To the Whedon fanatic, I want to say, okay, if Whedon told you to jump off a cliff? Would you?
Depends. If it was a very low sort of cliff, and he agreed to make a movie from a script I wrote? Hey, I might.
I always felt that Whedon saw himself as someone who wanted to be Buffy, but in reality was like Xander, and wrote accordingly. Later on, he started to explore placing both characteristics in a single character, such as Echo/Caroline in Dollhouse. Before that, it was Illyria (no, really-- stop and think about some of the nuances involving her dual personality aspects. Same with Riley before that, you know, "Yes, I am secretly a lesbian" Riley. He uses this trope over and over again.
There wasn't anyone among the main characters that I think I actively disliked, although it did take me a while to realize that the reason seemingly everyone disliked Andrew was because Tom Lenk did such a good acting job making a character who was intended to be annoying-- annoying.
Perhaps Whedon also introduced Andrew to counter some fans' Xander dislike by showing that Xander wasn't so bad by comparison.
The only fan reaction I ever found troubling were those viewers who watched the show, but didn't like Buffy. Never understood that one, sorry.
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Date: 2012-01-29 05:43 am (UTC)Depends. If it was a very low sort of cliff, and he agreed to make a movie from a script I wrote? Hey, I might.
I always felt that Whedon saw himself as someone who wanted to be Buffy, but in reality was like Xander, and wrote accordingly. Later on, he started to explore placing both characteristics in a single character, such as Echo/Caroline in Dollhouse. Before that, it was Illyria (no, really-- stop and think about some of the nuances involving her dual personality aspects. Same with Riley before that, you know, "Yes, I am secretly a lesbian" Riley. He uses this trope over and over again.
There wasn't anyone among the main characters that I think I actively disliked, although it did take me a while to realize that the reason seemingly everyone disliked Andrew was because Tom Lenk did such a good acting job making a character who was intended to be annoying-- annoying.
Perhaps Whedon also introduced Andrew to counter some fans' Xander dislike by showing that Xander wasn't so bad by comparison.
The only fan reaction I ever found troubling were those viewers who watched the show, but didn't like Buffy. Never understood that one, sorry.