Spoiler for the New Spike Series.

[fenderlove]

Straight from the horse's mouth, via Buffyfest Blog's interview with Brian Lynch at NYComic Con.

A spoiler for the Spike series that BL wrote recently. This is the opening scene of the Spike series. Apparently, the day after everything went back to normal in L.A., lots of screenwriters clamored to the studios pitching movie ideas about everyone being sucked into hell. In the Spike series, Spike goes to see one of the movies that got made. It's called "Last Angel in Hell" and it's a Jerry Bruckheimer-esque flick with Nick Cage as Angel and since they couldn't make Gunn the bad guy (something about you can't make the black guy the bad guy anymore), so they made him the wacky sidekick played by Hurly from Lost? The studio execs decided Angel needed a love interest in the movie so they made Spike a woman so that s/he could be the love interest... and Betta George is a dog in the movie. The real Angel and Spike go to see the movie the day it comes out, not realizing that the other would be there, so it's very awkward for them to be seeing Nick Cage!Angel and blonde girl!Spike kissing on screen. Spike gets a little pissy that "This is what people will remember me as!" because Hollywood decided to Hollywoodize the story to make money off of it.

If you want to read the rest of my transcript of the interview, please visit the ATF thread in the Comic Section at CDS.

Comments

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

I'm in love with Lynch. Srsly. :)

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

I was in love with Lynch until about fifteen minutes ago. And now I feel very very angry and very hurt. All comic book guys are jerks... except for Franco. I'm sure Franco is a gentleman.

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

What happened?

Also, do you mind if I link your post on Angel6_AtF community?

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

Sure, that's fine. I just don't want people flaming me. "Don't shoot the messenger" kind of deal. :D

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

Oh, and as to what happened, Brian just about broke my heart as all. It's all about this Spider thing and if she's going to be in the new Spike series. I said I didn't want her on there because of what she did to him in Spike: ATF, and some other people joined in. I got accused of being a Spuffy shipper (which I am so NOT ), and Brian said that Spider didn't do anything wrong. It was a magically load of bullshit (pardon my French). It's just upsetting.

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

You? A Spuffy shipper? Bwahaha!

*ponders*

At least now you know how it feels to be a Spuffy in this fandom...

*hugs*

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

Why does there have to be shipping?! Why can't the characters just be!? Just because you don't like Spider, suddenly you're a Spuffy! I didn't know those were rules! I would prefer any other of Lynch's OCs to be Spike's love interest- Anna, Beck, Tok... Hell, throw the boys in too- Biv, Marv, even Betta George! I would take Speorge at the moment over Spiker! God, this whole situation has me shipping Spike with a giant floating telepathic beta fishie. I fear I have lost my mind.
I'm a Spangel and a Spred, dammit... and sometimes a Sprusilla if the mood does so strike me. But, you know, I'd much rather stick to my own original character, who loves and respects Spike for who he is. It may not be as omg!dramatic, but at least she hasn't stabbed him in the groin. And at this point, that's something very positive.

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

I also don't like Spider, but I don't think it's because I'm a Spuffy.

I suppose with Spider Lynch was trying too hard. He threw in all the compelling bits from Spike's previous romantic relationships. The result was overkill.

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

I agree. He also doesn't understand how a seductive femme fatale works either. Femme fatales don't usually chain up the noir detectives and force sex upon them... or stab them in the groin! I keep harping on the groin thing, but a while back when this Spider issue came up about her sexually assaulting Spike, Brian Lynch said something along the lines of "What guy would turn down a hot chick like that?" and I wanted to reply, "A guy that had just been stabbed in the penis with a red hot iron ore poker." which is what had happened to our poor Spike.

[jamalov29.livejournal.com]

Why can't the characters just be!? I agree. No shipping is better than shipping at all cost. It would be interesting to get a Spike without any love interest for a change , just portrayed as the wonderful and multi-layered character he is ( but the writer would have to be respectful of all his past relationships)