(From a couple weeks ago, I'd just link to the post, but none of the rest of it made sense.)
My biggest Jossverse fanfiction pet peeve right now is poorly-done Buffy. First, we have the strangely frequent dumbification of Buffy. She's not an idiot. She's sloppy with language, hasn't time for books, but she's far from stupid. Also, she's often painted as humourless. She of the puns and quips. Humourless. Or her backbone is removed and she's weak-willed Buffy. Or her streak of kindness is ignored, and she's bitch Buffy. Buffy can be bitchy, but Buffy's not a bitch.
And it shows up not only in Xander slash, but in Willow stories, and Angel slash, and Spike slash... heck, I imagine it even shows up in Giles slash. And everytime I see it, my mind boggles.
Going to quote myself here...
My biggest Jossverse fanfiction pet peeve right now is poorly-done Buffy. First, we have the strangely frequent dumbification of Buffy. She's not an idiot. She's sloppy with language, hasn't time for books, but she's far from stupid. Also, she's often painted as humourless. She of the puns and quips. Humourless. Or her backbone is removed and she's weak-willed Buffy. Or her streak of kindness is ignored, and she's bitch Buffy. Buffy can be bitchy, but Buffy's not a bitch.
And it shows up not only in Xander slash, but in Willow stories, and Angel slash, and Spike slash... heck, I imagine it even shows up in Giles slash. And everytime I see it, my mind boggles.