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shadowkatResisting the urge to snark at the Buffy comics, whose summaries and reviews, I'm finding rather amusing. Okay, so, out of all the comic book plots out there to steal from, Whedon and Meltzer chose the Teen Titans/X-men crossover with Darkseid? They know comic book fans blasted that one out of the stratesophere when it hit the shelves as being beyond lame, right?
For an excellent review of Dollhouse, which clarified what I liked and disliked about the series - go here :http://aycheb.livejournal.com/105845.html?view=661621&style=mine#t661621
Aycheb does a great job of pointing out what bugged me about Dollhouse and to a degree what has been bugging me about Whedon's stories since Buffy. He's trying to be a political sci-fi writer and it's not his genre. He's better at psychological and gothic horror. Political world-building requires an attention to detail and thoroughness that I think Whedon lacks as evidenced by the Buffy comics actually. He's very good at psychological metaphors, but political ones...he gets a tad to preachy and loses his subtle touch. It's just not what he does well. It's not that he can't do political tales -he can but not ones with a broad scope. He's better at intimate stories...one's that focus on fewer characters, epics or stories that are broader in scope seem to get confused. I'm not stating it very well, I'm afraid.
For an excellent review of Dollhouse, which clarified what I liked and disliked about the series - go here :http://aycheb.livejournal.com/105845.html?view=661621&style=mine#t661621
Aycheb does a great job of pointing out what bugged me about Dollhouse and to a degree what has been bugging me about Whedon's stories since Buffy. He's trying to be a political sci-fi writer and it's not his genre. He's better at psychological and gothic horror. Political world-building requires an attention to detail and thoroughness that I think Whedon lacks as evidenced by the Buffy comics actually. He's very good at psychological metaphors, but political ones...he gets a tad to preachy and loses his subtle touch. It's just not what he does well. It's not that he can't do political tales -he can but not ones with a broad scope. He's better at intimate stories...one's that focus on fewer characters, epics or stories that are broader in scope seem to get confused. I'm not stating it very well, I'm afraid.
Re: Yes...actually you picked up on what I was trying to articulate above
Date: 2010-02-10 04:12 am (UTC)(There are about 80 stories in this series, not counting the drabbles, and a fair number of them come before and between the novels, as well as after. Right now, four of those 80 are WIPS: "For Auld Lang Syne," POM, "In A Yellow Wood," and "Little Sister.")
Re: Yes...actually you picked up on what I was trying to articulate above
Date: 2010-02-10 05:33 pm (UTC)Now, I need to figure out if I want to go backwards or stick with POM, then go forwards. Are any of these outside of Raising, Necessary and POM saved on All About Spike? (I only ask because I'm not sure if my kindle can access your site. But will try...after I finish the POM that I'm reading - two chapters to go. And darkapple's fic.)
I'm rather impressed by your fic. And you don't fall into the trap of grudge fic (which a lot of fans fall into the trap of, ruining what would otherwise be a good story), nor does it get overly self-indulgent. Plus the sex-scenes are plausible,
creative, and erotic, push the story forward along with the characters, without overwhelming it. (Some fanfic writers get so caught up in writing erotica...that it begins to lose plausibility and you wonder if the person needs a refresher course in anatomy.)
Re: Yes...actually you picked up on what I was trying to articulate above
Date: 2010-02-11 03:45 am (UTC)All About Spike only has the novels, so far as I know. I'd only written a few of the shorter pieces at the time Laura stopped updating the site.