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Oh no, not another complaint about S7!
Feb. 9th, 2003 05:37 pmOh yes. Another rant. Sorry.
I'm working on a little Spike/Anya fic and found myself wondering about a number of things:
Is the Magic Box closed now? Is it run by someone else? Did insurance pay for the damages? If Dawn had to work off her stealing debts shouldn't Willow be paying for the demolished shop? Why then is she going to college instead of getting a job? Does Anya have some kind of income? I doubt there's a vengeance demon retirement fund. And how did vengeance demons get paid for their work? Is Xander's income feeding the whole SIT brigade as well or did Giles bring funds? Why isn't Andrew in jail? Why is it never mentioned that Willow killed TWO people? Rack was like a drug pusher but he hadn't killed anyone, so shouldn't there be guilt on his account? Is Hank Summers paying child support for Dawn? Is the house paid for by now? How well does that counselor job pay? I get that some of the sets had to be taken down, like Spike's crypt, but shouldn't there be some kind of explanation why Spike didn't go back to it? Is Clem still living there? Did Spike and Clem meet between "Grave" and "Potential"?
The list could go on and on.
Now, I don't need a series to spell everything out for me. In fact, I get irritated if that happens. I like the fact that ME gives us room for fanfiction and our imagination. It's not always necessary to watch a development in its entirety. It's often enough to see the beginning of something and the end and not the long middle bit. A COMPLETE disregard of certain background matters irritates me, though. I don't want to fill in ALL the blanks by myself.
I think the S7 story-arc is great. But it's not my impression that the writer's had more ideas than they could squeeze into an episode. There would have been enough room to tackle all the questions raised above, peu รก peu. I can't help it, these things make me grumpy.
PS: I'm still staying away from spoilers. Yay me.
I'm working on a little Spike/Anya fic and found myself wondering about a number of things:
Is the Magic Box closed now? Is it run by someone else? Did insurance pay for the damages? If Dawn had to work off her stealing debts shouldn't Willow be paying for the demolished shop? Why then is she going to college instead of getting a job? Does Anya have some kind of income? I doubt there's a vengeance demon retirement fund. And how did vengeance demons get paid for their work? Is Xander's income feeding the whole SIT brigade as well or did Giles bring funds? Why isn't Andrew in jail? Why is it never mentioned that Willow killed TWO people? Rack was like a drug pusher but he hadn't killed anyone, so shouldn't there be guilt on his account? Is Hank Summers paying child support for Dawn? Is the house paid for by now? How well does that counselor job pay? I get that some of the sets had to be taken down, like Spike's crypt, but shouldn't there be some kind of explanation why Spike didn't go back to it? Is Clem still living there? Did Spike and Clem meet between "Grave" and "Potential"?
The list could go on and on.
Now, I don't need a series to spell everything out for me. In fact, I get irritated if that happens. I like the fact that ME gives us room for fanfiction and our imagination. It's not always necessary to watch a development in its entirety. It's often enough to see the beginning of something and the end and not the long middle bit. A COMPLETE disregard of certain background matters irritates me, though. I don't want to fill in ALL the blanks by myself.
I think the S7 story-arc is great. But it's not my impression that the writer's had more ideas than they could squeeze into an episode. There would have been enough room to tackle all the questions raised above, peu รก peu. I can't help it, these things make me grumpy.
PS: I'm still staying away from spoilers. Yay me.
