When Twilight was first introduced in the comics, I had a gut feeling it was Angel,
I made the mistake of assuming that Whedon wouldn't do that to IDW and would respect their right to the license and the franchise. Silly me. ;-) (And I agree - I wish he'd picked or come up with a new villain, instead of using Angel. But then I think Angel is a more interesting character than Whedon appears to. The writer doesn't appear to quite get the character - who was largely Greenwalt and Minear's baby.)
I knew after I finished watching Dollhouse S2, that Twilight had to be one of two people - Giles or Angel - because both were father figures. And both represent "trust" from the aspect of an adolescent girl trusting her father or older lover. (I rather hoped it was Giles, even though I couldn't figure out how that could be logistically possible - since Giles had concrete albies all through the comics. Maybe future Giles? OR he was using a straw man? Possible. When it came out that it was Angel (demonstrating that Whedon didn't care what IDW felt or was doing, it's his story dang-it) I thought, okay, that'll work thematically, but Angel fans and Bangel shippers are not going to be happy or IDW for that matter. )
Whedon has been playing with the whole Electra Syndrom trope since the series began - about how girls who are abandoned by or can't get their father's love, seek it out in other men of similar age with horrific results (horror writer not romance writer). But he's careful about it, tries not to make it too obvious. (ie. no Giles/Buffy, thank you very much.) Personally? I've grown bored of it. But Whedon apparently hasn't.
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Date: 2010-09-06 03:02 pm (UTC)I made the mistake of assuming that Whedon wouldn't do that to IDW and would respect their right to the license and the franchise.
Silly me. ;-) (And I agree - I wish he'd picked or come up with a new villain, instead of using Angel. But then I think Angel is a more interesting character than Whedon appears to. The writer doesn't appear to quite get the character - who was largely Greenwalt and Minear's baby.)
I knew after I finished watching Dollhouse S2, that Twilight had to be one of two people - Giles or Angel - because both were father figures. And both represent "trust" from the aspect of an adolescent girl trusting her father or older lover. (I rather hoped it was Giles, even though I couldn't figure out how that could be logistically possible - since Giles had concrete albies all through the comics. Maybe future Giles? OR he was using a straw man? Possible. When it came out that it was Angel (demonstrating that Whedon didn't care what IDW felt or was doing, it's his story dang-it) I thought, okay, that'll work thematically, but Angel fans and Bangel shippers are not going to be happy or IDW for that matter. )
Whedon has been playing with the whole Electra Syndrom trope since the series began - about how girls who are abandoned by or can't get their father's love, seek it out in other men of similar age with horrific results (horror writer not romance writer). But he's careful about it, tries not to make it too obvious. (ie. no Giles/Buffy, thank you very much.) Personally? I've grown bored of it. But Whedon apparently hasn't.