Is this an "older" fic? I never check dates when I read.
I also hate that they didn't really give her and Giles an outside life beyond the scoobies. And there is so much drama, and in my opinion they have more chemistry than Giles and Jenny did. *le sigh*
I never thought about it in comparative terms and I loved Jenny - she was intelligent, sexy, confident - but you've got a good point. They certainly had chemistry - and history. I just wrote a meta about Anne on my LJ about Buffy's depression in that ep, but the next meta for Anne I want to do is that scene where Joyce expresses her anger at Giles for taking away her daughter. That's an amazing scene and one of the few where Joyce gets to be a "real person".
It bothers me that the show really lacked more older women, mentors, teachers, etc and not just mothers. Maggie Walsh was evil (and gets killed); Jenny betrays Buffy then gets killed, Joyce is just a good mom, goes out on a nice date, and gets killed. I'm sensing a pattern here.
I kept rooting for them to put Giles and Joyce together all the way until the Body, honestly. Imagine THAT level of drama and mourning! (Ok, I hated that they killed her, but whatever.)
I've only written one meta about Joyce on my LJ so far, about Buffy's promise to Joyce re: Dawn but I want to do more, I watched the show for the first time just this spring, and I'm really surprised how little is written in fandom about Joyce, either in meta or fic; especially when the preponderance of fans in the little pockets I hang out in are women. (Shameless pimpage here: http://red-satin-doll.livejournal.com/1540.html.)
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Date: 2012-12-11 02:01 am (UTC)I also hate that they didn't really give her and Giles an outside life beyond the scoobies. And there is so much drama, and in my opinion they have more chemistry than Giles and Jenny did. *le sigh*
I never thought about it in comparative terms and I loved Jenny - she was intelligent, sexy, confident - but you've got a good point. They certainly had chemistry - and history. I just wrote a meta about Anne on my LJ about Buffy's depression in that ep, but the next meta for Anne I want to do is that scene where Joyce expresses her anger at Giles for taking away her daughter. That's an amazing scene and one of the few where Joyce gets to be a "real person".
It bothers me that the show really lacked more older women, mentors, teachers, etc and not just mothers. Maggie Walsh was evil (and gets killed); Jenny betrays Buffy then gets killed, Joyce is just a good mom, goes out on a nice date, and gets killed. I'm sensing a pattern here.
I kept rooting for them to put Giles and Joyce together all the way until the Body, honestly. Imagine THAT level of drama and mourning! (Ok, I hated that they killed her, but whatever.)
I've only written one meta about Joyce on my LJ so far, about Buffy's promise to Joyce re: Dawn but I want to do more, I watched the show for the first time just this spring, and I'm really surprised how little is written in fandom about Joyce, either in meta or fic; especially when the preponderance of fans in the little pockets I hang out in are women.
(Shameless pimpage here: http://red-satin-doll.livejournal.com/1540.html.)
How long have you been a buffy fan?