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Post by Emmie on Aug 8, 2008 18:03:38 GMT -5
Since, the question I asked has be re-asked by two different people now (concerning the timeline), I'm guessing it'd be okay for me to ask another question? Thomas, yes you already asked how much time has passed since Chosen. I just wanted to further elaborate on the time question and ask if there will be more specific Time Markers for certain arcs and further delve into the how the comic-time compares to tv-time for the Buffyverse. The fact that another fan asked a question expressing confusion about the timeline encouraged me to further explore the issue. I didn't intend to "steal your thunder" but rather elaborate on the topic you first addressed. Shall I delete your original post and question to be replaced with this one? And welcome to the forum. It's nice to see you becoming active in our community. |
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Post by thomas on Aug 8, 2008 18:10:52 GMT -5
Since, the question I asked has be re-asked by two different people now (concerning the timeline), I'm guessing it'd be okay for me to ask another question? Thomas, yes you already asked how much time has passed since Chosen. I just wanted to further elaborate on the time question and ask if there will be more specific Time Markers for certain arcs and further delve into the how the comic-time compares to tv-time for the Buffyverse. The fact that another fan asked a question expressing confusion about the timeline encouraged me to further explore the issue. I didn't intend to "steal your thunder" but rather elaborate on the topic you first addressed. Shall I delete your original post and question to be replaced with this this one? And welcome to the forum. It's nice to see you becoming active in our community. Yes please. And it's not a problem that some else asked, I'm actually glad since I had two question in mind. So, now both are being asked. |
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Post by partyking09 on Aug 8, 2008 18:19:41 GMT -5
Hi scott,
i talked 2 u b4 back during the faith arc,u probaly dont remember I was the huge faith fan on myspace,and i knw i talk about this situation all the time here everyone but there has not been any acknowledgment on the show or in the comic and i feel like,through lots of speculation something might be happening with this..idk. As we knw technically Faith is the slayer,because of buffys death. Buffy died twice ,the first time kendra was called,and when kendra died faith was called.The second time buffy died there wasnt a slayer called,making me beleive that she wasnt really a slayer anymore when it came to passing her powers,Faith was the actual slayer.Is faith the only one who can actually pass her powers? in season 7 was that Faiths power that was passed to the potentials?since the potentials are now slayers,can they pass their power?and with this whole queen,prince, and princess thing going on should we rule faith out,because i mean she is a slayer,and the only ones being speculated about is melaka,and buffy.And i mean its been said we will be seeing more of faith before the end of s8.so your thoughs?
and everyone i consider these questions all 1 because its dealing with the same subject,so dont come with the crap!!!lol.sorry scott.
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Post by Emmie on Aug 8, 2008 19:18:22 GMT -5
Hi scott, i talked 2 u b4 back during the faith arc,u probaly dont remember I was the huge faith fan on myspace,and i knw i talk about this situation all the time here everyone but there has not been any acknowledgment on the show or in the comic and i feel like,through lots of speculation something might be happening with this..idk. As we knw technically Faith is the slayer,because of buffys death. Buffy died twice ,the first time kendra was called,and when kendra died faith was called.The second time buffy died there wasnt a slayer called,making me beleive that she wasnt really a slayer anymore when it came to passing her powers,Faith was the actual slayer.Is faith the only one who can actually pass her powers? in season 7 was that Faiths power that was passed to the potentials?since the potentials are now slayers,can they pass their power?and with this whole queen,prince, and princess thing going on should we rule faith out,because i mean she is a slayer,and the only ones being speculated about is melaka,and buffy.And i mean its been said we will be seeing more of faith before the end of s8.so your thoughs? and everyone i consider these questions all 1 because its dealing with the same subject,so dont come with the crap!!!lol.sorry scott. Hi PartyKing, I've taken a liberty here in re-formatting the style of your questions for the original post that I'm collecting all the Q&A's for. Some of our visitors are international fans and have trouble understanding aim-speak. Here's what I modified that focuses on the questions-portion of your post: "As we know technically Faith is the slayer because of Buffy's death. Buffy died twice - the first time Kendra was called and when Kendra died Faith was called. The second time Buffy died there wasn't a slayer called, making me believe that she wasn't really a slayer anymore when it came to passing her powers -Faith was the actual slayer. Is Faith the only one who can actually pass her powers? In season 7 was that Faith's power that was passed to the potentials? Since the potentials are now slayers, can they pass on their power? And with this whole queen, prince and princess thing going on, should we rule Faith out because she is a slayer and the only ones being speculated about are Melaka and Buffy. And it's been said we will be seeing more of Faith before the end of s8. So your thoughts?" Your original post remains the same as you intended it to be written - this is purely to help out guests who stop by to read the Q&A later on. |
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Post by partyking09 on Aug 8, 2008 22:59:56 GMT -5
thanks emmie!!!!
only because its u!!!
lol
-PK
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Post by Emmie on Aug 8, 2008 23:28:47 GMT -5
Okay folks! The Q&A is officially closed for submission of new questions.
~NO MORE QUESTIONS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS Q&A~
Thanks to everyone for participating! The original post will be updated as soon as Scott replies to our last round of questions.
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Post by Scott Allie on Aug 9, 2008 1:20:20 GMT -5
Re: Dawn—The way her thing is gonna play out, I don't know if you'd say it relevant to the overall plot, or if it's simply its own subplot. It's a pretty major subplot, and the way Joss weaves it all together, everything's essential. But I guess I'd describe it more as subplot.
Michamon—We've considered Tales of the Watchers—I'd say that one of the stories I wrote in the prose Tales of the Slayers book was more of a Tale of a Watcher—but it just hasn't risen to the top of priorities, and will probably continue to take a backseat to Season Eight, Nine, and however far beyond we may go.
Vampmogs—I don't work in animation, so I don't think like that. If it were to happen, I'd hope that it would happen with a great team. I wouldn't want to see it done just to get the story into another medium, but to do something special with that medium, as I think we're doing with the comic.
Wenxina—We haven't talked about the realities of Season Nine much yet. It feels very far off. In my mind, I see the same creative team, as much as possible, but you never know. It might not be possible to keep them together; it might do everyone some good to shake it up. A big unknown ...
Lorne—No spoilers, can't tell you if we have any plans on Dru.
El Diablo—Jo has done a cover with Satsu that you'll see very soon.
King—how do we decide about which spoilers to announce—usually Joss just starts talking at a convention. That's mostly how it's decided. Sometimes there's a conversation, and we take covers into account—sticking the cover out there a couple months early, what does that force us to spoil? But mostly it's the boss.
Sla—I think a Slayer is just slightly stronger than a human in really good shape could possibly be. That's as specific as my thinking on it goes.
Hitnrun—Yes, we are going to find out about what some of those other, non-affiliated Slayers are up to. Not all, but some. The non-affiliated ones aren't working together, so we haven't time to hit on all 1300 of them ...
FaithoTVS—Can't answer that one for you.
Thomas—Any character from Angel that we want in Buffy is free to appear in Season Eight, but I would not expect to see ones that did not start on Buffy.
Narflet—I wish we could share the tarot art, because it was great, but we cannot. The entire deck was not completed, but a large portion of it was.
Partyking—if Slayers were real, they'd be considered a mystery, in the magical sense. Powers like this should not be thought to operate like rules in a video game. What happened with Buffy and Kendra and Faith was probably unprecedented. What's happened now with the Slayers is definitely unprecedented. I don't think there can be any doubt that in any meaningful sense, Buffy IS the Slayer, and has been since she first assumed the power, even though other girls were called. I'm not gonna address the Queen, Prince thing, sorry—
Finally, Thomas, Nile, and Emmie—I don't think much about what year Season Eight takes place in, or how time is passing. I can't tell you the year of Buffy's death. Season Eight does take place about a year and a half after Season Seven; but I don't necessarily think of Season Seven having been in 2003. If you need to see it like that, and can believe in a world full of Slayers and vampires and demons, would you believe Casino Royale came out in 2004? In Season Six, the kids weren't reacting to 9/11 the way every actual person in America was. Believe me, editing comics, reading comics, if you think too much about what year a comic takes place in, it drives you nuts. Read the stories. Sometimes more time passes between issues than others. Sometimes more time passes within an issue than in others. Everything you need to know to enjoy the story is in there. Timelines kill the spontaneity of a comics story. We recently did a massive timeline for the Hellboy comics, and I couldn't regret it more, because it's hemmed in all sorts of things that never needed for story purposes to be hemmed in.
I think that's it for this round, guys. Thank you very much! Good night—
Scott
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Post by Emmie on Aug 9, 2008 1:44:31 GMT -5
Thank you, Scott!
~Original post has been updated with all of Scott's answers.
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Post by wenxina on Aug 9, 2008 1:47:06 GMT -5
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Post by abnormalpenguin on Aug 9, 2008 4:15:59 GMT -5
Thank you so much for taking the time again to answer everyone's questions Scott! It is very refreshing to see such time given to the fans of this great comic. Many could learn from your example!
And Emmie, great job on officiating the questions. Very organized. I loved being able to just quickly read the initial post to keep up with the current answers. Its these little things that you and other moderators do that keep me coming back to this site and BTVSfigs in the past. Kudos!
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Post by Skytteflickan88 on Aug 9, 2008 8:54:49 GMT -5
Skytteflickan—Yes, Saga Vasuki is the snake woman. As for the line from Willow, I think you're misreading it. Go back and reread the scene. They've just arrived in this particular room, Willow says that, and then they see Buffy on the floor. Think it through, ask again if you need to. Hope you're still checking this thread. I just need to clearify. So that line "I was never naughty here..." refers to the Saga Vasuki-scene, meaning that that scene hasn't happened yet? |
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Post by KingofCretins on Aug 9, 2008 9:17:24 GMT -5
She's talking about the scene where Buffy is shown betrayed. She's asking where they are before they see it. Thanks Scott for the good answers. Thanks Emmie for keeping the flow |
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Post by sla on Aug 9, 2008 9:27:44 GMT -5
Thank you, Scott!!!!!!
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Post by iloveromy on Aug 9, 2008 9:59:10 GMT -5
A cover with Satsu? Yeah, she totally betrays Buffy...
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Post by Emmie on Aug 9, 2008 13:01:11 GMT -5
\ And Emmie, great job on officiating the questions. Very organized. I loved being able to just quickly read the initial post to keep up with the current answers. Its these little things that you and other moderators do that keep me coming back to this site and BTVSfigs in the past. Kudos! Thanks, abnormalpenguin! Thanks to everyone who asked questions. We certainly got some interesting information from Scott. It's always great to hear about future covers - I can't wait to see the Kennedy and Satsu ones by Jo Chen |
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Post by Tyler Austin "tiewashere" on Aug 9, 2008 23:06:59 GMT -5
Thanks for doing this again, Scott!
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Post by Skytteflickan88 on Aug 10, 2008 6:35:22 GMT -5
She's talking about the scene where Buffy is shown betrayed. She's asking where they are before they see it. Thanks Scott for the good answers. Thanks Emmie for keeping the flow yeah, but I'm curious about the first part of that line, and what it refers to. |
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Post by Emmie on Aug 10, 2008 6:41:34 GMT -5
She's talking about the scene where Buffy is shown betrayed. She's asking where they are before they see it. Thanks Scott for the good answers. Thanks Emmie for keeping the flow yeah, but I'm curious about the first part of that line, and what it refers to. Skytte, the line "I was never naughty here" is directed towards the scene where Buffy is lying on the ground crying. Willow means that she had nothing to do with whatever hurt Buffy and that this event had not happened yet. It also references the earlier vision of her and Saga Vasuki which is a vision into the past. Willow is acknowledging that she was naughty with Saga Vasuki before but had nothing to do with the cave scene with the broken shaped egg and Buffy lying on the floor crying. Did that make sense? Hehe I'm getting sleepy so my vocabulary and grammar are taking a serious hit. |
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Post by Skytteflickan88 on Aug 10, 2008 7:17:16 GMT -5
yeah, but I'm curious about the first part of that line, and what it refers to. Skytte, the line "I was never naughty here" is directed towards the scene where Buffy is lying on the ground crying. Willow means that she had nothing to do with whatever hurt Buffy and that this event had not happened yet. It also references the earlier vision of her and Saga Vasuki which is a vision into the past. Willow is acknowledging that she was naughty with Saga Vasuki before but had nothing to do with the cave scene with the broken shaped egg and Buffy lying on the floor crying. Did that make sense? Hehe I'm getting sleepy so my vocabulary and grammar are taking a serious hit. This is what Scott says; "Yes, Saga Vasuki is the snake woman. As for the line from Willow, I think you're misreading it. Go back and reread the scene. They've just arrived in this particular room, Willow says that, and then they see Buffy on the floor. Think it through, ask again if you need to." Willow is not refering to Buffy at all, since she see's Buffy after she says the line. Unless Scott thought that I meant the first sentence, and not every sentence in that bubble. That is what I want clearified. |
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Post by Emmie on Aug 10, 2008 7:37:38 GMT -5
Skytte, I don't understand which part you want clarification of. I'm sorry.
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