Shakespeare Sonnet LXX

That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect,
For slander's mark was ever yet the fair;
The ornament of beauty is suspect,
A crow that flies in heaven's sweetest air.
So thou be good, slander doth but approve
Thy worth the greater, being woo'd of time;
For canker vice the sweetest buds doth love,
And thou present'st a pure unstained prime.
Thou hast pass'd by the ambush of young days,
Either not assail'd or victor being charged;
Yet this thy praise cannot be so thy praise,
To tie up envy evermore enlarged:
If some suspect of ill mask'd not thy show,
Then thou alone kingdoms of hearts shouldst owe.

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I seriously should not be adding new people to my friends list.

But! They write Dylan/Harper! And are smart!

Smart like Justin!

*giggles*

Character Dislike

I don't like Angel. I mean, that would be the main reason why I've never written a fic with him in it. I doubt my ability to be... objective.

I mean, I spin him in a fairly nice light in Complicated Things but I was working from B's POV. And she loved the nitwit. God only knows why.

The Summer's mind is a strange place.

But yeah, that's my typical reaction to not liking a character. I don't do anything with them. I don't really understand the need to utterly bash a character.

Though I will do it in fun. But it's always with the knowledge that I can't get that worked up over fictional hate.

And I honestly think that most of my dislike of Spike comes from the rampant SpikeLove from people who didn't see Xander's face covered in blood in Lover's Walk, who didn't see a lot of what Spike did. Spike's a romantic pragmatist. He'll do what it takes to survive, unless his 'lady' is on the line. Rather Niet of him, actually. If he could reproduce, at least. Although he is far more reckless than most Niets.

Point being, I've never really seeing the point in reveling in dislike/hate.

But, as my mom reminds me frequently, I'm young and an idealist.

Characterizations

I seem to have a fairly unusual view of canon. And maybe it comes from the fact that I was raised by fantasy and rpg freaks (not that I don't love my parents dearly, of course).

My view, in one sentence:

If it's canon, it's never out of character.

Bad writer? Lack of plot? Hell, lack of acting ability? These things matter not to me.

And hey, maybe Buffy spoiled me by being so brilliant at this whole writing thing. Season Six Spike has a clear connection to Season Two Spike. Season Six Buffy, Willow, Xander, and Giles can all be traced back to their Season One selves. I saw Willow's breakdown coming even before the chicklet got into magic.

I guess, with me, once something has been created, it's as if an entire world comes into form around it, even if the creator doesn't know it.

Which is maybe part of why I can read fanfic for shows that I've never seen. Each writer creates their own form of canon.

*giggles*

Oh. My. I just...

And the saddest thing is that I can't really tell y'all the whole story because of... things.

But...

*giggles*

A fic that I wrote when I was 'bout 16 is still in an archive under a false name. And it just tickles me to see my graphic slash/rape piece there.

*giggles*

I was way overboard with some aspects of it, but I couldn't ever fix it without...

*dun-dun-DUN*

revealing my true identity. (and the fact that I was underage when I wrote it, which this fandom is not casual about)

Still, it's killer to see it still there.

Funniest set of Andromeda reviews ever.

The Jean Sequence Reviews.

Sadly, they only go up to The Pearls That Were His Eyes (have I mentioned recently how much I adore Drom's titles? I adore their titles).
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