Angelus Arcanum

Adapting ANGEL: After The Fall

POSTED BY: DigificWriter
UPDATED: Thursday, January 31, 2008 16:31
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DIGIFICWRITER

Thursday, January 31, 2008 4:31 PM

Hi all. I was doing some browsing yesterday and came across some reviews of the first three issues of ANGEL: After The Fall. The reviews got me interested in the characters and the world of ANGEL again, and also got me thinking about the viability of adapting the comic, either in part or in full, for the medium of fanfiction. Although I'm currently involved in a 'virtual series' called Virtual Firefly (check out my sig for more info), I thought I'd seek out other fans' opinions and gauge the interest in adapting the comic into fanfiction. I'd like this discussion to cover the following points: premise (of the comic), characters, and 'arcs'.

Premise
The thing that struck me about the comic's overall premise is that it is so totally Joss that it can't help but work. The idea of the Senior Partners sending L.A. to Hell shows how scary they actually are, and makes Angel's fight even more complicated than it already was.

Characters
The thing that I didn't quite understand about the comic/season's 'regulars' is the inclusion of Gwen. The other regulars are more than obvious given that they're the 'last ones standing', so to speak, of the apocalypse in "Not Fade Away", but Gwen is a character who wasn't even mentioned in ANGEL S5.

'Arcs'
The character arcs conveyed through the first 3 issues of ATF are really interesting, particularly Spike and Illyria's. Gunn's arc is also interesting in that it parallels Spike's from BtVS Seasons 5 & 6. Another interesting idea is the possibility that, as mentioned in the After The Fall Discusison thread, Angel may have gotten the thing he'd been somewhat fighting for for most of his time in L.A.: his humanity. Such a thing would really shake up the 'status quo', as it were, and make his fight all that much harder, especially since he'd be bereft of some of the things that made him such an effective fighter.

Check out the continuing adventures of the Big Damn Heroes of Joss Whedon's Firefly in [url= http://www.stillflying.net]Virtual Firefly: Here's How It Might Have Been[/url]