Re: FIC (sort of): Where there's fire?

[Jason Rune <winter_herald@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 02:48 PM 2/25/02 -0800, you wrote:

> This season has fallen into the trap of only giving characters scenes
> with their s.o. or primary focus. Just Buffy/Spike, Willow/Tara,
> Xander/Anya, Buffy/Giles, Buffy/Dawn, for the most part.

And increasingly Buffy/Tara, for some odd reason. Maybe it's so that 
Willow turning to Buffy will be all the more angsty? We can hope. :)

> Heck, as far as I can tell, Spike hasn't spoken a single word to Dawn
> since he saw Buffy alive in "After Life". So much for the S/D dynamic.

Ah, for the good old days, when Spike was a *character*. He's becoming 
flatter than "Cap'n Cardboard" Riley ever was.

> Also, there have been Anya/Spike scenes, and Anya/Tara scenes. (no
> Anya/Riley, though).

Well, to be fair, Anya was afraid of all things Initiative. And it's not 
like it was a particularly irrational fear--look what they did to Oz. If 
they learned she was over a thousand years old, who knows what kind of 
knowledge-pumping activities they'd have in store.

> And aside from the punch he planted on her in "Family", "Older and Far
> Away" contains the first actual Spike/Tara interaction we've seen. What
> the hey, it's only been 48 eps since Tara appeared on the show, can't
> rush these things.

Ooh, hadn't thought of that one. I think maybe the writers are leaving a 
lot to our imagination in terms of the character's friendships--I mean, 
theoretically they all held together while Buffy was dead (as they were 
*all* out slaying vamps together, sans Dawn, in Becoming.) But we never 
got to *see* it.

> **sigh**
>
> >>I'd forgotten about Angelus's dream moustache. Perhaps it was a
> disguise?
>
> Well, let's just say it was as real as David Boreanaz's accent, okay?
>
> Thanks for the kind words, and sorry about the slightly OT ramble.

Willow: Oh, rambles aren't a bad thing either. I mean, I ramble--really I 
babble, but a babble is kind of like a ramble, but more babble-y. Where a 
ramble goes from side to side, but a babble goes up and down, 'cause b is 
for babble and bouncy, and anyway, babbling--or rambling if you prefer--is 
just fine, I mean, as long as you don't forget anything or get distracted or...

Buffy: Will, if we're not going to play could you untie me now?

Willow: Eek! Sorry!

> Dan


Jason Rune (Zephyr)

"No one's going to go see the story of Othello going to get a peaceful 
divorce."
-Joss Whedon


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