- An Angel/Spike Manifesto by Romany — Angel's relationship with his progeny, a la father figure.
And when As5 aired, it all clicked for me, the part that I just couldn't figure out about Spike, why he acted the way he did--the insecure bravado. He's just as much a creation of Angelus's as Drusilla ever was, one that Angel never admitted to, the one thing he never took responsibility for.
- A Century of Slash: Angel & Spike by Kita — A primer for the spangel ‘ship.
I couldn’t make stuff this good up if I tried.
- Daddy’s Girl by shapinglight — an exploration of the Angelus/Dru relationship.
It's almost like a game they play between them, with Darla and Spike a little on the outside looking on, and you could really say like father, like daughter, although Dru is not just a daughter to Angelus but also a consort and even a sibling at times.
- Family Matters by thatotherperv — why the alpha/beta pack model works for Angel and Spike.
it’s all about posturing and putting the least amount of energy into maintaining order
- Identification and the Elephant in the Room: a Spander manifesto by yourlibrarian — Why did Spander become the replacement for many Spuffy shippers who jumped ship? How did it become so popular, while other unconventional ships did not?
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- Him for All in All by Kita — Angel character exploration
Angel is the universe's bitch. He is the archetype of an endlessly dying god, a model of fallibility and sacrifice, a vehicle to tell a larger story.
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- Don’t Write Responsibly by entrenous — a riff on an old fanwank
How very odd, the idea that writers, especially fanfiction writers, should be responsible in their writing choices.
- Essay on the perception of OOCness by Rahirah — an astute perspective on a common source of contention
Whether or not we see someone else's interpretation of that character as believable will depend upon the degree to which their trait assignment agrees with our own, the degree to which the traits their core traits agree with our own, and the degree of flexibility we're willing to allow in-context.
- Why Human AU by thatotherperv — the value in stripping away the supernatural
I think that making the characters human can sometimes deconstruct their personalities and relationships and rebuild them again…in a way that, for me, is sometimes very revealing of the puppet strings that hold the Buffyverse together.
- Write Porn Real by stakebait — A snippet of thoughts on how to write more interesting porn.
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