("If I wanted to hear about Bella/Edward I'd go read the Twilight books" in response to the question of what people think of the Bangel relationship). I'm desperately trying not to highlight and quote you over there, because so much of what you say is what I would have written had I been wearing my big girl panties at the time.
Hee. If it makes you feel any better? I did the same thing in my own journal a year or so ago, but I wasn't nearly as diplomatic. I basically told a B/A shipper (who I fully knew despised the Twilight novels and soap operas in general) that they'd probably love the Twilight novels because it explores that relationship to a satisfying conclusion. (Not nice of me at all - but the poster pissed me off. The statement at the end of this post above is directed in part to that poster.)
Probably not a good idea to highlight and quote me over there. Something tells me that they won't react any more positively to what I said than what you did. (This comes from having this same argument with similar fans for close to ten years now. It basically comes down to this - there are the fans that still see Buffy and Angel as two great tragic heroes who had to sacrifice their great tragic love to try and save the world And well the fans who really really don't see that at all, and see Angel as a guy who is so full of himself he can't tell he is destroying the world and the best thing for everyone would be if he just staked himself. It's not all that different than political arguments - there's people who see George W. Bush and Rudy Guiliana as heroes, and those who see them as egomanical bastards. OR sports debates - people who think the Yankees are the most talented best baseball team ever and other's who see them as a team that is just about money, and the Sox are much better.)
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("If I wanted to hear about Bella/Edward I'd go read the Twilight books" in response to the question of what people think of the Bangel relationship). I'm desperately trying not to highlight and quote you over there, because so much of what you say is what I would have written had I been wearing my big girl panties at the time.
Hee. If it makes you feel any better? I did the same thing in my own journal a year or so ago, but I wasn't nearly as diplomatic. I basically told a B/A shipper (who I fully knew despised the Twilight novels and soap operas in general) that they'd probably love the Twilight novels because it explores that relationship to a satisfying conclusion. (Not nice of me at all - but the poster pissed me off. The statement at the end of this post above is directed in part to that poster.)
Probably not a good idea to highlight and quote me over there. Something tells me that they won't react any more positively to what I said than what you did. (This comes from having this same argument with similar fans for close to ten years now. It basically comes down to this - there are the fans that still see Buffy and Angel as two great tragic heroes who had to sacrifice their great tragic love to try and save the world And well the fans who really really don't see that at all, and see Angel as a guy who is so full of himself he can't tell he is destroying the world and the best thing for everyone would be if he just staked himself. It's not all that different than political arguments - there's people who see George W. Bush and Rudy Guiliana as heroes, and those who see them as egomanical bastards. OR sports debates - people who think the Yankees are the most talented best baseball team ever and other's who see them as a team that is just about money, and the Sox are much better.)