Buffy Season 8, #9 *severe spoilers- get the issue first, gentle reader *
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 19:29
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I knew Faith wouldn't go to the Dark side! She even wants to help others full-time! This issue kicked ASS!!!
The dialogue was again spot-on! Giles was great!
And the end was chilling with that new, no-nonsense big bad...he's playing everyone, and for keeps!!!
All hail Joss & co. for this one!
So say we all? Chrisisall
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I really loved this!
I loved how Faith kept trying to get Gigi to see things her way, while engaged in a VERY exciting fight...
and I was as shocked as Faith at the way the fight ended!
I loved Giles managing to come through, and I really almost cried at Giles sharing his feelings w/Faith.
I am SO happy that Faith doesn't end up alone, she has always needed someone (some one besides the Mayor!) to really be on her side.
This was a wonderful story arc, and of course now Giles has the Twilight book so you know he'll start to figure out stuff.
I am really loving BtVS Season 8!
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I also picked up (but haven't yet read) After The Fall, and spied the Heroes graphic novel (Dear Santa...
).
I knew Joss would get me back into comics....
Comical Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I also picked up (but haven't yet read) After The Fall,
I hope you like it - I loved it....
of course I had loved Brian Lynch's 'Spike: Asylum' and 'Spike: Shadow Puppets'
It has a different look and feel than BtVS S8, but then those two TV shows were kind of different too.
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I instantly liked the artwork- I know I'll end up getting Spike: Asylum as well....
Comically addicted Chrisisall
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Giles' cool points just went up by about a trillion. 
There are a lot of ways they could have ended that one, and I'm happy to say BKV and Co. chose the best route. I think it was a realistic way for all of the characters to react to their given situations. And strangely, Buffy seems to have as many issues (if not more) about what happened between her and Faith. I wonder how they're going to handle this in later issues. And speaking of later issues, Season 8 is supposed to have around a thirty-issue run isn't it?
I know there's a stand-alone next, but does anyone know who writes after that? Seems like it was supposed to be Drew Goddard.
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"This is my timey-wimey detector. It goes ding when there's stuff. Also, it can boil an egg at 30 paces, whether you want it to or not, actually, so I've learned to stay away from hens. It's not pretty when they blow."
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Quote:That's my understanding of it.
Originally posted by deepgirl187:
I know there's a stand-alone next, but does anyone know who writes after that? Seems like it was supposed to be Drew Goddard.
Loved Giles unsaid reference to killing Gloryboy.
Chrisisall
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Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Loved Giles unsaid reference to killing Gloryboy.
yeah, a lot of fans had always been bothered by there being no consequences to that act,
but Gile's statement makes it clear that he has kept it secret from his slayers, but because of Faith's situation he is willing to share some of his secrets with her.
I always felt that Faith had never gotten the relationship & guidance that she deserved from Buffy & Giles (which left her vulnerable to the Mayor who really was good at forging relationships, and really came to love and care about Faith)
The ending of this really made me happy about Faith's state of mind...AND it still leaves plenty of room for problems that need to be resolved in the future.
I do hope they give us some back story at some point which tells us what happened after 'Chosen' to separate Faith from Wood and Buffy and all the new Slayers.
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Quote:Definitely.
Originally posted by embers:
I do hope they give us some back story at some point which tells us what happened after 'Chosen' to separate Faith from Wood and Buffy and all the new Slayers.
Chrisisall
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One thing though- I WANT TO SEE ANDREW MORE!!!
Silly silly Chrisisall
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