SPOILERS: Scott Allie Q&A for #32 *Complete*

[neowhobaz]

Are Buffy's Powers meant to be permanent or is there definite resolution to this either by the end of the season or Knowledge that it will be resolved in season 9?

[vampiresaiyan]

Hopefully this can be answered but it might be too much of a spoiler. Will we see Robin again at all this season?

[Ethros]

Relating to the earlier question about upcoming covers, obviously the cover to #34 spoiled things for a lot of people. And going back the one for #18 was shown before issue #16 was released, spoiling that Dawn would turn into a centuar.
And even the cover for #19 of an angry looking Willow, kinda spoiled the reveal in #17 of Future Dark Willow appearing.
So my question is will any of the upcoming covers be spoilerific in nature, ruining the surprise of what's to come in issues before that one, but that still haven't been released? (if that makes sense)
Seems a very silly thing to do myself.

Such as the cover for #32 shows Buffy flying, but we already knew she could as #30 was already out before said cover appeared online. Which was a good thing, but had it been revealed earlier the ending of #30 would have been hampered.

[alex_krycek]

hey scott,

any idea when we might start to see the covers for the final arc?

[sosa lola]

Hey, Scott, I've really enjoyed the Xander/Buffy scenes/close friendship in S8. I'm wondering if we'll get more meaningful/touching scenes between them. Sames goes for a Xander/Spike scene.

[stormwreath]

In Dr Horrible, Joss killed Felicia Day's character Penny. In Dollhouse, Joss crippled Felicia Day's character Mag.

In Buffy, Felicia Day's character Vi hasn't been seen alive since 'Time Of Your Life'. Given the wholesale Slayer-slaughter revealed this month, should we be worried for her? Is Joss going for the hat-trick?

[Emmie]

The Q&A has been updated! Folks, feel free to post.

[bamph]

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In last month's Q/A you mentioned about rejecting several sketches for Jo's cover to #34,

Scott Allie: Do I really have to say this ...? Edward and Bella remind you of Angel and Buffy, not the other way around. C'mon, guys! But no, Jo's cover isn't an homage. We described the vibe we wanted to come across, and Jo gave us a series of sketches. If I remember this one correctly, it's the very rare occasion when we rejected all the first sketches and asked for another round. I think that was this one. Only happened once in all this time, I think, but I think it was this one.

I'm curious about some of these rejected sketches.Can you describe some of their differences from each other and the final cover?Is there any chance we might see some of the rejected sketches at some point down the line?

[sosa lola]

In last month's issue, the Buffy/Xander storyline has been put to rest by Xander rejecting Buffy and admitting that he's in love with Dawn. I hope that doesn't mean that Buffy's feelings for Xander will magically disappear, because that's not realistic. Xander had been rejected by Buffy and his feelings stayed for a long time, same goes for Spike, and also Willow (for Xander). I just hope that even though there will be no Xander/Buffy, the feelings Buffy has for Xander will still be there, even if she had to hide them for her sister.

[Joe]

Hello again!

I gotta another question. What was the point of including Riley in season 8? He was in 5ish issues but we only saw him with Twilight.. then Buffy rescuing him. Now it seems as if he's out for the rest of the season. He didn't provide Buffy with any good information that contributed to the plot. Is there more for him or was there a point of including him that I missed?

[cheryl]

Hi Scott, I am really enjoying the Buffy comics and look forward to watching everything unravel in this arc. I have a question. Will there be any reference made back to "After these messages" this season? Meaning, will the issue directly come into play with what's happening now, or was it just a really cool blast from the past?

[AndrewCrossett]

I'm starting to develop a theory here: Buffy has become one with the Scythe. It's actually the Scythe, rather than Buffy herself, that is re-absorbing the power of dead Slayers. The Slayer magic is now actively trying to "right itself" and concentrate back into one person, and it's that magic... and not necessarily Twilight... that is sparking a great deal of the destruction the Slayers are facing now. It may eventually be possible for Buffy to separate herself from the Scythe again (like Nico and her staff in "Runaways"), but right now it's on the verge of meltdown and global catastrophe.

Can you give me any hints as to whether this theory is anywhere near on the right track?

[Kratos]

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Having the rep of being the biggest Spike/Spuffy hater on the net(nah kidding, you're barely
in the top20 ;D), do you feel that you've been unfairly attacked? And if so, has this made you resent part of the fandom?
I mean i could understand becoming frustrated with the constant questions in regard to Spike, a character that's not even in the story yet. And those questions/requests have probably been sent since season8 has started if not before.
I guess i would also want you to see and try to understand it from the other side.
On the last season on tv Spike was the male main-character of the show, his hero-journey came full circle in that season, from bigbad to hero.
Show ended in 2003, four years after that season 8 finally starts and has been going strong now for 3years. We've had every character show up from Amy,Warren,Oz,Harmony,Riley,Angel,ect. All except Spike, so yeah i do think Spike fans have reasons to be frustrated too. Even if Spike were to show up in the last 2,3 issues what's the point, fight against/with Buffy and then when it's over he skips on back over to Idw?
Thanks for letting me vent.
Ps: To answer you question, nah i don't write fanfiction. I leave that to the good people like yourself

[Emmie]

Everyone submitting questions please do your best to use proper punctuation (capitalizing when appropriate, spaces after commas, etc). I do my best to make the Q&A easy to read for all interested and proper punctuation is a huge part of getting this well-formatted.

Thanks!

[stormwreath]

We saw Dawn and Xander kissing back in 'Retreat', but ever since then, they seem to have done nothing but argue, fight and misunderstand each other.

Are scenes like Xander ignoring Dawn and looking at his watch instead in this issue just being played for laughs, or are you deliberately trying to make us think that their relationship is on shaky ground already?

[woundeddwarf]

In "Chosen" we saw a change in the source of slayer power and Buffy's power now comes from the scythe instead of a demon, but General Vol is under the impression that Buffy is part demon, and this view is embraced by sections of the fandom. So my question is......Is Buffy part demon?

[bamph]

Switching gears for a bit.I want to talk Dollhouse.I know Joss has said he's not looking at doing a Dollhouse comic story.But after watching the series finale,I think there are several scenarios where one could work.

1)You could do a comic series about the events between The Hallow Men following the destruction of Rossum and Epitaph One.

2)A comic story set between the end of Epitaph One and the beginning of Epitaph Two following Mag,Zone and little Caroline on their journey to Safe Haven.Epitaph Two only gives the tail end of that.

3)Stories set after Epitaph Two and what happens to everyone following the bringing back of the world.

Plus there are probably other stories I haven't thought of.

So do you have any ideas about how a Dollhouse comic could work and what did you think of the final episode of the series?

[cheryl]

I have another question Scott, thank you for answering the last one. Since this season is dealing with time travel, can you tell me if all the characters we have seen thus far are from their correct timeline and would it be possible for a character to meet themself in another time (past-future) Example; Could Willow have traveled to Fray's time and been face to face with the Willow already there?

[AndrewCrossett]

Are Twilight's military troops part of the actual U.S. Army, or are they mercenaries?

[wenxina]

So last month, you said that you hadn't even gotten the script for #35 yet. What's the status on scripts so far?