I was never really IN Buffy fandom; it's one of those fandoms that I'd periodically dip my toes into, reading wise, but I didn't even get into fandom until well after Buffy (and, I think Angel, too) were off the air. And I LOATHED Spander. Just loathed it. That's not a dis to the people who, like you, enjoyed it, but for all the reasons that you talk about here and with all the self-righteousness of a person newly born into fandom, I LOATHED it.
Now that I'm older and more jaded, in the case of Sterek, I just find it really frustrating because I do want stories about the characters from the show and if you actually LIKE the show and then go looking for fanfic that relates back to the show and what you like about the show...you almost just CANNOT GET THAT from fandom. I've read some stories, Sterek and otherwise, that I've really enjoyed...but as stories, and not because they were TEEN WOLF stories. They could have been stories about any two characters (within reason; the lycanthropy becomes a defining feature that limits "any") and there wasn't anything about them that gave me that feeling like I'm reading an expansion or embroidery on the show. And that...it's really frustrating. SO FRUSTRATING.
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Date: 2013-10-30 02:28 am (UTC)Now that I'm older and more jaded, in the case of Sterek, I just find it really frustrating because I do want stories about the characters from the show and if you actually LIKE the show and then go looking for fanfic that relates back to the show and what you like about the show...you almost just CANNOT GET THAT from fandom. I've read some stories, Sterek and otherwise, that I've really enjoyed...but as stories, and not because they were TEEN WOLF stories. They could have been stories about any two characters (within reason; the lycanthropy becomes a defining feature that limits "any") and there wasn't anything about them that gave me that feeling like I'm reading an expansion or embroidery on the show. And that...it's really frustrating. SO FRUSTRATING.
So yes, I agree with this wholeheartedly.