::eyeroll::

[elisi]

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!

Comments

[stormwreath.livejournal.com]

Just to make it clear, the *sigh* wasn't specifically directed at you, but the entire discussion. I've got no problem with people who dislike the comic format or the particular story we're being given, but I'm sensing a lot of people now are just looking to be offended. Some of them aren't even reading the comics, they're just reading posts that criticise them and getting all outraged by proxy.

It's reminding me more and more of the way seasons 6 and 7 were received among people who thought Buffy should have never left high school, and Marti Noxon should have stayed a staff writer, and Spike should have remained a villain... Season 8 is getting the same amount of vilification, with about the same level of justification IMO.

What I will say, is that once issue 4 is out, I'm going to sit down and read all four episodes of 'The Long Way Home' through back-to-back. I suspect a lot of the problem is that the story is coming out at such long intervals, people are treating each comic as stand-alone instead of the next act in a continuous story. Your comment about the Twilight cult (to use Ethan's name for them) is a case in point - they have a strong presence in the story; the room Amy brought Willow to is surely provided by them, after all. Just because they don't appear in Act 3 of a 4-part story doesn't mean they're being ignored... Same with the complaints about Buffy being "passive". Part 1 showed her kicking donkeyass and taking names, a successful and competent leader. Parts 2 and 3 put her in peril. We don't know what she's going to do in part 4, although her last comment in 8.03 - "We're being played, Xander. I'm not liking it" - and the way she's standing, impatiently and with arms folded, for the portal to open at the end of the 8.04 teaser, both suggest that she's really not going to, as someone put it, lie around in her nightie fantasising about sex while Xander and Dawn rescue Willow. In fact, if she does I'll take up that MPreg challenge - or anything else you care to set me - myself!

In short; I think a lot of people might benefit from reading the trade paperback when it comes out, instead of the comics. :)

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[elisi]

I'm sensing a lot of people now are just looking to be offended. Some of them aren't even reading the comics, they're just reading posts that criticise them and getting all outraged by proxy.
That's very true. Personally I *want* to like the comics - it's like a favourite author starting a new WIP. Only so far he's failed to thrill me. Maybe my expectations were too high?

Season 8 is getting the same amount of vilification, with about the same level of justification IMO.
I think it's the opposite - people want to see something new and different. And well...

I suspect a lot of the problem is that the story is coming out at such long intervals, people are treating each comic as stand-alone instead of the next act in a continuous story.
Oh yes. There's so much time to guess and speculate that most of the 'surprises' have been worked out and that is a major weakness. I'm sure the story will hold together a lot better when read all together.

In fact, if she does I'll take up that MPreg challenge - or anything else you care to set me - myself!
Hee! That does sound good! :)