I seem to recall an interview in which JM said that WB wanted Spike on Angel, because JM pulled in the viewers. This is going back so many years though.

Alas, my DVDs are er… not entirely legal. To save space I don’t think I copied over the commentaries on all of them. Will have to check out though, and put buying the official ones further up my list-of-shinies-to-own list. Joss’ commentaries are always brilliant, funny and sometimes educational; he had my head spinning with his Objects in Space commentary.

And yah; spice of life. I just like sticking my oar in and giving my opinion. If the world was made up of people with exactly my tastes… well I’d have no one to disagree with and life would be rather tedious.

I’ll still argue strongly for the things I believe make for good storytelling –as a writer, it’s good to have a strong compass for such things — but I bow with respect to those whose experiences are different.

P.S. I listened to Joss’ commentary for Season 5, Ep. 1 of Angel (when Spike comes back) – I can’t remember for sure what he said the reasons were for that (though he seemed quite pleased to be working with James Marsters again). I will say that his commentary on the ep was excellent — entertaining and educational. If you own the DVDs, I’d recommend giving it a listen.

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I completely understand your reasons for disliking the deaths you listed, but I really loved them. Joyce, Tara, Anya, Wash; all their deaths completely and utterly stunned me. Yes, they were un-heroic (mostly), pointless, painful deaths that left a horrid taste in your mouth and a hole in your heart. Isn’t that what death is though?

I have to say I was very angry when WB made Joss bring Spike back (or Joss chose to bring him back, I prefer to believe the former). Yes, it totally had the reaction on me they wanted; I started watching Angel again. However, I still was not happy about it. His death meant NOTHING if he could be brought back… unless they were going for some demented Messiah comparison, which I hope they were not.

I want Joss to keep killing my favourite characters. It hurts, a lot (and maybe that’s a sign I should try to keep reality and fantasy more separate) but that’s why I love it.

And er… *cough* Alien3 is my favourite *cough* I’m lame… okay?!

Good luck with it all — I’ll be curious to hear more about your forays into the world of “non-yaoi”…

I wrote a non-yaoi script, now being illustrated, and I’m about to pitch it when I find the time ^^.

Blogging is easy, working is hard.

But I have this review I’m getting ready to post up. And I still have to put more art up that Winona’s done. So you’ll see more from me here soon.

And yourself? Things been good with you?

How have you been? It’s been so long. 0_0

Nice to hear from you.

I think sometimes it’s necessary to kill a character, especially if you know that this characters demise will in fact, impact your protagonist.

And I would agree — sometimes it is necessary to the story to kill a character off, even the protagonist. I just think that for certain genres you need a damn good reason and you should take in consideration the impact on the reader of your choice. A “senseless death” can feel like avoiding cliche for a neophyte writer (and even some experienced ones), but the truth is, it’s been done and often. Much less cliche to come up with a demise that actually says something, IMHO.

It can be tempting as a creator to feel like you are entitled to do as you damn well please with your creations — I was just arguing that you have an obligation to the story and to your readers that should be heeded.

Boy don’t I know it! One editor said to me… ‘no one should die in BL.’ 0_0. Needless to say, Roulette will be death free, regardless of how I originally wrote it.

Interesting. Sounds like there’s a story there — can I find it on your blog?

Alex

In the end, the stories you write might come from you, but they aren’t just for you.

Boy don’t I know it! One editor said to me… ‘no one should die in BL.’ 0_0. Needless to say, Roulette will be death free, regardless of how I originally wrote it.