Well I think that in the course of BtVS vampires have represented a lot of stuff besides pure evil. Recently I read 'Twilight' (which I'll admit I disliked intensely) and I argued w/a friend that wanting to become a vampire was tantamount to wanting to commit suicide, because no vampire can grow or create or ever hope to be more than what they are. My friend disagreed 100% to her wanting to become a vampire was wanting to embrace sexual desire even if it is 'forbidden' or not what is accepted as normal. I think both of us got our attitudes from Buffy, and that both have merit.
This issue is focusing on one particular idea, and I'm assuming it will be referenced and gain in importance when Joss finally gets to the point. I think that Brian Lynch's comics were more exciting, and more tightly written, because he had a serious deadline for his arc and he couldn't waste time spinning out his tale for years and years. Joss is under no such constraint; I'm confident that he will tie everything together eventually (as he did w/Astonishing X-men) but heaven knows how long he'll take to get there!
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Date: 2009-04-07 06:27 pm (UTC)Recently I read 'Twilight' (which I'll admit I disliked intensely) and I argued w/a friend that wanting to become a vampire was tantamount to wanting to commit suicide, because no vampire can grow or create or ever hope to be more than what they are. My friend disagreed 100% to her wanting to become a vampire was wanting to embrace sexual desire even if it is 'forbidden' or not what is accepted as normal. I think both of us got our attitudes from Buffy, and that both have merit.
This issue is focusing on one particular idea, and I'm assuming it will be referenced and gain in importance when Joss finally gets to the point. I think that Brian Lynch's comics were more exciting, and more tightly written, because he had a serious deadline for his arc and he couldn't waste time spinning out his tale for years and years. Joss is under no such constraint; I'm confident that he will tie everything together eventually (as he did w/Astonishing X-men) but heaven knows how long he'll take to get there!