Damn.

[elisi]

So, yesterday I linked to the cover for issue 7 of S8, because it featured a very handsome Giles. I was however v. tired and didn't actually read the summary. (Didn't realise that it was supposed to be Faith next to him either...)

As you probably know, I've been clinging to the Faith-arc, because there was no way Joss could mess *her* up, right?

Faith’s out to kill a Slayer.

Lady Genevieve Savidge is one of the most dangerous women on the planet. If she’s left unstopped, the British heiress will usher in the apocalypse. Faith has accepted Giles’s offer of an early retirement package for this gig — but the wetworks will have to wait till she’s infiltrated Savidge’s mystically protected estate.

THE HELL?? Unless that is some very clever misdirection (which is possible of course and is the one straw I'm clinging to), then I honestly don't know what happened to the character I love. Faith has a PROBLEM with killing people - there was this whole 'going evil and then seeking redemption' thing, right? But I could cope with that - just - if she was doing it 'for the common good'... rogue Slayers are dangerous, Faith knows that better than anyone. There could be interesting things done with that. But doing it 'for early retirement'???? What Faith would that be? The one who loved knitting and dreamt of having a house full of rug rats?

I am so baffled that... well I don't have the words. Maybe it's my cue to just walk away althogether. Sorry S8 lovers, but there's only so much I can put up with.

Maybe Joss got brainsucked by Glory?

*deep sigh*

At least Doctor Who has suddenly become awesome and brilliant and full of layers and themes and stuff, exploring all sorts of fascinating issues. *goes back to SHINY show and CANON Buffy*

ETA: Ok, so maybe it will be more like follows:

Giles: I need a Slayer dead. Faith, I trust you can do it, you have killed before. Also you already have a criminal record.
Faith: 'Scuse me?
Giles: I have prepared a generous retirement package for you, as a thank you for services rendered. If however you decide to decline, the police might just discover where you've been hiding out...

Or, you know, something along those lines. Stupid comics.

Comments

[spikendru.livejournal.com]

Really? I recognised her straight away, despite the fact that she's obviously meant to be "in disguise" in that picture.

Well, if there was any lingering doubt in anyone's mind regarding just how "comically challenged" I am, it's now put to rest. I assumed it was Lady Genevieve Savidge in the picture and never eve thought of Faith.

[stormwreath.livejournal.com]

To be fair, if you'd shown me the picture completely out of context I might not have recognised her - but given that I knew this was "the cover of the issue that Faith appears in" it took me, maybe a fraction of a second to process her appearance and think "It's Faith, with her hair up and wearing a fancy gown".

I have spent a little time today searching for pictures of Eliza with her hair up to compare - surprisingly hard to find.

[diachrony.livejournal.com]

I only guessed it was Faith because of the dimple!

(But the "alternative cover" was WAY WORSE. Oh my.)

[spikendru.livejournal.com]

Is the "alternative cover" the one with Buffy and the other two slayers? At least, I think that's who they're supposed to be. The one looks like Buffy anyway, but maybe the other one is Faith?

[spikendru.livejournal.com]

I *meant* to say "one of the other ones" is Faith - probably the one with brown hair?

[diachrony.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think the alternative was by Jeanty and has 3 unrecognizable (IMO) girls in bodice-ripper dresses.

I *really* don't think the blonde looks like Buffy (though I'm sure it's supposed to be her) and the style of the drawing just hurts me to look at. (Those shoulders?!!)

I assume the girl on the right is Faith. Who can tell ...