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

[ms-scarletibis.livejournal.com]

Heh, I read them for free online :P Not paid, but I'm not paying for it either ;)

As for Giles, I could see that being the case, but I'm still unsure if that was actually the case.

[elisi]

Oh I've not spent any money either! No sir. I'd rather give money to a donkey sanctuary.

As for Giles, I could see that being the case, but I'm still unsure if that was actually the case.
Well, no answer will ever be forthcoming. It's like 'choose your own adventure', except different. Maybe 'choose your own motivation'.

[ms-scarletibis.livejournal.com]

I'll admit I paid initially, then after the Faith comics and I heard of all the WTFery, I gave up, and sold the ones I had on eBay ;)

As for the "choose your own adventure" thing, considering that the comics are just...anyway, I'd say that he was trying to kill Twangel on his lonesome in that sense :p I mean, it would have made more sense if that had been Xander attempting to enter the fray to save Buffy--not Giles. Pfft.

[elisi]

I'll admit I paid initially, then after the Faith comics and I heard of all the WTFery, I gave up, and sold the ones I had on eBay ;)
That makes perfect sense to me. :)

As for the rest, then 'sense' doesn't really come into it...

[infinitewhale.livejournal.com]

I think Allie actually said he was going to break it. The only reason I thought it was because he seems to be running *away* from Angel in the panel and toward the Seed.

Still waiting for someone to clear up why Amy is weepy at Warren dying when she was planning to kill him herself in issue 35.

[rahirah]

Shhhhh! It's only a model!

[elisi]

LOL!