"Chosen" (Buffy Finale) **SPOILERS**
POSTED BY: Melee
UPDATED: Sunday, June 1, 2003 21:21
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So now we have a world teaming with super strong Slayer girls/women of all ages (but no Watchers Council to train them)
AND
Angel in charge of a major corporation specializing in making the world safe from demons and monsters of ill will.
I see one direction the Buffyverse can go in the new look Angel...
mattro
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Originally posted by SerenityValley:
Whoa hey now, where did you hear about this Fray person? This slips my memory. Um, explain?
Fray is a comic book series set in the future. Issue 7 just came out. I just heard about it myself and have since gotten them all but haven't yet read them so I can't tell you too much more yet.
As for Spike, Angel's team is in charge of the L.A. branch only. I was thinking maybe the corporation will bring back Spike to screw with Angel, you know they won't let Angel just live out a happy existence. They already did him a favor with Conner so maybe they will bring Spike back.
I also liked what you said on the other thread ""the vampire with a soul will become human"? It didn't say it was the same vampire as the one with a son." So I guess we just have to wait and see.
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"You know, Vir, you have what the Earthers call a 'negative personality'."
"No I don't."
"There, you see?"
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Yeah, there's another Wolfram and Hart in New York and I believe one in Paris, London, and Cario? Is that right? That's what I remember. They're still evil, aren't they?
"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?" -Wash
"I told him to sit down," -Simon
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Hate to derail the thread again...
"Fray" is a comic book about a slayer several hundred years in the future in a time when there have been no vampires (and no slayers) in ages.
Ordinarily comic tie-ins interest me not a jot, but Joss wrote this one, making it more, well, good. As mentioned above, seven of the proposed eight issues have been published so far. Supposedly the eigth comes out in June.
I'd also recommend a comic called "Tales of the Slayers" which is several short stories by Buffy writers, bookended by two Joss stories about the first slayer and Fray, respectively. Good stuff.
Sorry. Back to the final Buffy.
My choke-back-a-tear moment came when in the Potentials Awakened montage and in particular the girl who caught the hand that was about to hit her. Just beautiful
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Thought I heard Nifty...?
I loved it...all of it...it was great...wish there were more but then again, I'm glad it ended on a high note...:-)
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"Fray" is a comic book about a slayer several hundred years in the future in a time when there have been no vampires (and no slayers) in ages.
I love Fray. Typical Whedon brilliance albeit in a different creative medium.
For awhile after last night's BTVS finale, I thought the dots connecting the BTVS world we know to the Slayer world of Fray had somehow been tampered with. However, I now believe the reason why there are no vampires (for a time) hundreds of years in the future is thanks to there being hundreds (if not thousands) of Slayers in the 'here and now' of the Buffyverse.
Of course, the 'last Slayer' aspect of all this (once hinted to be Buffy) will have to be dealt with at some point, but the more Slayers = fewer vampires equation seems sound to me.
Can't wait for Joss to bring us more tales from the Buffyverse after his long deserved vacation!
Another website speculates that all the new Slayers may face futures akin to the X-Men comics. Can you imagine the Slayer Registration Act?
Have fun!
mattro
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Also in the aforementioned 'Tales of the Slayers' is a short story by Amber Benson(Tara).
And while we're talking X-men, can't you just see Giles tapping into the Watcher Council's bank account and setting up a Slayer School for the Gifted. Dawn, Xander, & Andrew can teach demon-y stuff, Wood can teach self-defense with Faith, & Giles can have the mother-of-all libraries. Buffy can finally relax. (ok that was a glimse into what ran through my head post-show).
To sum up,if I learned anything last night, it was that all girls have the power to make a difference, oh . . . and I'll never doubt Joss again!
Now all I need is some Firefly action on DVD!
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I loved the finale. It was sad that Anya died, but I think all our Scoobies did real good. ;)
The end had a beautiful The End is only the Dawning of a New Age feel to me. Really one of the best show finales I've seen in a long time. I love Joss. Joss is The Man.
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The Fray mythology specifies that at some point in the 21st century a Slayer (never specifies that it's Buffy) removes all demons from the world. In fact, the way it's set up is that a demon army is actually raised and loose upon the earth, and a Slayer sends it back to hell and seals the portal between the worlds. (From the picture it looks like she seals it behind her.) And after she does that all magick and all demons are gone from the earth, for centuries following. The Fray storyline is about the reemergence of demons and whatnot in earth's future.
So my take on it is that it has nothing to do with the hellmouth in Sunnydale, otherwise there'd be nothing left for anyone to do on Angel. :)
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"Drowning in footwear" is what Spike said when he woke up from the dream...
"I've got a wicked shoe craving" is what Buffy said when the original 4 were standing in the hall talking.
Coincidence?
"That was nifty" is what Willow said before falling over.
"There's another one in Cleveland..." followed by an under his breath, "Not to spoil the mood" is what Giles said standing next to the back of the bus.
Seriously, I've watched it 4 times now. 
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