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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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Just because it's "part of them' doesn't mean it's a good part. There's a difference between acknowledging a weakness and acting on it.
Oh definitely. But I'd never classify slayerness as a weakness. Vampire instincs is of course something else...
Those two quotes are referring to different things. When Kendra's talking about slaying I don't think she means the kill-crush-rush of it (this is Kendra not S3 Faith) but the need to do something, to fight against evil, to help people. When Buffy reclaims her name in Anne it's to help Chanterelle not because she's dying for a good slay.
Oh absolutely. But that is sort of my point - Faith's story is one of redemption:
Faith: "So, how does this - work?"
Angel: "There is no real simple answer to that. - I won't lie to you and tell you that it'll be easy - because it won't be. - Just because you've decided to change doesn't mean that the world is ready for you to. - The truth is - no matter how much you suffer, no matter how many good deeds you do to try to make up for the past - you may never balance out the cosmic scale. - The only thing I can promise you is that you'll probably be haunted - and may be for the rest of your life."
Suddenly deciding that she's 'done enough' after a couple of years strikes me as well... unlikely. And hopefully goes to show that the blurb is full of misdirection.
In S1 of Angel his vampirism was being played as a metaphor for addiction and while an addiction or addictiveness is very much a part of someone that they need to be aware of that doesn't mean it has to be indulged.
Of course not. But we saw how in NFA he could use that very aspect of himself to win the battle against Hamilton. Like everything else, it can be turned into a weapon.
And now I'm honestly struggling to remember what my original point was. *yawns* Let's talk once the Faith arc is over, yeah? :)