Sympathy? Empathy? Apathy?

[deird_lj]

Commenters on this post seemed very split on whether they sympathised with Kate or Justine (no-one really seemed to sympathise with both).

So I started wondering…


Here's a poll - about the background characters on AtS (or the female ones, anyway) and what people's reactions to them are.


[Poll #1475576]



Questions? Comments?

Comments

[neutralalienist.livejournal.com]

Kate is one of my favourites in the entire show. I do think they floundered with her character in season two, and I understood Angel being weary and irritated with it all, but I always sympathised with her. (I also shipped her with Angel hardcore, but considering how they handled Cordy/Angel...it's probably best they didn't go there.) I wish she'd at least been mentioned after leaving, so we knew she wasn't dead in a ditch somewhere or something.

Justine was just kinda there. I don't know why, I was just never engaged with her, despite the fact that I usually like that character type, or at least care about them.

Gwen was fun, Lilah kicked progressively more ass as time went on, and Darla is probably my second favourite Fanged Four family member. (First being Angel himself.) Though I'm STILL not sure how "I have a baby and his soul is affecting me" works.

[deird1]

I also shipped her with Angel hardcore, but considering how they handled Cordy/Angel...it's probably best they didn't go there.

Definitely.

[neutralalienist.livejournal.com]

Oh, season three and your tedious love triangles.

[ticketsonmyself.livejournal.com]

Kate is one of my favourites in the entire show. I do think they floundered with her character in season two, and I understood Angel being weary and irritated with it all, but I always sympathised with her. (I also shipped her with Angel hardcore, but considering how they handled Cordy/Angel...it's probably best they didn't go there.) I wish she'd at least been mentioned after leaving, so we knew she wasn't dead in a ditch somewhere or something.

I agree with all of this! Kate is totally my favorite noir-heroine-that-shoulda-been. It's awesome to find a fellow Kate fan! :)

[neutralalienist.livejournal.com]

*grin* Definitely!

In my head she became a rogue demon hunter. And possibly, after Chosen, a Slayer.

[deird1]

In my head she joins the police force in Cleveland - which, being on a Hellmouth, probably has some interesting stuff to deal with.

[ticketsonmyself.livejournal.com]

I like this idea a lot, too!

[ticketsonmyself.livejournal.com]

In my head she became a rogue demon hunter. And possibly, after Chosen, a Slayer.

Yes to all of this! :D

[clevermonikerr.livejournal.com]

Great idea! And now you're giving me Kate-meeting-Buffy properly plot bunnies!

[ticketsonmyself.livejournal.com]

I would totally read that!

[neutralalienist.livejournal.com]

:D I approve of these plot bunnies!

And with the right journal this time!