Your comments about the fans often being the off-putting thing about fandom made me nod. I, too, only occasionally feel truly 'fannish', although I certainly enjoy a lot of media. And I missed all the online kerfuffling because I came very late to the JossVerse, when most of the dust had settled.
Still, I've found a lot of cool people still talking about and exploring the JossVerse, and Spike's character, with a minimum of drama. On the other hand, I did wade thru a lot of LJ entries by people who make me roll my eyes before I found the journals I like to hang out on.
And I totally agree about the morally spotless characters being teeth-grindingly dull in fiction. My husband and I have this discussion a lot because he is , in theory, more attracted by that type. So, for instance, he loved Apollo from the get-go (back when I thought he was nothing but a dull do-gooder) and, conversely, he liked Wesley less and less as AtS continued its run. Of course, in practice, he usually admits that the storylines are much improved when those 'good guys' get all morally compromised...
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Date: 2006-12-07 01:48 pm (UTC)Still, I've found a lot of cool people still talking about and exploring the JossVerse, and Spike's character, with a minimum of drama. On the other hand, I did wade thru a lot of LJ entries by people who make me roll my eyes before I found the journals I like to hang out on.
And I totally agree about the morally spotless characters being teeth-grindingly dull in fiction. My husband and I have this discussion a lot because he is , in theory, more attracted by that type. So, for instance, he loved Apollo from the get-go (back when I thought he was nothing but a dull do-gooder) and, conversely, he liked Wesley less and less as AtS continued its run. Of course, in practice, he usually admits that the storylines are much improved when those 'good guys' get all morally compromised...