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[moscow_watcher]

My new article "Buffy the Vampire Slayer": Future Is Now". for AccociatedContent collects my thoughts on Whedonverse, modern entertainment and interaction between professional and amateur art. Curiously, the impetus for this article was a Spuffy-bashing paper written by another fan.
I love fics by Ducks aka theantijoss. I respect her work and consider her one of the best BtVS\AtS ficwriters. But recently her dislike of Spuffy turned her into professional Spuffy-hater and now she confesses that she earns money by blaming Buffy and Spike on damaging of "the show's meta-narrative of female empowerment" as well as negative influence on young viewers.
Recently she published on AssociatedContent a very agressive and harsh paper "Messages About Sex and Violence in the Buffy/Spike Relationship on Buffy the Vampire Slayer A Fine Line Between Love and Hate" - an extremely biaised, slanted and one-sided view on the Spuffy relationship. Before you click on the link to her paper, be warned that she gets more money with every click. (reference link)
I don't know if her anti-Spuffy manifesto is a an attempt to start a quest against Buffy and Spike in official media or she decided to write about the most popular BtVS couple because Spuffy invariably attracts interest. Anyway, I found it unfair that Spuffy is mispresented by only one, extremely prejudiced opinion on AccociatedContent so I wrote a response. Actually I should be grateful to Ducks because her article urged me to collect my scattered thoughts on professional and amateur art, on writer's responsibility and BtVS phenomenon. Unlike her, I won't get a dime for my article because AssociatedContent managers can only pay to legal residents of the United States. But I didn't write it for money. I wrote it because I love Buffy and Spike. So - read, recommend, comment, agree, disagree; I'm open to debates.

Comments

[just-sue.livejournal.com]

I thoroughly enjoyed reading your article. If I was more articulate I would attempt to define my appreciation, but am not. Just want to say that Ms Fowler - whom I hadn't heard of until recently - didn't impress me with her article (I read previously and wish I hadn't if it earned her dosh). Using quotes from defunct message boards seemed a bit like closing the stable door after the horse had bolted, and far too late to make any pertinent impact. Folks have had three years to gather and hone their thoughts and impressions from the show, have bought the videos, DVDs and watched the re-runs. I love Spuffy and would have adored if some aspects of the show had been presented differently, but there is abundant fanfiction to pander to my wants and needs.

Happy endings are just that - endings. Without being given them it left the door open for continued interpretation and innovation in fanfiction to continue and build on the characters that Joss gave us. And I'm off now before I start to waffle!

Thanks ever so.

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

Thank you!
I think that Fowler is talented fanfiction writer, but I can't agree with her views on BtVS and Spuffy. Where she sees a dangerous message harmful for young viewer's morality, I see a brilliant story of love that triggers countless fanfiction stories.