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Fool for love no more?
I preface the following with the statement that I am a Spike fan, Spike is the character I care about more than any other in the Buffyverse. I know this is not the way that the show or the comics are supposed to be viewed - they are primarily the story of Buffy and all the other characters are there to serve her story first and foremost. However, ( Read more... ) -
skipping time
I am trying to make my peace with Buffy season 8. I can’t say I’ve enjoyed the ride and at least at this point I find many of the story choices amazing for all the wrong reasons. However, trying to get beyond ‘I don’t like it’ and get into where I think it failed is the reason for this sudden glut of posts I’m putting out. I don’t know if I’ll like ( Read more... ) -
why we fight
I don’t really have much new to say about season 8. I realise I couldn’t even muster a post in response to issue 39 which seems a little dispiriting but honestly I didn’t feel I had much to say on it and shall instead try and be more forthcoming once the season actually finishes when I presume the refrain of not judging before the end of the season ( Read more... ) -
Bring out your dead
So one of the discussions I've been following around fandom this week seems to centre around how many people have been killed by the recent events in season 8. The views range from only as many as we've seen explicitly dead bodies within the comic (ie very few) right through to millions.I actually think the question is doomed to never be resolved ( Read more... ) -
A new view of issue 37 fantasy scenes
Things to ponder. According to Georges Jeanty's latest Q&A at Slayalive all the spoken bits in issue 37 happened and the only fantasy was the kissing and the sex. I shall have to go and re-read and decide what to make of it. My first thought is that this has to mean we missed some far more interesting interaction (ie how Buffy comforting upset ( Read more... ) -
A few thoughts on Angel in season 8
I will never be accused of being an Angel fan. Not that I hate the character but found him rather tedious when part of Buffy and then did not find his own show that interesting so never really invested in that either (until season 5, for reasons which I think are obvious). However, I have found myself thinking about what Joss is doing to the ( Read more... ) -
Spike in season 8 - thoughts on what's going to happen to him
Clearly I’ve too much time on my hands but I’ve found my thoughts turning to how is S8 going to end for Spike. I’ve no interest in any of the other story points so I’m not going to pretend I do and instead want to lay out my selection of thoughts as to what is going to happen to Spike. The only thing I know going into this is that Spike is ( Read more... )