explain Angel/Spike or Angel/Wesley or Buffy/Oz...because I so don't get those.

It's a matter of taste. That's about the only solid explanation that can possibly exist.

I was against the pairing in favor of another pairing I'm sure most readers dislike even more and swore I'd never read them. But there are some damn fine writers in this ship, Kalima, Herself, Anna S, Annie Sewell-Jennings...and fortunately I got into this ship and discovered greatness.

Some of us are drawn to the 'bad things' about the relationship. How boring would this fandom be if all the fic existed in a glossy bubble of perfection and healthy relationships. Not that those exist in the Jossverse. Even Willow and Oz went sour.

You can't possibly understand the ship if you have a biased dislike of the characters and/or pairings and no amount of explanations or references anyone provides will change your mind. The only thing this discussion and hostility towards a particular ship of any nature will produce is an angry thread full of people arguing with no intent nor interest in listening to each other. Even if they have the best intentions to do so.

Anyways its not like there isn't a plethora of non S/B to pick from. Like I said in the W/T thread...go out and read it then rec it if you want more variety.

lanie


>I'm looking for a logical explanation for the amount
>of not only B/S fic, but B/S shippers. I'm not a fan
>of it. infact, you could say I loath it.
>
>There are so many bad-things about the B/S
>relationship, and authors continually gloss over
>them...
>
>So anyway, can someone explain why people like this
>relationship? And please, let it be a logical answer
>(IE: No "But they're so cute together" or "JM is a
>Hottie!" type of answers).
>
>Anyone? Hello?

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

[> Re: Will SOMEONE explain the Appeal of B/S to me? -- Werrf, 15:11:11 07/17/02 Wed

I don't know either - I'm not really all that fond of non-canon relationships, to be honest. In another fandom, like Stargate SG-1, for example, where there are at most one or two canon relationships, I can understand making them up, but in Buffy, we've got so many to choose from, I just don't get it.

Still, I'd like to make a guess...and, to B/S shippers, that's all it is, a guess. No offence is intended.

There are many upsides to Spike's character. He's funny, he's clever, he's extremely wise - these days, the fact that he's also a demon is rarely demonstrated on the show, thanks to the chip. So I think B/S shippers may be seeing the upsides to Spike's character, and downplaying the downsides. The good sides of Spike are a pretty good match for Buffy, after all.

Toodle Pip,

Werrf


[ Edit | View ]


[ Contact Forum Admin ]

Forum timezone: GMT-8
VF Version: 3.00b, ConfDB:
Before posting please read our privacy policy.
VoyForums(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2019 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.