They quickly forget about Spike and start to sort out their relationships. I wonder if's a reference to fanfiction - it's no secret that the majority of fanfics are focused on ships and dismiss plot as an unnesessary distraction. Oh that's brilliant! And we had Angelus referencing fanfiction in the end of #3. :) The writer inserting himself into the story... hmm. It didn't quite work for me here - the author speaking to us over the heads of the heroes. A lot of this issue seem to be a continuation of our debates on IDW and elsewhere, about Spike haters, shipping, internet complaining etc. And it's not what I wanted from this story. Stephen King did a similar thing in Dark Tower btw, didn't like it much too. What I did like is the message: people need people. My favorite moments are heroes moments: Spike calling his team "freaks" at the start of the issue and calling them "fine members of team Spike" by the end, Spike being proud of Lorne, Tok hugging her sister, Lorne resolving his issues with his freakiness and kids appreciating him, and also in being useful. Lorne's ark was so good in these series, he was a hoot from start to finish! And of course Mrs.Konikoff is love! And I'm sure Spike is very much enjoying himself in the company of old ladies fussing over him. :)
I liked that Tok - a slayer equivalent here - kept ties to her family and was shown with her family. And slayer girls in "Buffy" either don't have families or don't care... Sad, really. And Beck has her family too - George, SPike, Asylum Gang. I liked that it ended up being all about family and friendship and not romance.
And the New Wesley I think referred to bad-ass Dark Wesley of Season 4, not to post-NFA Wesley.
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Date: 2007-10-05 04:11 pm (UTC)Oh that's brilliant! And we had Angelus referencing fanfiction in the end of #3. :)
The writer inserting himself into the story... hmm. It didn't quite work for me here - the author speaking to us over the heads of the heroes. A lot of this issue seem to be a continuation of our debates on IDW and elsewhere, about Spike haters, shipping, internet complaining etc. And it's not what I wanted from this story. Stephen King did a similar thing in Dark Tower btw, didn't like it much too.
What I did like is the message: people need people. My favorite moments are heroes moments: Spike calling his team "freaks" at the start of the issue and calling them "fine members of team Spike" by the end, Spike being proud of Lorne, Tok hugging her sister, Lorne resolving his issues with his freakiness and kids appreciating him, and also in being useful. Lorne's ark was so good in these series, he was a hoot from start to finish!
And of course Mrs.Konikoff is love! And I'm sure Spike is very much enjoying himself in the company of old ladies fussing over him. :)
I liked that Tok - a slayer equivalent here - kept ties to her family and was shown with her family. And slayer girls in "Buffy" either don't have families or don't care... Sad, really. And Beck has her family too - George, SPike, Asylum Gang. I liked that it ended up being all about family and friendship and not romance.
And the New Wesley I think referred to bad-ass Dark Wesley of Season 4, not to post-NFA Wesley.