we float / take life as it comes

[oiran]

Where I've been: Writing. Buttonizing. Coding. Rather productive couple of days. Buttons still coming for everyone who signed up and hasn't gotten theirs yet. I've had some tangible chores to take care of.

Watched all of Firefly. What a good show! I am extra-annoyed that it just--stopped. So many loose ends! I could see brief, flirty instances of slash, but no real blatant subtext. Of course, to me, that's just the characters being comfortable with themselves and each other, not latent homosexual yearnings, but YMMV. I do see the space incest, however. Personal caveat, though: I've got to say that I have yet to see a canon pairing on a Joss show that didn't make sense, even if I didn't like it (i.e., Riley/Buffy)...and I really don't see the non-canon pairings. (I don't consider Spike/Angel to be non-canon, but I also don't think they're fucking.)

I missed the lj_serialadder furor! Dang. I wish the stalking/stalked by designations had remained. I would certainly feel better about that than I do about the friends/friend of nonsense.

I probably missed all sorts of other good stuff, too. I am now about to track back on my list, and I will be looking specifically for instances of people talking smack about me and taking my name in vain. If you know of such an entry, please feel free to point it out.

Deliberately withholding all surly/existential commentary for the morrow, as I don't want to be perceived as making some sort of calendar-specific joke statement if I'm actually being petty and whiny for real.

Comments

[jfc013.livejournal.com]

I've got to say that I have yet to see a canon pairing on a Joss show that didn't make sense, even if I didn't like it (i.e., Riley/Buffy)...and I really don't see the non-canon pairings.

Funny--I was comparing notes with someone the other day, and realized that I don't believe in any of the canon relationships in the Buffyverse, except for those involving Willow for some reason. The spark just ain't there for me for ANY of them, or maybe just Xander/Anya, and the late, lamented Wes/Fred. I never really "bought" Buffy with anybody. I have no idea why that is...

[velvetglove.livejournal.com]

I've never been that into any of them, to tell the truth. I never cared personally about Buffy with Angel, but I could see that Buffy and Angel would be interested in one another; my interest in the characters led to an interest in the pairing, but I wasn't exactly broken-hearted when that ended, as the ending made perfect sense, too.

And it seems to me that her inability to be a good girlfriend is one of Buffy's little tragedies. I still haven't seen S6 or S7 and I'm trying (unsuccessfully) to remain unspoiled, but I know enough to be aware that Buffy and Spike hitch up, and that makes total sense to me, too. But, again, I don't really care personally, and I can't see the Buffy character ever making a relationship work long-term, especially since she's really only hot for dead boys.

The non-canon pairings really rub me the wrong way though, and I do have strong feelings against them. I absolutely don't see Spike/Xander, say, and I don't understand why people even want to see it (though most of my Buffy-watching friends do seem to love this pairing) because it strikes me as 1) preposterous and 2) unnecessary. It does seem to me that the writers for all the Joss shows are prepared to put characters together as serves the story, and if Spike/Xander had made sense to them, they'd probably have figured out a way to put it onscreen.

As a latecomer to all the Joss Whedon shows, I'm seeing things in a compressed timeframe and essentially without fannish input, so perhaps I'd feel differently if I'd been watching while Buffy aired, and watching Angel from the beginning. As it is, I'm not interested in the pairings at all except as they serve the story/develop the characters. But I still don't think I would have liked Spike with Xander, and only partially because I don't particularly find Nicholas Brendon very sexually appealing ;)

[jfc013.livejournal.com]

Definitely gotta agree about the non-canon slash pairings, though! I never saw any zip there at all! Guess I was too busy watching for the story and the individual character development to start embroidering people together! ;)