Also about bashing

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A) It's often ship-driven. OOC behavior for the promotion of a ship just makes me mad, even if it's my ship.

B) Too often Spuffy fic writers use Xander/Angel/Giles as a scapegoat for Spuffy difficulties and then sweep all the other, legit stuff under the rug. Which I hate! It isn't like Spuffy doesn't have enough complications; Spuffy is all about the complications. The last thing I want is an easy resolution.

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I feel the same way about my Spander when Anya and/or Buffy is usually psychotically OOC. I don't need super-nutso-cuckoos to act as a deterrent to my spander. I need in-character conflicts that make the spander difficult.

Bashing is the easy, sucky way out.

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I have a read a very leetle Spander, and yeah, psychotic!bitch!Buffy was there in force. Even if the ship appealed to me, that right there would have killed my interest.

Bashing is the easy, sucky way out.

Exactly.