elisi: Edwin holding a tiny snowman (S8 Buffy by dreamer1104)
elisi ([personal profile] elisi) wrote2007-05-16 08:42 pm
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::eyeroll::

Spoilery preview of S8 issue 4.

Dude! Amy *saved* Warren before Willow killed him? WTF? Apart from all the enormous issues it raises (what about The First? How did Willow not *notice* that she wasn't the one killing him (/making him disappear)? What about Willow's whole S7 arc? What does Amy see in a misogynist pig who kills girls for fun? Etc. etc.), then there is this (which has been bothering me since Amy was first revealed): How come they didn't get out of Sunnydale before the apocalypse? Even ordinary people could feel that something bad was coming and left town, so surely a smart girl like Amy would get the hell out before the whole place collapsed?

It doesn't make sense!!!! Did working on Wonder Woman break something vital in Joss' brain? I know he never cared all that much about 'how things worked', bending the rules so he could get to the emotional part, but this is... *throws hands up*

Thank the powers above that this never made it to the screen!

[identity profile] thedeadlyhook.livejournal.com 2007-05-17 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
I know exactly what you mean. Drama is built on trust - you have to be able to take things seriously, to believe not only in the events, but that the characters believe them and take them seriously. The moment that trust is broken, when it feels like the author is just playing with you, not respecting your intelligence, that dramatic tension just goes. And yeah, ditto for politics.