BUT I do blame IDW who screwed around w/Angel too much (they had several really terrible Angel series out which I think directly led to IDW losing the franchise, of course I can't prove that...). In fact I should just follow Brian Lynch's advice: "It happened, let's agree to stop whining about it. Seriously, dude, I'm getting that embroidered onto a pillow"
Been thinking much the same thing about the fiasco that was the Buffy S8 Dark Horse comics. Honestly it's a toss-up as to which was worse. ;-)
I've come to the conclusion that the oh-so-guilty-drunk and/or easily possessed addict/vampire character that keeps getting played by external forces and never is quite responsible for his own actions, especially as used as a lead or major character for any lengthy period of time is guaranteed to frak the story completely up eventually. The only series I've seen to date that handled it well was Being Human (UK version). Either that or I've grown weary of this trope and now just wish the damn writer would stake the bastard and be done with it. Characters with no sense of humor should not be allowed to live!
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Date: 2011-05-10 04:10 pm (UTC)"It happened, let's agree to stop whining about it. Seriously, dude, I'm getting that embroidered onto a pillow"
Been thinking much the same thing about the fiasco that was the Buffy S8 Dark Horse comics. Honestly it's a toss-up as to which was worse. ;-)
I've come to the conclusion that the oh-so-guilty-drunk and/or easily possessed addict/vampire character that keeps getting played by external forces and never is quite responsible for his own actions, especially as used as a lead or major character for any lengthy period of time is guaranteed to frak the story completely up eventually. The only series I've seen to date that handled it well was Being Human (UK version).
Either that or I've grown weary of this trope and now just wish the damn writer would stake the bastard and be done with it.
Characters with no sense of humor should not be allowed to live!
(We shall speak of it no more. ;-) )