richie
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Post by richie on Apr 11, 2010 19:16:35 GMT -5
sosa lola so good review.................
and i think that giles dont want to talk, cause he would have to say that buffy needs to die...
and i think that they were enjoying, cause they were having sex....
i dont know people who are frowning when ahveing an orgasm....
for me, they not aware of what is happening....
but by the end of the issue, they start to "come" to senses hehehe(terrible choice of words, but ok)
about the sex....
i got the blush face when i was reading... i in the start i got me from the beautifull thing...
but when the "anal" part foward it just look a little awfull....
i like the theory of andrewcrosset, but i dont think that this will happen now... cause the SOON Spuffy panel....
i think, that by the end of the season, theres gonna be a terrible damage to the core 4(5 or 6 i dont know anymore), and to the world, and season nine will gonna be most about how to repeair the damages...
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Post by AndrewCrossett on Apr 11, 2010 20:54:50 GMT -5
Well, I got a couple of interesting answers in the Georges Jeanty Q&A: "All these characters returning for the big finish," eh?  So it's funny that the Scythe is just sitting there, ignored, while... maybe the good guys should be putting it to use? Interesting... |
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Post by Hallow Thorn on Apr 12, 2010 0:42:26 GMT -5
19. cheryl: Can we expect more really big twists coming this season; character appearances, relationships, deaths, etc...
Georges: Yes to all of that!_____________________________________________________ I don’t know if I prefer Satsu having one more character defining storyline that lends her to a heroes end or having her just in the background alive.  So more characters returning for the big finish? Maybe he is just talking about Spike? But maybe someone that we don’t know about yet? and who is related to the bigger story of good/ the universe? or maybe he is just talking about Oz or Reily? lol
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sire
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Post by sire on Apr 12, 2010 1:22:08 GMT -5
... this has probaly been answered but... why wasnt buffy (or anyone for that matter) worried about angel losing his soul with the sexcapades?? ...
Further to this, is Faith the only slayer with her powers back?? Are Kennedy and Satsu et al still powerless?? What the goram hell is going on??
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The Night Lord
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Post by The Night Lord on Apr 12, 2010 2:18:49 GMT -5
That's something we all like to know and probably find out in the next issue
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sire
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Post by sire on Apr 12, 2010 7:28:28 GMT -5
the angel thing or the slayer?
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Post by wenxina on Apr 12, 2010 7:56:16 GMT -5
Probably both.
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Post by AndrewCrossett on Apr 12, 2010 8:25:37 GMT -5
I'm just gobsmacked at how effectively Joss has kept me wrong-footed this season. I like to think I'm fairly perceptive, but every single time I think I have a cool theory, Joss smacks it down in its entirety.
It's not usually easy to keep me this mystified this far into a story.
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Faith5byFive
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Post by Faith5byFive on Apr 12, 2010 8:38:16 GMT -5
Okay for anyone that thought Buffy & Spike where hot together......
This issue is a deffinate prove you wrong kinda thing.
Im confused as the the whole Angels soul thing?
if he and Buffy you know do "it" doesn't he loose it and go all kill your friends crazy Angelus
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Post by AndrewCrossett on Apr 12, 2010 8:55:36 GMT -5
Im confused as the the whole Angels soul thing? if he and Buffy you know do "it" doesn't he loose it and go all kill your friends crazy Angelus Well, he's already killing the entire human race, friends and otherwise, so it seems like kind of a moot point... His invulnerability seems to be negating the "no happiness" curse, but a) it's debatable whether what he's doing now is bringing him true happiness, and b) as far as Buffy is concerned, we don't know if she's enough in control of her actions to let concern over the curse stop her. |
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Post by juniorwatcher on Apr 12, 2010 9:24:51 GMT -5
Can someone please p.m. and inform on the goings on of this issue. i know i ask everytime but at the moment i do not have access to buy the comics. thanks it will be really helpful.
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Post by cherycxko313 on Apr 12, 2010 14:43:43 GMT -5
sweetie you pm me
your email and i will keep you up
with everything in the buffyverse and the comics.
welcome to the board and stop stressing
it's gonna be cool 5x5.
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Post by AndrewCrossett on Apr 12, 2010 19:28:23 GMT -5
So, anyone else excited by Georges Jeanty's strong hint, over in the latest Q&A, that we'll be seeing a lot more old faces besides Spike turning up as this season heads into the home stretch?
Wonder who he means? I can't think of many still-living characters from the show's past that haven't already turned up.
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Post by wenxina on Apr 12, 2010 19:53:31 GMT -5
I'm just very appreciative of Jeanty's candor. It tends to lead to quite a bit of fan hate, but I appreciate the fact that he largely experiences S8 from the perspective of a fan, albeit from a fan with considerable talents with a pencil. We should all be so lucky.
I'm actually really interested in seeing what the next issue holds. From the CBR interview with Meltzer, it sounds like the next one is going to be rather intellectual, which is a good thing. And from the Q&A with Jeanty, it sounds like we should expect the visuals to match the tone of the writing. If they pull off a "Restless" in comic form, they will definitely have pulled off an amazing feat.
Bah! A whole bloody month. And then a 3-month break after that. Such agony!
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Post by AndrewCrossett on Apr 12, 2010 20:08:36 GMT -5
It's almost kind of funny to watch half the fandom shoot smoke out their ears every time he casually says, "Oh yeah, of course Buffy loves Angel more than Spike. Isn't that a given?"  Sounds like #35 is the "here's what's really going on" issue, then Joss's arc is "here's what we do about it." Interesting to note that Buffy and Angel have apparently done what Glory was trying to do... used a Key (themselves) to break down the barrier between planes, and now there's going to be Hell to pay. (Literally.) That would also mean, of course, that there's no longer any barrier between our world and the afterlife... Heaven and Hell, and everyone currently residing there. It's going to be just like a season-ending cliffhanger on a TV show, where you have to wait all summer to find out what happens next. That's going to be really difficult. |
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Post by wenxina on Apr 12, 2010 21:31:30 GMT -5
I really wish that shippers would stop taking things quite as personally as they tend to, but hey, nothing to be done there.
Jeanty has his opinions, and I deliver them. I will defend his right to an opinion, just as I will defend the right of a Spuffy fan to respectfully disagree. A general note to the board: I will, however, not tolerate malicious snarkiness, and personal attacks, either on other factions of the fandom, or on the pros. Not on this board, or on this forum, for that matter.
Other places have their ways of dealing with such things, as they are expected to. I'm just making my position on "debates" very clear. Play the ball, not the man. Or I'll count you out like a mathematician.
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nmcil
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Post by nmcil on Apr 12, 2010 21:47:34 GMT -5
I really don't think it's OOC for them, even Angel doing the things he did as Twilight. They started the sex on their own and then the universe escalated it to epic proportions. What did Buffy find sexy about discovering Angel to be Twilight? This is something I haven't been able to get past since #33. Wanting to have sex with someone who's done the things he's done to her and her friends... Slayers continuing to die even as they kissed... was utterly contemptible, and borderline sociopathic, if it was done with free will. If it's in character, then they're not characters I really want to see good things happen to. That's something I'm just not ever going to be okay with, no matter what. It's a huge, huge problem for me. An existential problem, as far as my fandom is concerned. There's an awful lot riding on these remaining 6 issues. This is vital to me as well. I have been a devoted fan since the start, but the moral and ethical questions that pertain to Buffy and this S8 are very important. There was an excellent post by one of our guest at the Bloodshedverse that makes clear many of the elements of the Twangel story. The extremely important point and questions with Twangel's justification is how very easily it can be applied as justification of any crime or political and social agenda. The CofW justified putting their slayers through the 18th Birthday test, subjecting a young woman that has been putting her life on the line every single day, stripped of her power to face a vampire - all for their perception of "The Greater Good" essentially to test their Slayer and see if she will continue to be useful to the CoW. The Initiative did the same thing, kill indiscriminately other life form, experiment of them for their on agenda, and finally to create their own Modern Day Prometheus. And now this mysterious "universe force" is doing the same thing, using a sentient being in pursuit of its own agenda. And any amount of mystical hogwash spin does not change the basic fact that if Buffy is not totally conscious and giving complete consent she is being used by someone or something to fulfill a personal agenda. Slayers were killed along with a great many other people, and Twilight was right there as an active participant. He ordered the killing of that technician , and by his orders and leadership worked with the military to kill Slayer and people. To me, it is repulsive to have Buffy engaged in this sexual encounter with the very man/vamp/whatever who has committed these acts. This is one devoted fan and reader that must have answers and have some very good answers to why all this is justified. As much as I loved the Buffyverse and have spent a lot of my money supporting these comic books - my only hope is that I can continue to do so in the future. It may be that I have simply invested too much of my own life, given to much importance to the moral and ethical acts of these fictional characters - but what gave the series so much depth and made it so compelling was the emotional and intellectual elements that made us ask all those difficult questions. |
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Post by nmcil on Apr 12, 2010 22:03:34 GMT -5
I just loved so much how issue #34 concluded with such a yearning for #35 (and so on). I mean, I'm a Bangel fan until the end - but seeing Spike and Buffy with the word "Soon" is epic. They're about the jump into the fight together and who KNOWS what the scoobies are about to take on! I always wanted a Buffy movie to come out after S7. And I wish at moments that I was seeing this arc on the big screen, could you imagine the synergy of the actors and the writing. Wow. But I'm content with my comic! I just love how the story has taken such a twist in a WHOLE new direction. I mean, back in 2007 when I first learned about "Twilight" I considered the end of S8 being the end of magic (and possibly based on the Fray comic, Buffy and friends sucked into a different world). Just kinda seemed like that's where it was all going having the slayer army and everything just *poof* disappear. Yet now, with everything that's going on, there are much bigger plans in store. Just this image from Fray has me pondering... Hmm.  One of Buffy's Slayers has a very similar tattoo on her arm - Fray also is shown with a similar tattoo to the one Buffy is shown having. One last thing before leaving off - As confused as I am and as confusing as I may find these last two issues - I can't imagine that the writer of "The Chain" with so much sympathy and understanding of what it means to be the single heroic human, willing to sacrifice their life to do their duty and for the greater good of other people - will not make all these deaths and the choices that his character make and their contributions to all this destruction be an important element in how this new cycle of the Buffyverse is concluded. |
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Post by wenxina on Apr 12, 2010 22:46:28 GMT -5
nmcil: Please don't double-post. Use the "Modify" function to edit your posts. Double-posting is okay if the previous post is over a day old. Thanks.
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Sky
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Post by Sky on Apr 13, 2010 0:15:45 GMT -5
Wow. I go away and next thing I know all this happens. So the universe is the big bad this season? Kind of a "the whole worlds against you" thing. I guess looking back at the series so far everything has been on such a global scale. Not just in locations but in terms of characters also.
I feel bad for Satsu, but if from what we've seen of her characterization I think she'll stay until the or her end. Which sucks, she's one of my favorites this season.
I was wondering if it's not much trouble could some one PM me what Giles tells them about the relationship between a slayer and vampires? I won't be able to get this and that seems to be the most important part.
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