pet peeve

[estepheia]

Grrrr. If I read one more Spander fic that starts with an out of character Anya heartlessly leaving Xander, I'm going to hurl. I think I must have read this feeble intro a hundred times now and frankly, I'm sick sick sick of it. Who left whom at the altar? Who crushed whose white-picket-fence fantasies of domestic bliss? Don't tell me Anya has to leave in a huff so Spike and Xander can embark on an emotional journey of domestic bliss. Xander broke off with Anya because he was afraid of growing up and assuming adult responsibilities, afraid of getting stuck in a domestic life of recrimination and abuse, and he was worried that he was the one unfit for marriage.
Anya on the other hand, while opportunistic and often saying the wrong things, clearly has ethical standards, however weird. She was industriously trying to make a perfect home and life for them, economically comfortable too, and she clearly catered to Xander's sexual whims and fantasies.

I know, I know, I'm not saying anything new, but this is my LJ. I can air my peeves. I love Anya, she's a wonderful character. I wish people weren't too lazy to do her justice.

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[ex-dovil323.livejournal.com]

Oh god yes, and a big Amen! One of my biggest pet peeves in the Buffyverse fandom is character bashing and it seems to happen in nearly ever second story. The one thing I loved about the characters on the show was that there were multi-layered - the heroes had flaws and the villains (for the most part) had redeeming features, such as the Mayors relationship with Faith, or Lilah's relationship with her mother. It made them complicated and interesting. When writers take the old short cut and turn them into one note characters it annoys me, whether it's Anya turned into a robot that mindlessly goes on about sex and money, or Buffy who is often turned into nothing more than an evil harpy. It does the characters an injustice and makes them, to me at least, unrecognisable to me from the what I saw on my tv screen.

Right, I'm done ranting all over your journal now. *sheepish grin*