More writercon G/E
Aug. 4th, 2004 07:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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"On the Ethan and Giles front - Jane wrote two of the four Ethan episodes, Band Candy and A New Man. Somebody asked what exactly Ethan's motivation was for turning Giles into a Fyarl demon in A New Man. Her response was that Ethan loves Giles more than Giles loves him, that she's envisioned a complex past for the two of them that includes public school and all that entails. That Ethan's motivation was a combination of being upset that he wasn't more to Giles and the fact that he's inherently a Trickster character, similar to the Tricker characters in Norse mythology (she didn't mention Loki by name, nor talk about the Tricker myths of other cultures, such as Native Americans, but the implication was there). Ethan likes to stir up trouble just because he can, and Giles is a good target because he's already the focus of a lot of Ethan's emotions. "
be is happy and intrigued, but also possibly disagreeing, with the public school bit. Now I want to go talk to Jane Espenson myself to find out more.
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Date: 2004-08-03 11:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-03 11:43 pm (UTC)Plus I figure Ethan for grammar, not public, school. Huge difference in culture. And accent.
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Date: 2004-08-04 04:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-04 12:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-05 12:27 am (UTC)She said some of the sub-text in there was deliberate play with the audience. In answering, "why did Ethan want to turn Giles into a demon?" she said it was clear to her that Ethan was in love with Giles and felt more for him than Giles ever felt for Ethan. "Hey! They went to Public School together." It was very tongue in cheek and she was having a great time with it... plus the audience reaction.