Ridiculous Things Had Happened in the TV Show

[sosa lola]

It's funny when I see posts about S8 being crack and fanfic just because we have Giant Dawn and a few retcons, while I hate retcons with passion as well as massive weird things going in the verse, they're both part of the Buffyverse for so long and we already saw them in the TV show.

The show already had weird things going: Talking burger, people turning into sheep, Giles turning into a demon, beer turning people into cavemen, loan shark, men turning into bears, mayors turning into giant snakes, Xander's amazingly healing body (he hits his head harshly by Olaf's hammer and he's not dead), Warren's really perfect Buffy-bot, vampires' convenient weaknesses and strengths, Willow flying, people turning into rats and for several years, Spike going from America to Africa on his bike…

Retcons have been accruing into Buffy since S5: Buffy was in an institution, Sunnydale being a one Starbucks town and suddenly it has more shops and places –including a university- than New York, Sunnydale also has a seashore that disappears in the end of Chosen, Buffy was established to be a natural brunette and then it changes into her being a blonde since birth…

Fairytales: we already have a basis for that with the Hansel/Gretel demon of 'Gingerbread.'

XANDER: Fairytales are real. (This quote is from the TV show.)

And season eight certainly has a fairtytale symbolism going for it.

To conclude this: What do you really expect from a story that is about demons, magic and supernatural? This isn't exactly Desperate Housewives. Strange things are ought to happen.

[faith0tvs]

I totally agree with you, Buffy is a modern horror/fantasy tale and we shouldnt be surprised by things like giant dawns and stuff, i mean we had a giant insect posing as a teacher in season 1 or a person being trapped into a statuette...It seems that some people overanalize stuff abut buffy

[deathisyourgift]

I think it just goes to show why this entire universe is so compelling and--for lack of a better word--awesome: Joss always surprises us.

Whether we agree with his choices or not, Joss and the other Buffyverse writers consistently come up with new story arcs and plot twists that catch us off gaurd. I don't think it's weird to debate these things though, cuz everyone's gonna have their opinions, especially the shippers

I love that there are weird things that don't "make sense" in Buffy's world. That's the whole point. Buffy lives in our world but weirder. It's why I love the characters and the entire universe, because they're just as surprised as we are, and they just have to figure $h*t out (is there a swearing rule on this forum? haha)

I love the weirdness..It is so choice.