Do you think the comics are canon?

[elisi]

Go take jamalov29's very simple poll!

(Incidentally, how many people consider the movie canon? Because I certainly don't. And the movie is *much* closer to the show than the comics. There was more to the show than Joss - as is by now blatantly obvious! *g*)

ETA: Actually - what do y'all think about the movie in canon terms? Joss disowned it, yet it is obviously where everything started, right down to (S)Pike.

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[sevedra.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed reading the responses at that poll post. I actually went there and voted too! I thought I'd copy and paste what I said there to here so you could give me your opinions and feedback, too. I hope you don't mind! (I fixed the spelling errors on your journal)

"Here by way of the lovely elisi.

This is an excellent question! I went with NO. I have not read the comics, but that is beside the point. The Buffy canon is the television series. I see the movie as a side story. Not really part of the canon itself, but a possible background. The comics can not be canon, no matter who wtites them or what they say, because they are not part of the television show.

As an example of what I mean, Marvel is a comic entity. They publish a lot of comic stories, some they disavow as canon, but mostly, it's canon. The X-Men movies are not canon. No way, no how, no matter what. They are movies. Maybe they have their own little alternate universe of canon? But they are not part of the comic canon established by Marvel.

So, the Buffy and Angel comics may count as a seperate canon, an alternate universe that is a possiblilty of what came after. But they are not canon to the television shows. They can't be. It is illogical to mix the mediums."

[elisi]

I really enjoyed reading the responses at that poll post.
Same here. I also thought it interesting how many people said 'I think s8 is canon, but I am ignoring it.' So the votes aren't indicating success.

I thought I'd copy and paste what I said there to here so you could give me your opinions and feedback, too. I hope you don't mind!
Not at all!!!

The Buffy canon is the television series. I see the movie as a side story. Not really part of the canon itself, but a possible background. The comics can not be canon, no matter who writes them or what they say, because they are not part of the television show.
So much yes! This is how I see it too!

As an example of what I mean, Marvel is a comic entity.
You know, that is a brilliant example. Ditto new and old Star Trek. (And let's not get into Doctor Who, because the canon there is so old and sprawling that no one knows what to count exactly! *g*)

But they are not canon to the television shows. They can't be. It is illogical to mix the mediums.
You are wise indeed!