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Post by hitnrun017 on May 14, 2008 19:34:14 GMT -5
Ok, I think this is a good place bring up something that has ALWAYS bothered me. The temple Buffy goes to to get info and meet The Guardian, there is a symbol on the outside, and it looks EXACTLY like the device The Beast used to blot out the sun. ^Is that not the same thing The Beast pulled out of the Ra-tet?
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Post by themaleslayer on May 14, 2008 19:38:51 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure Sineya is from Africa.
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Post by CowboyGuy on May 14, 2008 19:39:47 GMT -5
Curiouser and curiouser:
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Post by balesthebloody on May 14, 2008 19:43:51 GMT -5
The Scythe has so many unanswered questions that I think that it needs it's own arc! No, but really I think more will come to light after the Fray crossover arc.
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Post by Rachster on May 14, 2008 19:48:13 GMT -5
About the temple buffy goes into why is it that for seven years she's never been in it or really even know it was there?
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Post by Emmie on May 14, 2008 19:55:01 GMT -5
The Guardian said she had been hiding for millennia until this time. Maybe the temple was magically hidden until the moment the scythe was pulled from the stone.
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Post by Rachster on May 14, 2008 19:56:56 GMT -5
Ra-tet
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Post by Emmie on May 14, 2008 19:58:59 GMT -5
Ok, I think this is a good place bring up something that has ALWAYS bothered me. The temple Buffy goes to to get info and meet The Guardian, there is a symbol on the outside, and it looks EXACTLY like the device The Beast used to blot out the sun. ^Is that not the same thing The Beast pulled out of the Ra-tet? Whoa that's weird. Cool. Weren't the Ra-Tet totems from Ancient Egypt? And who's to say that blotting out the sun is the only function for that device. But Ancient Egypt, that device and now the pyramid in Sunnydale. Weird. But I don't think we can say more than its Egyptian. The Buffyverse mythos doesn't exactly fit together perfectly unless there's a plot point reference, and even then its iffy.
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Post by hitnrun017 on May 14, 2008 20:02:36 GMT -5
Ra-tet Ah, ok! Thanks for that! Similar but not the same.
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Post by Emmie on May 14, 2008 20:05:49 GMT -5
Similar but not exactly the same. One is the actual objects themselves and the other is an artistic depiction of what looks very much like the totem pieces. The carving depicted on the pyramid could still symbolize the Ra-Tet device...eh I'm reaching but I like the connection.
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Post by Wyndam on May 14, 2008 20:17:49 GMT -5
I never noticed that symbol on Buffy before. Perhaps they liked how it looked (since Angel S4 was happening at the same time), so they just designed the symbol on that temple as well? That'd be my guess.
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Post by Emmie on May 14, 2008 20:26:44 GMT -5
Found this pic when I was googling for the symbols. The Winged Globe of Egypt "From Maurice’s Indian Antiquities This symbol, which appears over the pylons or gates of many Egyptian palaces and temples, is emblematic of the three persons of the Egyptian Trinity. The wings, the serpents, and the solar orb are the insignia of Ammon, Ra, and Osiris." (http://www.prs.org/gallery-egypt.htm) Looks like the Buffyverse was just really feeling the Ancient Egyptian mythos for that year. It makes sense that the symbol was over the entrance to the temple. As for the orb and wings blotting out the sun on Angel S4, the moon in ancient Egypt "was imaged also as the ibis on whose wings the orb made its celestial ascent". So the orb and wings equals no sun in that instance.
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Post by buffysmglover on May 14, 2008 20:35:40 GMT -5
Ok, I think this is a good place bring up something that has ALWAYS bothered me. The temple Buffy goes to to get info and meet The Guardian, there is a symbol on the outside, and it looks EXACTLY like the device The Beast used to blot out the sun. ^Is that not the same thing The Beast pulled out of the Ra-tet? Whoa that's weird. Cool. Weren't the Ra-Tet totems from Ancient Egypt? And who's to say that blotting out the sun is the only function for that device. But Ancient Egypt, that device and now the pyramid in Sunnydale. Weird. But I don't think we can say more than its Egyptian. The Buffyverse mythos doesn't exactly fit together perfectly unless there's a plot point reference, and even then its iffy. Is the pyramid in Sunnydale something from the latest issue of the comic or are we talking Season Seven?
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Post by Emmie on May 14, 2008 20:36:49 GMT -5
We're talking about the temple in 'End of Days' Season 7 where Buffy meets the Guardian who helped create the Scythe.
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Post by buffysmglover on May 14, 2008 21:08:33 GMT -5
We're talking about the temple in 'End of Days' Season 7 where Buffy meets the Guardian who helped create the Scythe. That's what I figured but I wanted to make sure.
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Post by phoenixfire on May 15, 2008 17:44:17 GMT -5
the scythe was meant to kill the last pure demon on earth what if all the slayers are pure demon essence ?
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Post by wenxina on May 15, 2008 23:05:54 GMT -5
The point is you can't be a pure anything if you're mixed. The demon heart given to the first Slayer could very well have been from a pure demon, but what you get is a hybrid, i.e. impure. Hell, demon's are racist... it's a thing. Don't try to change it!
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Post by charlesgunn on May 16, 2008 3:52:38 GMT -5
Also... how the hell did the vampires breach the threshold... they weren't invited in, and technically, that's Buffy's home. So hmmm... even Dracula needed an invite from Joyce to enter.
This is where I think the betrayer plays a significant part by inviting them into the castle. In my opinion, I think at this point it is either Satsu or Andrew.
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Post by Emmie on May 16, 2008 4:45:04 GMT -5
Also... how the hell did the vampires breach the threshold... they weren't invited in, and technically, that's Buffy's home. So hmmm... even Dracula needed an invite from Joyce to enter. This is where I think the betrayer plays a significant part by inviting them into the castle. In my opinion, I think at this point it is either Satsu or Andrew. Good catch, connecting the dots about the vamps entering the castle. Could Andrew even do this because doesn't he live in Rome? I know he was staying there over night, but he had just arrived for a visit. Its iffy, I guess. Which makes me think the betrayer isn't Andrew.
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Post by Rachster on May 16, 2008 4:50:58 GMT -5
Also... how the hell did the vampires breach the threshold... they weren't invited in, and technically, that's Buffy's home. So hmmm... even Dracula needed an invite from Joyce to enter. This is where I think the betrayer plays a significant part by inviting them into the castle. In my opinion, I think at this point it is either Satsu or Andrew. Good catch, connecting the dots about the vamps entering the castle. Could Andrew even do this because doesn't he live in Rome? I know he was staying there over night, but he had just arrived for a visit. Its iffy, I guess. Which makes me think the betrayer isn't Andrew. Yes because its satsu! but do we know how the betrayers betraying her are they betraying her for twilight .. or the smokey Tokyo vamps? Or something completely different? because why would satsu help anyone that could end up in her losing her slayer power.
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