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shadowkatStill making my way through the Season 10 Buffy Comics, I rather impressed with the character development, although the male characters and Buffy are getting most of it. Willow and Dawn seem to be on the back-burner.
That said they did a good job of showing Angle's unresolved issues in composite. He's not as likable in the Buffyverse. Far more likable in his own comic. Mainly because whenever he comes into contact with Buffy, he reverts to type. Willow is right he hasn't changed all that much in a hundred years.
And has control issues. Spike is also right -- unresolved Daddy issues and Catholic quilt. And a tendency to project onto others. His read on Spike sounds more like himself and Faith and less like Spike.
I like Faith and Spike who are better at calling him on his shit than the Buffy crew is.
Also Spike is rather well written here, as is Giles and Xander.
Buffy is as well. But I feel that someone dropped the ball on Dawn and Willow. Male writers. Gah.
They need to hire some female writers to go with the female artists. It's sort of hard to claim you are writing a women's comic or feminist one -- when the editor and all the main writers are male. Just saying.
That said, I'm enjoying it.
The art is pre-approved by the actors. New artist Megan's work was approved by SMG prior to being added as new artist on the books. And for the most part it's okay, not quite as polished as Isaacs.
The last two volumes 3 and 4 really explored the Spike/Buffy relationship in S6-to-now in depth.
Spike: "I'm sorry. For all of it really."
Buffy: "That wasn't you "you", you didn't have a soul back then. If can't hold Angelus's slaughtering nuns against Angel, I can't hold the things you did against you.
But they don't leave it there, she gets inside his head and sees how complicated he is and why he loves her and how much. She feels the pain he went through getting his soul.
This is the reason I went back and read them. Because they say interesting things about romantic love, dating, sexual violence, etc. And look at it from various angles. More than the series did.
Such as Spike telling Buffy that he didn't really love her without a soul, he couldn't, that it was a bastardization of love. Not being able to take no for an answer. Real love is letting go. Doing what is best for the other person.
Angel is pessimistic about love, he believes happiness and love aren't possible for anyone. It never lasts. If he can't have it no one will. I like him better in his own book. Seriously. He's less annoyingly patronizing. Which is interesting.
Anyhow, I'm enjoying the series. Caveat -- if you don't like Spike and hate Spuffy, I don't recommend. Life is too short. Go read Angel & Faith instead. However, if you do like Spike and found Spuffy interesting, this is a satisfying read.
That said they did a good job of showing Angle's unresolved issues in composite. He's not as likable in the Buffyverse. Far more likable in his own comic. Mainly because whenever he comes into contact with Buffy, he reverts to type. Willow is right he hasn't changed all that much in a hundred years.
And has control issues. Spike is also right -- unresolved Daddy issues and Catholic quilt. And a tendency to project onto others. His read on Spike sounds more like himself and Faith and less like Spike.
I like Faith and Spike who are better at calling him on his shit than the Buffy crew is.
Also Spike is rather well written here, as is Giles and Xander.
Buffy is as well. But I feel that someone dropped the ball on Dawn and Willow. Male writers. Gah.
They need to hire some female writers to go with the female artists. It's sort of hard to claim you are writing a women's comic or feminist one -- when the editor and all the main writers are male. Just saying.
That said, I'm enjoying it.
The art is pre-approved by the actors. New artist Megan's work was approved by SMG prior to being added as new artist on the books. And for the most part it's okay, not quite as polished as Isaacs.
The last two volumes 3 and 4 really explored the Spike/Buffy relationship in S6-to-now in depth.
Spike: "I'm sorry. For all of it really."
Buffy: "That wasn't you "you", you didn't have a soul back then. If can't hold Angelus's slaughtering nuns against Angel, I can't hold the things you did against you.
But they don't leave it there, she gets inside his head and sees how complicated he is and why he loves her and how much. She feels the pain he went through getting his soul.
This is the reason I went back and read them. Because they say interesting things about romantic love, dating, sexual violence, etc. And look at it from various angles. More than the series did.
Such as Spike telling Buffy that he didn't really love her without a soul, he couldn't, that it was a bastardization of love. Not being able to take no for an answer. Real love is letting go. Doing what is best for the other person.
Angel is pessimistic about love, he believes happiness and love aren't possible for anyone. It never lasts. If he can't have it no one will. I like him better in his own book. Seriously. He's less annoyingly patronizing. Which is interesting.
Anyhow, I'm enjoying the series. Caveat -- if you don't like Spike and hate Spuffy, I don't recommend. Life is too short. Go read Angel & Faith instead. However, if you do like Spike and found Spuffy interesting, this is a satisfying read.