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Post by hunter233 on Jun 4, 2008 15:50:33 GMT -5
The way I interpreted that is that in the interim between the end of magic and Fray, there were Potentials, but none of them were called to be a Slayer. We know from Season 7 that while not yet called, Potentials still possess some degree of power. And then there's the use of the word "called," which in Slayer mythology thus far has had a distinct meaning of their Slayer powers being activated. I really doubt Joss would have accidentally used that word to mean anything other than the activation of a Slayer. Last but not least, there's the very next line, where Urkonn (two Ns, btw) posits that this is why she hasn't had the dreams. It wouldn't make any sense for him to think that the line of dreams would be broken simply because no one was trained. The only reason he'd think that would be if the Slayer lineage was actually broken at some point.
So yeah, I'm pretty sure that there were Potentials for those couple hundred years, but no actual Slayers. Then when magic broke its way back in, Fray was the first Slayer to be called.
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Post by balesthebloody on Jun 4, 2008 16:14:52 GMT -5
Hey I was just thinking about something...Buffy was not the last slayer called...it would be Faith as of now anyways. So do you think that maybe Faith saves the world?
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Post by Emmie on Jun 4, 2008 16:19:33 GMT -5
Agreeing with Jinxieman about the interpretation of Fray. I just re-read Fray the other day and it said that the Slayer power was passed on but no slayer was ever "called". I take this to mean that girls were imbued with the slayer power, but were never called to battle or trained by watchers to fight because the demons were gone. So imagine Buffy all powered up and walking around without any vampires to slay.
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Post by angelmonster on Jun 5, 2008 10:23:26 GMT -5
Question is where did Willow get that information?And most importantly who gave it to her? I'm thinking this snake/medusa demon thing she has been messing with is the one feeding her the information. They did have the panel in the last comic with the demon contacting her and showing her a city(that looked like NY)burning and the Scythe hanging over it.
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Post by Rebecca on Jun 5, 2008 16:55:50 GMT -5
Agreeing with Jinxieman about the interpretation of Fray. I just re-read Fray the other day and it said that the Slayer power was passed on but no slayer was ever "called". I take this to mean that girls were imbued with the slayer power, but were never called to battle or trained by watchers to fight because the demons were gone. So imagine Buffy all powered up and walking around without any vampires to slay. I took that passage to mean that she slayer line continued, as in potentials, but no one was ever called/endowed with the Slayer's power until Fray. I do not take "called" as the same thing as "trained". I think that "called" is the moment a potential is endowed with the Slayer's power, and "trained" when a Watcher actually trains them.
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Post by bishopcruz on Jun 6, 2008 11:10:50 GMT -5
Can't believe I just noticed this but Harth is sitting in Tetsuo's throne from Akira!!!!!! Holy crap that is AWESOME!!!! Prolly doesn't mean much story wise but it's a cool little homage like the Seven Samurai one. Friggen sweet!!!!! Here's what I mean
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Post by buffysmglover on Jun 7, 2008 20:15:08 GMT -5
Ew! I just read part of the interview in the first post of this thread and Vi's name is Violet?!
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Post by Rebecca on Jun 8, 2008 1:15:38 GMT -5
What's "Ew" about Violet?
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Post by dane5by5 on Jun 8, 2008 5:11:14 GMT -5
What's "Ew" about Violet? Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.
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Post by rmw on Jun 15, 2008 14:27:26 GMT -5
Hey I was just thinking about something...Buffy was not the last slayer called...it would be Faith as of now anyways. So do you think that maybe Faith saves the world? That would be cool. Faith getting to step into the spotlight and actually saving the world, doing something that Buffy is most usually known for.
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Post by Joe on Jun 17, 2008 12:02:01 GMT -5
GUNTHER, GUNTHER, GUNTHER! YAY
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Post by VampSlayer on Jun 20, 2008 11:24:37 GMT -5
I cant wait to see Gunther again, he was so cool. xD
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Post by Whedon Fan on Jun 20, 2008 14:46:46 GMT -5
To me Gunther is like the Badger character from Firefly. Not exactly firends but they both still soryt of need eachother for work/business.
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Post by postitnote on Jun 25, 2008 16:29:17 GMT -5
With the new information about Willow and the snake lady, what would happen if the woman beside Harth is ... Dark Willow? or even just Willow?
Everybody seems so gungho that it's Dru...what happens when it's somebody different and we're all disappointed??
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Post by Rebecca on Jun 26, 2008 21:41:47 GMT -5
i guess that's the catch22 with predictions, postitnote
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Post by butters666 on Jun 26, 2008 23:47:49 GMT -5
Well like postitnote has brought up i kinda have thought that was Willow as well (seeing as how it looks exactly like the way she has been drawn this whole series and NOTHING like Dru) that and add the fact they brought Warren and Amy (2 people really dealing with Willow more than Buffy) thow in a new snake lady, and the fact that Buffy really has NOTHING going on but tryin out for A Shot Of Love 3, im thinking something big could be coming for Ms Rosenberg Buttttt....could be wrong!
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Post by El Diablo Robotico on Jun 27, 2008 0:40:34 GMT -5
(seeing as how it looks exactly like the way she has been drawn this whole series and NOTHING like Dru) That's not the first time I've heard that, and I have to ask: how do you know it looks nothing like Dru? For one thing, we can't see her face, because it's almost completely in shadow--all we can tell it's that it's a woman with dark hair and an old-fashioned dress. For another, we haven't seen how Jeanty would draw Dru, so who's to say what his Drusilla would look like? I mean, I love the guy's work--I think he does a great job of capturing the 'essence' of the characters--but his depictions don't always bear a real striking resemblence to the actual, real-life actors (see: Amy, or the last few appearances by Dawn). His work has been particularly shaky with some characters early-on (Giles, Faith), and then he tends to get much better (except with Dawn, where the opposite seems to have happened), so with this being the first time he's drawn Dru (if it is her), it might not be quite as good as it would be later on, with more practice. I'd be pretty darn stunned if it turns out to be anyone but Dru. The style of dress she's wearing, the fact that she's hanging out with a supreme badass vampire, and the description of the 8.18 (" A powerful enemy from Buffy's past confronts the Slayer and Fray in the future, having allied with Fray's greatest foe") all seem to point the finger squarely in her direction...
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Post by butters666 on Jun 27, 2008 1:05:12 GMT -5
Hey, since i dont care and am just here for the ride i hope ur riight, but i do gotta say I love Dru but i have never thought of here a POWEREFUL enemy, and other then killing Kendra (they had to have someone do it) and being crazy, she never really did a whole lot on Buffy, and since Spike isnt going to be around too soon i just dont see a the point of bringing her back. (then again they did bring back Drac) But El Diablo Robotico you are right, have seen how Jeanty would do Dru, so your prolly right!
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Post by Lukee on Jun 27, 2008 4:39:30 GMT -5
I'm really hoping its not Dru.. i just don't think she was that big an enemy of Buffy's in the show and i find it kinda off that she would be the vampire that lived the longest.... Angel and Spike are far more stronger vampires and junk i would have thought if any vampire was to have lived that long it would be one that can look after them selfs. And well.. she wasn't really all there alto of the time.. But it will more then likely be her :\
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Post by Skytteflickan88 on Jun 27, 2008 5:05:03 GMT -5
My money is on invisible-Marcie.
Yep, I have no idea.
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