Do you remember a time in the Buffverse fandom

[sombrefan]

When fans were content with the way their favourite characters were being treated and were happy with the writers. No neither can I. As Spike said in that Firefly season 6 episode "Nothing changes. Trust me, nothing changes".

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[menomegirl.livejournal.com]

No, I don't, not even in season 2.

I saw that quote on the Twitter thing the other day. Where the heck did that come from?

[simonf.livejournal.com]

It comes from an old interview with Joss where he talks about whether Buffy and Serenity could be in the same timeline. And he says no but he did think about a Spike cameo in Firefly. There's an excerpt from the interview at the following URL

http://whedonesque.com/comments/19832#304989 (http://whedonesque.com/comments/19832#304989)

[menomegirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[angearia.livejournal.com]

Oh, I dunno. I think it's all about degree. Plus validity of the argument. I rather enjoyed reading a quote from the LOST creators acknowledging the hardcore fans judgment of a character being OOC--that's rare.

While this type of thing isn't new, I do think there's legitimate concerns. Of course, it's natural I'd say that. I think it comes in waves and legitimate concerns are the breaking points. ;)

I think it's also hard to be content with how a character is being treated because there's two levels. Most times, your character is suffering if they're centerstage (like Buffy's depression or her every character arc ever) or you're not getting to see much of them. So there's a level of being in tune with the characters story and wrapped up in the drama. But then there's outside concerns and also disregard for character and mythos continuity--that's what more worries me.

So I'll raise your "nothing changes" with a "context matters" line.

[wondersheep.livejournal.com]

I was pretty darn happy when they put Willow in a leather corset.

But I think it's the nature of fandom in general to not be happy.