flake_sake on my post about no 27 said that she thought the efforts to keep the series suspenseful when it comes to who Twilight is and who the big traitor is (if they're not the same person) is hampering Joss's storytelling because we have such very limited access to the character' inner lives, as opposed to Lynch's choice to write both Angel and Spike in the first person, from the inside out, which works much better.
Agreed. I think the attempt to keep the audience guessing is actually hurting the story. Because if Twilight shows up as Xander or Giles - they haven't built it at all. Sure I could fanwank a few clues here and there. But honestly? It feels off. Also, it's getting hard to care.
It feels at times that Whedon will do whatever is necessary to serve the plot or theme, regardless of whether this is organic to the character or comes from them. So it is getting difficult to trust the storyteller. And that's not a good thing when you are paying to continue to read the story. Sooner or later? You'll give up. Yes, there are issues that are rather brilliant in there but...
However, after the recent DH web comic, I'm fairly convinced Joss has already done all he means to do with Spike and Angel in the Buffy comic, which is to use them as a way of showing what's going on with Buffy's emotional life, because outside her dreamscape, nothing else is available to him.
That's my guess, although Allie and Whedon keep denying it. I don't think he'll give me what I want - which is closure of the B/S relationship - because I think he may well believe he already did that. And in a way he did. He may be right, doing more would be unnecessary at this point.
Agree with you on Spike vs. Dracula, the flashbacks with Darla, I rather liked. The last issue I found sort of silly and out of character.
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Date: 2009-08-11 04:53 pm (UTC)Agreed. I think the attempt to keep the audience guessing is actually hurting the story. Because if Twilight shows up as Xander or Giles - they haven't built it at all. Sure I could fanwank a few clues here and there. But honestly? It feels off. Also, it's getting hard to care.
It feels at times that Whedon will do whatever is necessary to serve the plot or theme, regardless of whether this is organic to the character or comes from them. So it is getting difficult to trust the storyteller. And that's not a good thing when you are paying to continue to read the story. Sooner or later?
You'll give up. Yes, there are issues that are rather brilliant in there but...
However, after the recent DH web comic, I'm fairly convinced Joss has already done all he means to do with Spike and Angel in the Buffy comic, which is to use them as a way of showing what's going on with Buffy's emotional life, because outside her dreamscape, nothing else is available to him.
That's my guess, although Allie and Whedon keep denying it. I don't think he'll give me what I want - which is closure of the B/S relationship - because I think he may well believe he already did that. And in a way he did. He may be right, doing more would be unnecessary at this point.
Agree with you on Spike vs. Dracula, the flashbacks with Darla, I rather liked. The last issue I found sort of silly and out of character.