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Damn.
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.
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.
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I know, I know... but right now I'm not sure that I'm actually going to bother with the real thing.
Use of the word "wetworks" (remember - it was Watcher's term for their special ops) and the look of Giles on the cover suggests it for me.
Yes, Dark!Giles would be great. Might save it. I'm all for darkness and Watcher ruthlessness.
OK, I got it out of my system. :)
Huh. I've never known anyone to dislike Wood quite so much, but that's certainly a valid viewpoint. Still, their babies would be *adorable*! ;)
But what we can see is a variation of Faith coming of age, kind of Faith version of LMPTM/Checkpoint with some angsty consequences for Giles. And that I would love to see.
That would indeed be awesome. Let me know once the arc is over.
think it's great that she looks so different - she's supposed to.
I have no problem with her looking different (except for the boobjob and the missing waist), but I *still* can't make my head accept this Faith as the one portrayed by Eliza Dushku.
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*snerk* Sure, he can always donate to a sperm bank. Sorry again. ;)
What I don't like is not even his character - but a crappy resolution for him. It's how he was presented - "I'm hot and brave and well-dressed and educated, what a catch for a slayer!" Forgetting that "I'm also a psycho creep with a madonna-whore/victim complex size of a skyscraper, and I was raised as a Watcher to see slayers as tools to be used by the wise men like me - unless she's my mother whom I worship and hate at the same time. And any slayer should strive to live up to my mother, or else!". Let's take Faith, vulnerable and feeling low, and pair her with him - she should be so grateful!
They might make it still, but not in happily-ever-after way it was suggested (ugh). He needs to work through his issues first, at least start to recognize them. I don't know. It's like taking Gunn at the height of his W&H career, pair him up with a nice heroine and tell us - "what a catch - hot, smart and a great provider, they both are all set now", and expect us to eat it up, instead of "WTF?"
Whew. I wish it didn't bug me so - it spoiled that great fic about Angel and a puppy for me which everyone is reading. :( I hope something ate him in those 18 months, or if he's in the comics, he'd be shown for who he is. Hmm, actually, his teaming up with Giles to push Faith around, LMPTM-like, would be perfect.
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He does indeed. (It all reminds me of a really neat scene I have planned for one of my fics. *g*)
it spoiled that great fic about Angel and a puppy for me which everyone is reading. :(
Oh noes!!!! I'm not sure that the fic in question is so much presenting it as 'happily ever after' as 'what the hell do we do now?'
Hmm, actually, his teaming up with Giles to push Faith around, LMPTM-like, would be perfect.
Ooooh... betraying the Slayers, one at a time. Nice one. ;)