Links and a thought.

ETA: How could I forget? moscow_watcher made me an icon! *points and giggles* Very sharable! :)

Of course there is also this very clever manip by sueworld2003 which should be made into icons and banners with the words 'There could be some kind of oil involved' across them!

Lots of S8 issue 3 links:

Review by shapinglight!!!
Review by moscow_watcher
Review by yourlibrarian.
Review by thedeadlyhook.
Review by aycheb.
Review by stormwreath.
Review by powerofthebook.
Review by ruuger.
Review by molly_may.
nightchick tries to identify the people in Buffy's 'dreamspace'.
Musings on the title and what it might mean for the direction of the story by stormwreath.
Musings on *that character's* boyfriend by qkellie.
Drabble by st_salieri.

So far most of my thoughts have been on the issue of canonicity (totally a word!) which there will be a post on tomorrow, but this morning something else struck me...
( Thoughts on comic!Buffy's clothes )

ETA3: Another thought, partly brought on by AOQ's re-watch of WSWB (amongst others). Buffy season openers are never *great* episodes, but they usually tell us where Buffy's head is at, or point towards her development during the season: S1 - she was running away from her calling. S2 - she was running away from her fears. S3 - she as running away from her life. S4 - she was worried about her new life. S5 - spurred on a quest for deeper understanding of her powers. S6 - "Is this hell?". S7 - something BIG is coming and girls are going to die! So far in S8 we've established that she misses her home and sex. As molly_may says:

How does she feel about having all these new slayers? Does she ever worry that she did the wrong thing with the spell? How are she and Giles handling reinstituting the Council together after the friction they experienced in S7? Does she ever think about quitting, about a "normal" life, now? Buffy's a rich character whose always had an interior life that went a lot deeper than just wanting to get laid.

Yes there is that one line about things having been difficult/different since 'they changed the world', but one line ain't enough. Sorry. I was never into Buffy for the stories, I was there for the characters. And where is my Buffy?

Links and a thought.

ETA: How could I forget? moscow_watcher made me an icon! *points and giggles* Very sharable! :)

Of course there is also this very clever manip by sueworld2003 which should be made into icons and banners with the words 'There could be some kind of oil involved' across them!

Lots of S8 issue 3 links:

Review by shapinglight!!!
Review by moscow_watcher
Review by yourlibrarian.
Review by thedeadlyhook.
Review by aycheb.
Review by stormwreath.
Review by powerofthebook.
Review by ruuger.
Review by molly_may.
nightchick tries to identify the people in Buffy's 'dreamspace'.
Musings on the title and what it might mean for the direction of the story by stormwreath.
Musings on *that character's* boyfriend by qkellie.
Drabble by st_salieri.

So far most of my thoughts have been on the issue of canonicity (totally a word!) which there will be a post on tomorrow, but this morning something else struck me...
( Thoughts on comic!Buffy's clothes )

ETA3: Another thought, partly brought on by AOQ's re-watch of WSWB (amongst others). Buffy season openers are never *great* episodes, but they usually tell us where Buffy's head is at, or point towards her development during the season: S1 - she was running away from her calling. S2 - she was running away from her fears. S3 - she as running away from her life. S4 - she was worried about her new life. S5 - spurred on a quest for deeper understanding of her powers. S6 - "Is this hell?". S7 - something BIG is coming and girls are going to die! So far in S8 we've established that she misses her home and sex. As molly_may says:

How does she feel about having all these new slayers? Does she ever worry that she did the wrong thing with the spell? How are she and Giles handling reinstituting the Council together after the friction they experienced in S7? Does she ever think about quitting, about a "normal" life, now? Buffy's a rich character whose always had an interior life that went a lot deeper than just wanting to get laid.

Yes there is that one line about things having been difficult/different since 'they changed the world', but one line ain't enough. Sorry. I was never into Buffy for the stories, I was there for the characters. And where is my Buffy?