Mathieu
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Post by Mathieu on Mar 9, 2009 21:59:00 GMT -5
I disagree with some of the pain in Joss' stories. But for the most part they have become integral to character development and the plot. While I am sad that Fred is gone, I think her death is a prime example of a great tragedy of the verse. A life and soul lost forever for the greater good. It was dismal, painful and heartbreaking at it's best. The death I most dislike is Anya. To kill off a beloved character just for the sake of showing that deaths are quick and brutal in war is pretty weak. And I didn't "need it", to quote Joss. I know very well that people die in war, and Anya was an amazing character and so well loved. I think she was simply tossed aside like a piece of trash, and that sucks. Take out Robin Wood, Andrew or Kennedy in that way. Not a series regular who has a strong following. I'm glad they had the guts to kill Anya off. It showed BTVS was not a sappy/easy show where only secondary characters can die. |
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Post by Mathieu on Mar 9, 2009 22:03:17 GMT -5
Just for your information, Tara's death is probably my all-time favorite death in the buffyverse. It was so powerful and tragic, so dramatic... I would never want her death to be taken back, it was just meant to be. I love how Joss Whedon likes to takes characters away from us at the very moment when they have become the happiest. Just like Fred and Wesley. I loved how Fred was wiped off the show in a heartbeat. It's one of the VERY few episodes of Angel that made me cry.
As for issue 23: I said good. I liked the humor and the nice dynamic.
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Post by AndrewCrossett on Mar 9, 2009 22:18:32 GMT -5
I love how Joss Whedon likes to takes characters away from us at the very moment when they have become the happiest. Yeah, I love that too. Happiness sucks. |
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Mathieu
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Post by Mathieu on Mar 9, 2009 22:40:15 GMT -5
I love how Joss Whedon likes to takes characters away from us at the very moment when they have become the happiest. Yeah, I love that too. Happiness sucks. Are you being serious or ironical? I thought you couldn't bear seeing the characters be in pain? |
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Post by Glósóli on Mar 11, 2009 9:57:00 GMT -5
I think it was a pretty good issue, the best one since ToYL ended. I'm just impatient for this standalone issues "arc" to end, so we can go back to the arcs that follow one same story.
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Post by Paul on Mar 11, 2009 16:18:44 GMT -5
So far "Predators and Prey" has been the weakness arc of the series. I think all the issues have great content and definitely deserve to exist, but having all these character-based standalones grouped together does make the series feel rather fractured and slow-paced at the moment. Like most people, I'm looking forward to "Retreat" so that the series can heat up again. I'd say that Season Eight is going through a bit of a bad patch right now, but fortunately a "bad patch" of Buffy is still much better than most other series ever achieve, which is why the past three issues have still been enjoyable in their own right.  |
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