I feel a sudden urge to lock my Allie-related thread after this, since it's obvious he's checking it, but I'll resist. :P
Actually, it's one of the complex issues I'm torturing myself about. Does the possibility of being read by PTB impose self-censorship on fans? And where is the line between regular politeness and self-censorship?
I definitely censored myself when I wrote my letter (as well as Scott Allie did when he wrote his reply). And that's OK.
But then I asked people to avoid rude words because there is a possibility that Allie will read them. OTOH, he admits that he gets rude letters attacking Joss, George and other creators. And he may think that Spike fans aren't *that* frustrated - while in reality they are. A lot.
I'm afraid it's a no-win situation.
The letter does improve things a bit, but I'm still seeing the double standards. "Angel and Spike are both making amends for things they've done", but Allie's comments on the attempted rape were "largely in reference to Spike's relationship with Buffy as compared to Angel's"? So, what, is Angel/Buffy superior to Spike/Buffy because he just tried to kill her instead of trying to rape her? Political correctness FTW.
I've got the impression that he doesn't use the *r* word and comparisons benween BA and Spuffy intentionally to avoid more controversy. Hopefully.
Angel/Cordelia is one of my least favourite 'ships, but even so, I don't think it's unpopular "with most fans" -- I think that was just an assumption Joss made based on his creative's team's negativity towards it. So yeah, I did worry that he was going to make a similar assumption about Spike/Buffy based on constant exposure to Allie and Jeanty.
I have a friend who watched AtS before BtVS. She thinks that Angel\Cordelia is the best ship in the whole verse. :)
As to Joss, I can only hope that fans' huge cheers of Buffy-Spike kiss in OMWF at the Paley screening make up for online negativity. Joss was there and saw the reaction of the mainsteam audience.
But instead of jumping 'ship, I pretty much jumped fandom a few days ago -- at least temporarily
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Actually, it's one of the complex issues I'm torturing myself about. Does the possibility of being read by PTB impose self-censorship on fans? And where is the line between regular politeness and self-censorship?
I definitely censored myself when I wrote my letter (as well as Scott Allie did when he wrote his reply). And that's OK.
But then I asked people to avoid rude words because there is a possibility that Allie will read them. OTOH, he admits that he gets rude letters attacking Joss, George and other creators. And he may think that Spike fans aren't *that* frustrated - while in reality they are. A lot.
I'm afraid it's a no-win situation.
The letter does improve things a bit, but I'm still seeing the double standards. "Angel and Spike are both making amends for things they've done", but Allie's comments on the attempted rape were "largely in reference to Spike's relationship with Buffy as compared to Angel's"? So, what, is Angel/Buffy superior to Spike/Buffy because he just tried to kill her instead of trying to rape her? Political correctness FTW.
I've got the impression that he doesn't use the *r* word and comparisons benween BA and Spuffy intentionally to avoid more controversy. Hopefully.
Angel/Cordelia is one of my least favourite 'ships, but even so, I don't think it's unpopular "with most fans" -- I think that was just an assumption Joss made based on his creative's team's negativity towards it. So yeah, I did worry that he was going to make a similar assumption about Spike/Buffy based on constant exposure to Allie and Jeanty.
I have a friend who watched AtS before BtVS. She thinks that Angel\Cordelia is the best ship in the whole verse. :)
As to Joss, I can only hope that fans' huge cheers of Buffy-Spike kiss in OMWF at the Paley screening make up for online negativity. Joss was there and saw the reaction of the mainsteam audience.
But instead of jumping 'ship, I pretty much jumped fandom a few days ago -- at least temporarily
How? What? How? < /Xander's voice >