Thursday, Friday and Cities of Gold

[indri]

Spent yesterday at home with a bad cold. I think I slept for 18 out of 24 hours. Five of the other six were spent reading MustangSally and Chase's Eldorado. Superbly written (my writing sounds forced in comparison) and set not far from where I used to live, so I enjoyed reading those Texan touches, but the authors have managed to write a very plausible version of Spike that I don't like reading about. Frankly, I didn't think that was possible (although I do get swiftly bored by overly sappy Spikes). I think it's because a large part of Spike's appeal to me is William. Before FFL, I always enjoyed watching Spike on BtVS but felt no special interest in him as a character. It was the exposure of his inner William that won me over and, indeed, catapulted me into reading fanfic online for the first time. But Eldorado obliquely suggests that William himself was a deeply unpleasant man and, frankly, I don't really want to get to know this version of him any better. Despite that I'll undoubtedly read the sequels---this is very clearly a prologue---as I do want to know what happens next. But in the meantime I feel slightly icky and unmotivated to finish my own work-in-progress because what if Spike was really like that?

This morning I've been considering staying off work again. Felt awful on waking but, after half an hour on the computer I feel OK now. I think I'll postpone my physio appt and lunch with some friends though as both would involve much running around that I don't feel up to.

Comments

[indri]

If I thought for one moment that Spike was an alpha male I would go and do something else. I find alphas tedious and irritating in RL and in fiction. This possibly explains why I have little patience for Angel, even when he deserves some.

My, I'm feeling catty tonight.