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fandomsecrets2009-12-07 05:10 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2009-12-07 05:10 pm
[ SECRET POST #1067 ]
⌈ Secret Post #1067 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 13 pages, 325 secrets from Secret Submission Post #153.
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The problem I have with all-human is that so much of the characters' personas are based around their being non-human. I just can't imagine a circumstance that would make Buffy the person she is without her slayer powers... they're just so much a part of her and have had a huge impact on how she's evolved over the seasons. Same with Spike and his vampirism--more so, in fact, because while Buffy still has her mortality, she more or less acts her age, whereas Spike's been around for 100+ years (most of which he's spent as a soulless killer) and I just can't think of any way for that kind of experience to translate into a mortal 30-something human life. I mean, I'm sure you could write them both as having really tough lives and Having To Grow Up Too Fast and I suppose you could have Spike be like... idk, a reformed sociopath or something but it just doesn't carry the same pathos or gravity to me.
That said, I've no doubt that there are some very well-written all-human AUs out there, but they don't appeal to me b/c don't feel like Buffy. But to each their own, I guess.
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I get it, in theory. I understand why people want to put the characters in new situations. I definitely don't look down on authors who write AH and I've even enjoyed reading a few. But for the most part, it's just not what I'm into. So much of the characters are wrapped up in what they are. I always think of the episode where Buffy lost her powers and how being physically vulnerable would have changed everything about her life. There are ways to translate certain elements into AH fics (and now I'm loling about Buffy as a cop) but, especially considering the many other characters I love and the reasons why they relate the way they do, it's just too difficult to get enough of the Buffyverse into the story for it to feel right.
(Also, fuck yeah, Cordy icon love.)