Not a review. Just bafflement in the face of inanity.

[elisi]

First of all, then THIS is the best summary of #39 ever. :) (Much gratitude to shipperx for the link!)

Now I promised myself that I wouldn't write anything, but...

We have been told that the theme of s8 is 'betrayal'. During 'Anywhere But Here' Buffy was shown the final scene of this issue, and when asked what had happened was told: 'Betrayal. The closest, the most unexpected.'

I'm afraid this doesn't make sense to me. Is Buffy feeling that she betrayed herself? Well first of all she didn't know what would happen when she broke the Seed, so that's rather unlikely. Or - presuming that she somehow magically *did* know and that's why she went for the Seed rather than Twangel (that part still makes no sense. Why not kill him? WHY? WHY?) - um, where was I? Oh yes. Presuming she *did* know(*), why would she feel betrayed over destroying magic & losing her powers? She was even asked in 'Anywhere But Here' if that wasn't what she'd always wanted, plus she and all the baby Slayers sat down and let go of all their powers on purpose during Operation Sitting Duck, and seemed perfectly happy. Plus, if she's feeling sorry for herself, then that makes her as shallow as a puddle considering Giles' fate.

Which leads us back to Twangel as the betrayer, which makes her the dumbest thing in the history of the 'verse...

*sigh*

It didn't make sense in the beginning, and it doesn't make sense now. What a surprise.

(*) infinitewhale points out that Giles was trying to destroy the Seed when Twangel killed him, so that's where Buffy gets the idea! \o/

Comments

[elisi]

Well Spike and Angel seemed to be fine. But poor Warren went all kablooey, and all the demons got sucked away into... I don't know. Somewhere.

[avrelia.livejournal.com]

but it doesn't make sense, does it?

[elisi]

Nope. But then none of it does, so...

[paratti.livejournal.com]

Joss and Sense.

Not mixy things.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I actually don't think Buffy got rid of magic. Admittedly, I'm basing that not only on what SnakeLady said but on what Allie said in his interview. SnakeLady basically said it would cut off access to other realms, that demons that were already of the earth would remain (so the vampires of this world and the demons of this world are still here). Allie also said that Buffy and the surviving Slayers all still have Slayer powers, because that's of this realm even though Buffy loses her SuperTwilight powers. I suspect Warren went kerblooey because we're going to be told that TWilight or something resurrected him. We were explicitly told that Twilight revived the Master. Buffy's and Angel's twilight powers will also be gone because Twilight was it's own 'other realm'. So Angel, Spike and Slayers remain intact. And, I wonder, whether Earth Magic will continue to exist as well (or maybe I'm confusing Willow with Bonnie on Vampire Diaries). Basically, I'm wondering whether next season Willow will learn to access the magic of this realm. It won't be nearly as powerful, but it's not non-existant either... I think. Oh hell, the comics don't make a great deal of sense. They'll do whatever they think is convenient, I'm sure.

[infinitewhale.livejournal.com]

Snake Lady said there'd be remnants of magic, but very little. Warren croaks because it was Amy's ongoing magic that kept him alive. Almost, if not all, Earth magic is gone.

[elisi]

Oh hell, the comics don't make a great deal of sense. They'll do whatever they think is convenient, I'm sure.
Indeed.

*deep, deep, deep sigh*