Pondering on a rainy day

[samsom]

Know what I don't get?

Those "no apologies" icons.

I mean, I get the ones for Buffy or Spike or Xander - these characters tend to be controversial in their own way. So when I see "Buffy fan. No Apologies." or "Spike fan. No apologies." I get it. People tend to either hate or love or love them.

But what I don't get are the "Faith fan. No Apologies." icons. When did anyone ever have to apologize for loving Faith? And are there fans out there that hate her? I don't hang out at every Buffyverse comm, but I think I would have run across it at some point over the last....dear God, eight years?

Or "Angel-loving Spuffy." I've seen those too. I didn't know being a Spuffy meant you hated Angel, so that you needed a declaration of the opposite if you didn't.

Just something that's always puzzled me.

And it makes me wonder if I need a "Cordelia fan. No Apologies." icon as well. Then again that would be like acknowledging that some people hate Cordy, and those people are pretty much dead to me anyway, so I guess I don't need it after all.

Comments

[mistress-mab.livejournal.com]

*raises hand* I'm a Faith-hater, but I don't think the word "hate" is strong enough.

[samsom.livejournal.com]

I learn something new every time I post. Huh. Did you hate her from the get-go or was it an incident/remark that set you off?

I'm pretty neutral about her myself. I was good with her arc on Buffy, and okay with her reappearance on AtS (but only because it meant I wouldn't be seeing Buffy during Cordy's deconstruction - that would have been the cherry on that shitpile).