These topics made chaos within fandom. They made fans fight, start clubs, change minds about characters, grow to massively hate some characters. The arguments when they start, never end, and when they end, it's always with the phrase "Agree to disagree".
"Kick His Ass"
This was probably the first storm in the BtVS fandom. Not only Bangels were furious at Xander's betrayal, almost all the BtVS fandom was. Xander started to lose fans, and websites about evil Xander began (with pictures of Xander with devil horns) Xander bashing was increasing, if not born, and never ending arguments took place in possible every forum. Until now fans are still upset about "Kick his ass", I think partly because the writers never dealt with it. If "kick his ass" was dealt with in S3, it won't be as infamous as it is today.
"Spike's Almost Rape"
I won't lie and say this is the second storm, however, no storm was as big as this one. Spuffy/Spike fans were shocked beyond belief that Spike would actually commit something so disgusting. It was preferred by many if the writers had Spike trying to turn Buffy instead of trying to rape her. Some Spike haters were thrilled, and started many pages about how rapists should never be forgiven, especially after Buffy seemed to forgive Spike in S7 and prefer him over the other characters. Phrases like "Buffy had it coming" and "Buffy was asking for it" were the biggest reason why some fans were obligate to create sites in which victims of rape should NEVER be considered responsible for what the rapists did.
"Kicked Out of Her Own House."
Empty Places had the fans raging on Buffy's behalf. Almost all the characters betrayed her, except True Love Spike, and that episode was the best move to bring fans back to love Buffy. Right now Buffy's fanbase started to increase more, especially because of this episode, fans started to see how much Buffy had sacrificed and how much her friends weren't always supportive of her decisions and weren't always patient about her mistakes. The Scoobies are hated by many Buffy (the character) fans, as well as Spuffy fans to the point were some consider that Buffy would have done fine, if better, if she didn't have the Scoobies as her family.
"Kick His Ass"
This was probably the first storm in the BtVS fandom. Not only Bangels were furious at Xander's betrayal, almost all the BtVS fandom was. Xander started to lose fans, and websites about evil Xander began (with pictures of Xander with devil horns) Xander bashing was increasing, if not born, and never ending arguments took place in possible every forum. Until now fans are still upset about "Kick his ass", I think partly because the writers never dealt with it. If "kick his ass" was dealt with in S3, it won't be as infamous as it is today.
"Spike's Almost Rape"
I won't lie and say this is the second storm, however, no storm was as big as this one. Spuffy/Spike fans were shocked beyond belief that Spike would actually commit something so disgusting. It was preferred by many if the writers had Spike trying to turn Buffy instead of trying to rape her. Some Spike haters were thrilled, and started many pages about how rapists should never be forgiven, especially after Buffy seemed to forgive Spike in S7 and prefer him over the other characters. Phrases like "Buffy had it coming" and "Buffy was asking for it" were the biggest reason why some fans were obligate to create sites in which victims of rape should NEVER be considered responsible for what the rapists did.
"Kicked Out of Her Own House."
Empty Places had the fans raging on Buffy's behalf. Almost all the characters betrayed her, except True Love Spike, and that episode was the best move to bring fans back to love Buffy. Right now Buffy's fanbase started to increase more, especially because of this episode, fans started to see how much Buffy had sacrificed and how much her friends weren't always supportive of her decisions and weren't always patient about her mistakes. The Scoobies are hated by many Buffy (the character) fans, as well as Spuffy fans to the point were some consider that Buffy would have done fine, if better, if she didn't have the Scoobies as her family.
Comment