To the right are some letters I received clarifying and/or speculating on yesterday's blog entry.

Now, onto the Shameless Pimping. (TM Te) *g*
 

1.Yahtzee's and my Cordy/Angel dark fic site is up. Check it out, it's gorgeous, 'cause we had someone very talented make it! (Who was neither one of us) All hail JC!! Content now almost nearly very recent! Wanna see?! Go here: VOLITION

2. My very best freind in da whole wide world has been sucked into (a demonic portal) Buffydom. And she made her own website and everything! And soon she's gonna write slash!! Fem and boy slash and ooh it's all gonna be good. Happy Kita-shaped me. Daki is  an evil, snarky bitch and she'll fit in here just fine. Check her cute saucy lil' ass out at: When She Was Bad
 

3. My internal belief system about god, the universe and fish is apparantly quite well thought out and consistent. Yay team me. Take this quiz instead of finding out whose Boy Band hair do you most resemble. Called Battlefield God, it totally ROCKS. Click on the pic and GO NOW:

And finally, 

4. Exceptionally intelligent and well presented essays/letters to the editor etc. about the nature of Slash can be found HERE and HERE. Since the last is Te's honeybunny's site, I now feel all right about swiping her TM phrase above. :}

EDITOR'S NOTE:

Just discovered on a DB site..Praise for Angel from an unlikely source: 

From Christianity Today
The WB's Angel is a spin off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a show Rivera says used to be a flower but has now gone to seed with sexual themes and youth-oriented plot lines that are not particularly interesting to adults. But Angel, though centered on the crime-fighting adventures of a vampire, offers valuable insights on redemption, evil, and sacrifice. In fact, Rivera says the show may be television's "most graceful hour."
"[Creator Joss Whedon] and company aren't telling a Christian story or even a religious one," Rivera writes. "But they've acknowledged, albeit unintentionally, that a story about atonement and sacrifice is impossible to tell without incorporating elements from the story that taught us what those words mean."
For the better part of 250 years, Angel was an infamous killer who preyed on the weak. As revenge, a victim's family placed a curse on Angel. He was given a soul. Now, this vampire has to live with his past.
"The show is the story of Angel's struggle to atone for the evil he has done—a struggle made all the harder by the fact that, just as with us, being remorseful doesn't mean that Angel has lost his capacity for evil," Rivera writes. "And resisting evil is just the start. Physical danger and loneliness are only part of the sacrifices entailed in Angel's quest for redemption."
 

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Some responses to yesterday's reviews I thought worth sharing:

"Why the hell wasn't Giles at the fucking wedding??
Why was there no *excuse* given as to why he wasn't at
the fucking wedding? That was poor writing, ya'll.  As
well as lousy characterization and continuity."

Actually, lousy editing.  Read the shooting script-
he's all held up with demon fighting, but he paid for
the floral arrangements. 

~Jess 
 

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And, the BSD, is going to be Dawn.  Four letters in the name, "fourth one's a charm" are the hints we've had from moderately reliable spoiler sources, and Dawn would be the fourth Summers death (Buffy, Joyce, Buffy ...)  The character is no longer useful for the show, having to care for her is dragging the Slayer down.  Having to work at the DMP and look after a child has impacted negatively on the whole "chosen one" calling.  They can't give her any decent screen time or storylines without sacrificing the other characters.  It has to be the whiny teenager.  Or I'll stake myself in frustration.

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~Jen