Icon is spot-on.

[elisi]

That sound you just heard? Was my head exploding from reading buffy #19. I mean, you would have *thought* that after all the Twilight-y goodness crack I've been subjecting myself to, I'd be fairly immune to crazy, but no. My brain is struggling to cope.

OK, the whole Fray thing with Willow and so forth MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. I mean, at all. Everything ended up back where they started, except apparently Willow will (for some reason) live for a few centuries. (And good on her for using a blindfold, THANK YOU! I hate it when people stupidly do not follow simple instructions.)

The whole creatures of forest battle thing was so ridiculous that my mind kinda blanked it out.

And then came the point at which my head exploded and I DIED! OMG it's RILEY and he's an EEEEEVOL and working for Twilight and he was was the 'mystery date' and my god could they possibly be more insulting to Buffy? I want to be angry, but quite honestly I just can't help but enjoying the fact that MONTHS WORTH of speculation is finally proven right! (I, obviously, think it OOC, but then, like, EVERYONE and EVERYTHING, is OOC in s8, so it's nice to add another one to the collection. Oh! If this is canon, then it *proves* - IMHO - that the whole Doctor thing in AYW was a total stitch-up to get Buffy to dump Spike.)

This is going to keep me amused for a long, long time. (Of course Riley could be a double-agent, but I DON"T CARE. Maybe he also took up ballet, it doesn't matter. I'm going to bed now.)

Comments

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Does it mean we''l get evil!Parker arc soon?

Well, who do you think Twilight is? Maybe in this timeline, Riley and Parker were best friends in college?

[deird1]

I decided a while back that Twilight was probably Tucker Wells.

After all, if the whole thing is a product of Andrew's imagination, who else would he be?

[fangfaceandrea.livejournal.com]

heee!!

That theory makes everything fit perfectly.

[deird1]

Love your icon.

[fangfaceandrea.livejournal.com]

Thanks, it's one of AWMP's best ideas ever XD

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Yup. What really happened was that Robin Wood used to share a cell with Tucker. Ever since, he's been working with Tucker and Andrew (after all, Robin's the one who hid the evidence of Andrew's murder of Jonathan) to take over the Slayer council. Andrew and Robin are already trusted Watchers, and Tucker's ultimate plan isn't to rid the world of Slayers but to control them - to become the new Quentin Travers. Season 8 is a propaganda tool specifically designed by Andrew to ensure that everyone knows that a) he's the best leader there is, and b) having Buffy in charge is a Very Bad Idea.

Buffy telling Robin that "the brains of our operation [Andrew] wears oven mitts" wasn't a joke; it was foreshadowing.

[deird1]

That's... just... awesome.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

And if this really is supposed to be an AYW retcon, and Riley really was the Doctor, and the whole thing was a plot against Buffy (since he's evil and all)... who do you think summoned that big demon Riley was allegedly chasing, eh? It looks fairly hellhound-y. No wonder Sam didn't want them to kill it; she knew how protective Tucker gets of his little darlings.

Wait, I'll go you one better: who do you think summoned Sam? ;-)

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

who do you think summoned Sam? ;-)

Why - Amy, of course! She couldn't have Willow anymore. Her future boytoy Warren was busy with Jonathan and Andrew threesome plans to rule the world. She was bored and she wanted to play with a slayer clone... :)

[ladycat713.livejournal.com]

That makes much more sense than this being canon.

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

You know, that actually makes sense.