What are your expectations for season seven of Buffy?

POSTED BY: Lauryn2000
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LAURYN2000

Saturday, May 25, 2002 12:14 PM

After a pretty dismal season six,I'm praying Joss Whedon will dig back into his bag of tricks and make season seven enlighting.
The dark feel of season six didn't disturb me as much as how the characters seem to have done a 360 degree turn.That even Joss Whedon probably didn't recognize them,and their his children.

Dawn for one has stop being so annoying

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NOVAGRASS

Monday, May 27, 2002 4:20 PM

Originally posted by Lauryn2000:
After a pretty dismal season six,I'm praying Joss Whedon will dig back into his bag of tricks and make season seven enlighting.
The dark feel of season six didn't disturb me as much as how the characters seem to have done a 360 degree turn.That even Joss Whedon probably didn't recognize them,and their his children.

Dawn for one has stop being so annoying

There may be some season six spoilers in here, and there are some vague season seven ones as well, so if you haven't seen it or don't want to know anything about season seven, read with caution!

Jane Espenson gave some interesting insight into what will happen next season. First, she says that it will be like "Buffy: Year One," as Joss has mentioned before, in that there will be more stand alone episodes and it will be more lighthearted, much like the feel of season 1. She also said to expect to see some old villains (when asked about Drusilla, she said maybe, she mentioned a return of the Trio (not in a villainy way), and when asked about Faith she got real tight-lipped... you know what that means

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She said a new Sunnydale High School will open and that the principal will be part of the recurring guest cast. She also mentioned that "Buffy will be a mentor for Dawn," developing Buffy and Dawn's interraction in Grave.

She says that they are trying very hard not to re-tread ground covered in the Buffy/Angel relationship with Buffy/Spike, and that there relationship is so different that it shouldn't even be a problem. She said that the "sex will steal your soul" problem with Angel was specific to the gypsy curse and will therefore not apply to Spike, who is officially a vampire with a soul, not a human.

Last think she said was that Willow will not be going to jail for killing Warren, instead, she will "be somewhere interesting with someone we already know."

Joss is going to be more heavily involved in writing more scripts, and will be writing the season premiere (Marsters has spoke about a "backwards talking" episode, which I imagine will be written by Joss as well). He'll also be heavily involved in Firefly and Angel... which is going to be very time-consuming, but will ultimately be for the best.

Oh, Oh! Joss says that if the budget allows, they will shoot a few scenes in the UK! That means more Giles! (and I'm going to guess that's where Willow is at the beginning of next season)

Going back to what you said about the characters doing a 360 turn... that is entirely true... it was almost the basis of the season. The characters didn't *change* but built up on their insecurities, making it seem like they changed (this is how I saw it, I might be wrong). The purpose of Grave was to bring them back to who they really are... back to the people they were in prior seasons. I think the season succeeded tremendously in this regard.

One last thing: Espenson said all their damsels are gone. Xander finally became a hero and Dawn is on her way into woman-hood, where she will no longer be a damsel. This is a good thing for me, as I began to resent Xander and Dawn for being he damsels in distress every single episode!

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HAKEN

Monday, May 27, 2002 4:41 PM

And that whole Spike thing at the end of the season finale has me really interested in seeing what's going to happen between Spike and Buffy.

MOJOECA

Monday, May 27, 2002 5:27 PM

Originally posted by NoVaGrAsS:
There may be some season six spoilers in here, so if you haven't seen it, read with caution!

Actually, I think that post consists entirely of season 7 spoilers. You might want to put a warning on that. I don't mind the vague spoilers so much, but some are sticklers.

NOVAGRASS

Monday, May 27, 2002 6:14 PM

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Mojoeca: Will do! Sorry... they were really vague, so I didn't think of them as spoilers! Spoiler warning was added!

Haken: I totally agree. I mean, Buffy was almost raped by Spike, and who's to say she'd believe him when he comes back? It's not as though he has a spotless track record when it comes to deception. Needless to say, it'll be a great part of next season! I can't wait!

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WOLFRAM

Wednesday, May 29, 2002 3:59 AM

WAS to break down the characters to their lowest points. Ever since the group friction in season 4, the dynamic has been highly stilted. Despite Season 4's attempt at bringing them back together, it was rather forced and (obviously) didn't last. I truly believe that from here they will be able to progress and walk together as a team once again.

BLAISE

Wednesday, May 29, 2002 12:24 PM

spoilers for season 6&7....

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That whole thing with Spike and the soul does look interesting. It's funny, I read the Jane Espenson interview, but the parts that mentioned spikes soul seemed to conflict with something Joss said on the Bronze Forum, and maybe I misunderstood him, but he said something like, 'REALLY guys, we already have a vampire with a soul'. Which said to me that the 'soul' may not be what we think it is. But then Jane carried on talking about Spike getting a soul, so I'm a bit confused.

On the whole group relationships, character potrayal thing, if they go back to the way they were, it would seem really strange. Willow killed a human, and some of the things that went down between her and Buffy looked pretty nasty. I don't see how they can just 'be friends' again, at least not perfectly, it would be unrealistic. I see Xander and Willow going back to the way they were, and maybe Xander and Buffy, but not Buffy and Willow. I hope they eventually work it out though, because I don't like the friction, it seemed very powerplay to me.

Blaise

LAURYN2000

Thursday, May 30, 2002 10:45 AM

Thanks for the response
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I believe cinescape interviewed the actress that played Faith and it did mention about her being done with the series as well as Seth Green.
But I would really enjoy her coming back for a guest appearance.

As for Willow and Buffy,I think at first the relationship will be strained but my belief is both characters do love each other.And Buffy will be able to forgive Willow,but will Willow be able to forgive herself?After all she did try to kill her best friend.

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JONWES

Thursday, May 30, 2002 10:52 AM

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Hmmmm.... well, Buffy seemed to get over the fact that she tried to kill all her friends a few episodes before, so maybe....

RINGWRAITH

Thursday, May 30, 2002 10:15 PM

Originally posted by Blaise:
spoilers for season 6&7....

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That whole thing with Spike and the soul does look interesting. It's funny, I read the Jane Espenson interview, but the parts that mentioned spikes soul seemed to conflict with something Joss said on the Bronze Forum, and maybe I misunderstood him, but he said something like, 'REALLY guys, we already have a vampire with a soul'. Which said to me that the 'soul' may not be what we think it is. But then Jane carried on talking about Spike getting a soul, so I'm a bit confused.

Blaise

I'm confused too. Maybe he's being turned human again? Personally I don't want two vamps with a soul. We've already got Angel and it'd be pretty stupid (well, maybe not stupid but I can't think of a better word) to have two of 'em. Unless Joss has something up his sleeve, which wouldn't surprise me. There's always a catch.

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