Oh I understood what you were saying (and tags are always tricky)... I knew that Joss had put a rule that the novels and comics couldn't go beyond season 5 (because he didn't want them screwing up stuff and confusing the audience), but I didn't know that Fox was responsible for all the stupid B/A shipping! Of course the books were mostly unreadable anyway. I liked Nancy Holder's 'These Our Actors' (Buffy isn't even in it, Willow is solving a problem and gets Spike to help her, it is a fun story), and Chris Golden's book about Oz's quest to conquer his werewolf problem, which was really a fun book. But those got to explore minor characters which works better, in most books they had to have the book end in pretty much exactly the place it began (without effecting anyone's life) so along w/the poor writing they weren't any fun.
And I never belonged to the Bronze Beta or any of the cool fanboards, I just couldn't bear putting up with daily Spike bashing (which seemed to go with the territory). I don't see why people can't relax and enjoy the story being told, why would they want a rehash of the story that has already been told? In my own life I never day dreamed about getting back with my ex, I always wanted to find someone new (without all the old angst and problems of the past). But obviously I'm also someone who has been content to be alone, and I never wanted children (so I guess I was what most people consider selfish or abnormal anyway).
Regarding Harry Potter: I'm suspecting JKR's recent interviews to be misdirects... I'm expecting Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny to all survive with definite 'happily ever after' tendencies (and I'm expecting JKR to kill off Snape in a blaze of redemptive glory making everyone realize that Dumbledor was right to trust him all along). But we shall see in July!
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I knew that Joss had put a rule that the novels and comics couldn't go beyond season 5 (because he didn't want them screwing up stuff and confusing the audience), but I didn't know that Fox was responsible for all the stupid B/A shipping! Of course the books were mostly unreadable anyway. I liked Nancy Holder's 'These Our Actors' (Buffy isn't even in it, Willow is solving a problem and gets Spike to help her, it is a fun story), and Chris Golden's book about Oz's quest to conquer his werewolf problem, which was really a fun book. But those got to explore minor characters which works better, in most books they had to have the book end in pretty much exactly the place it began (without effecting anyone's life) so along w/the poor writing they weren't any fun.
And I never belonged to the Bronze Beta or any of the cool fanboards, I just couldn't bear putting up with daily Spike bashing (which seemed to go with the territory). I don't see why people can't relax and enjoy the story being told, why would they want a rehash of the story that has already been told? In my own life I never day dreamed about getting back with my ex, I always wanted to find someone new (without all the old angst and problems of the past). But obviously I'm also someone who has been content to be alone, and I never wanted children (so I guess I was what most people consider selfish or abnormal anyway).
Regarding Harry Potter: I'm suspecting JKR's recent interviews to be misdirects... I'm expecting Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny to all survive with definite 'happily ever after' tendencies (and I'm expecting JKR to kill off Snape in a blaze of redemptive glory making everyone realize that Dumbledor was right to trust him all along). But we shall see in July!