The Season 8 comics...what recurring characters would you like to revisit?

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UPDATED: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 19:17
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JWHEDONADDICT

Tuesday, March 13, 2007 2:11 AM

I honestly can't believe I didn't think about Dru. Maybe because we won't get much Spike and Angel stuff in BUFFY Season 8? The ANGEL characters are owned by a different company, and I guess I would think of her mainly as an ANGEL character now because of them. Although I wouldn't be surprised if Dru decided to swoop in for some revenge for "turning" Spike against her.

Giles isn't supposed to show up for awhile, I think. Joss said he didn't want to bring in all the regulars right away, but they WOULD be there.

By the way, I love Andrew too!! I know he'll be in, or at least mentioned, the first issue.

GROOSALUGG

Tuesday, March 13, 2007 5:05 AM

I tried to mention Dru this afternoon, but the site hiccupped and the post didn't go thru.

The interesting thing to remember about her is that we haven't actually seen her--the present-day, in-the-flesh Dru--since she ran out of Spike's crypt at the end of "Crush", way back in BtVS S5. It doesn't seem like it's been that long, because she popped up again in S7 (but as the First, or in flashbacks) and AtS S5 (again, in flashbacks), but it is.

I think she might show up in the comics. Not to give any spoilers away, but something I read recently said that Drew Goddard (yay! ) has started work on the story arc he's doing that begins with issue #9, and among other things, it'll see the return of a fan-favorite villain. How many characters fit that descrip that aren't either dead (not vampire undead, but really dead-dead) or reformed?

JWHEDONADDICT

Tuesday, March 13, 2007 6:38 PM

Wow, didn't see that about Drew Goddard. I'm gonna have to sit on that one awhile...literally. We've got 9 freaking months to find out!

Suddenly, it seems like forever.

GROOSALUGG

Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8:26 PM

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Originally posted by jwhedonaddict:
Wow, didn't see that about Drew Goddard. I'm gonna have to sit on that one awhile...literally. We've got 9 freaking months to find out!

Suddenly, it seems like forever.

Besides Joss and Goddard, the other two writers from the show that'll be working on the comics are Jane Espenson and Drew Greenberg. Joss, Goddard, and Espenson are all cause for a couple of

's... Greenberg always struck me as very average.

Wish they could've gotten Doug Petrie instead, but hey...

JWHEDONADDICT

Wednesday, March 14, 2007 7:46 PM

I knew the Drews and Jane were among the writers, but didn't hear Goddard's comment about the return of a villain. Joss has said that he hopes more will come aboard, it's just that these are the ones who've said yes so far. (Come on, Doug Petrie & David Fury!)

It didn't surprise me to see that any of these three agreed to it. Both Drews were longtime fans before they were hired. Goddard even said that when he visited the set once, it happened to be the day they were filming (near end of Season 6 spoiler)...

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Tara's death

. He hadn't been spoiled beforehand and he literally freaked out like "Somebody DO something!!!" It was so cute hearing that, 'cuz I would've been the same way!

Also, Jane has said before that even though it was nice to be free to work on her own projects, she would much rather work with Joss.

Yep, I love Drew Goddard and Jane Espenson, too. Drew Greenberg's eps. weren't my favorites, but he's got something the non-BUFFY writers don't--experience with these characters. He knows them, he loves them like we do...and that's very important to me!

JWHEDONADDICT

Saturday, March 17, 2007 9:51 PM

In the new BUFFY/ANGEL mag, Joss said that those writers (including Steven DeKnight) did say yes, but that it's not a definite thing that they won't be too busy and actually will be able to do it. So it's not as set in stone as we (I?) actually thought.

LEXAN

Sunday, March 18, 2007 6:12 AM

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Oz Oz and more Oz please. He was the best character in the whole run of Buffy IMO. Maybe he could go all wolfy and gobble up kennedy and then make Willow see that she still loves him. Oz is the bestest.

My thoughts exactly, except maybe without the Kennedy getting eaten part...

I'd also really like to see Ethan...

JWHEDONADDICT

Monday, March 19, 2007 6:27 PM

I have to agree with Zeek about Kennedy, sorry. She's a brat who needs to be put in her place. Or eaten! I never hated Dawn the way most people seem to...Kennedy's that for me. Well, it was never as bad as ruining the show or lessening my love for Willow, but still. Not looking forward to hearing about her again...unless she goes through some personality changes!

GROOSALUGG

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 2:37 AM

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Originally posted by jwhedonaddict:
In the new BUFFY/ANGEL mag, Joss said that those writers (including Steven DeKnight) did say yes, but that it's not a definite thing that they won't be too busy and actually will be able to do it. So it's not as set in stone as we (I?) actually thought.

Well, I think Goddard at least seems to be set in stone, and of them all, he's by far the one I'd most want involved (best writer not named 'Joss Whedon' either show ever had

). The blurb I read online, I think from someone at Dark Horse, said that Goddard's already begun work on the issues he's writing, and gave a couple of details (the one I already mentioned, plus a note on where it would be set). I'm pretty sure it said it was issue #9, but in one of the replies in the lettercol at the back, it says that Brian K. Vaughan is doing #6 thru 9, so Goddard's might not begin until #10.

JWHEDONADDICT

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 5:50 PM

I love Drew Goddard as much as you do, but we can't leave out Tim Minear in that!!!

Except he never wrote for BUFFY. Still think it's a little strange that he was supposed to write the Spike tv movie that didn't happen. He never wrote for Spike, did he? Doug Petrie wrote 'In the Dark' and Tim was gone by the time Spike became a regular on ANGEL.

BTW, in case you didn't know, Drew Goddard would've written the Willow movie, and Brian K. Vaughn would've written the Faith movie.

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