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[timepiececlock]

Spuffy fantasy fiction is evil.

I don't know why I get sucked in reading it. Most of it is terrible, and the best ones are only alright, or half-decent.

Even the ones with better writing style often have terrible plots.

It's horribly mushy. 9.5 tines our of 10 Spike is dramatically out of character. The saccahrine levels are so high I feel I need an insulin shot after reading it. And always, always, Spike is portrayed as the perfect boyfriend material who is drastically unnapreciated by Buffy (who is either dating Riley or Angel at the time) until she comes to her senses and a) jumps him, or b) asks him to the prom.

Ick.

And yet, I still read some of them.

Though, to be fair, Zarrah's new fic Blast from the Past does have good, hot smut. And it's not set in High School, which helps.

Comments

[octopedingenue]

I saw this ALL the time in (stereo)typical Gabrielle/Joxer fic, though, so these sort of little gems aren't confined to Spuffyfic. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. (I KNOW I wrote my share of G/J fic like that, and don't think I don't writhe in shame.) I think it often happens with shipper-fans of an Unrequited Love pairing--shippers often "side with" the character who's doing the Loving, "against" the character who's doing the Unrequiting. (This is a mixed bag--sometimes the Unrequiting character really is getting a bad rap; sometimes s/he really is being a bitch. ;)

But yes, anyway, evil evil evil. Go read the dictionary instead. (But first give me links so I can read the evil evil evil fic. I've already read the dictionary.)

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[rashaka.livejournal.com]

there's a link above. It is evil. and I read it.

because I'm into pain like that, and I just can't help but read ANYTHING that has the words "Buffy", "Spike", and "romance" in them. Its a sick, evil, obsession.