Comments on: Review: Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 8 #15 http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/4220.htm/ We Know You Love Comics. We Do Too. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:42:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Silver_Thistle http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/4220.htm/#comment-78746 Silver_Thistle Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:12:04 +0000 http://www.majorspoilers.com/?p=4220#comment-78746 I read this one and found it to be one of my favorites. Number 16 was awesome too, with Dracula's "Oh balls..." bit and of course the interactions between Dracula and Xander (normally I hate Xander pairings with anyone but Anya or Cordelia, (especially dislike Spike, Angel/us paired with him or Riley ew.) but Dracula/Xander seems to work for me, which is odd. (Don't get me wrong, I love yaoi, I just usually don't like Xander in one. Spike/Angel/us gives me a happy and throw Buffy in and I'm on cloud 11 and 1/2 (unlike cloud nine they have cable and a wet bar). ) I was in NYC on my birthday when I got Buffy season 8 number 12 and was reading it on the subway and burst out (naturally silencing the whole car so that they all stare at me ((although the swords I bought in China town may have had something to do with it)) "BETH BUFFY'S HAVING SEX WITH A GIRL!" The fun part was two teenagers ran over from the other end of the car and started reading over my shoulder (one way to meet fellow Buffy fans) and I began Beth's decent into the Buffyverse. *happy dance* I really liked Satsu and I'm hoping to find out (probably season nine to be cannon) Spike and Angels reactions to Buffy having had sex with a cute Japanese girl. My bet is both are gonna be stunned and then Angel will turn and say to Spike "She never did that before she got with you." and Spike will go "Sorry mate, you were to namby pamby for her to think of it. I'm borrowin the jet." "Why?" "Gotta make a pit stop in Japan then running to Scotland. Been wanting to get some onigiri anyway." "Spike, *looks like he's getting a head ache* what the hell is an onrigini? some sick sex toy?" "No mate, 's rice ball, dunk it in some O positive, wonderful stuff. Dru thought it up, turned out to be one of the best blood entries I've ever tried." Angel shakes it off as Spike strides off calling after the blonde "She's waiting for me! She's-she's still baking! She'll come for me, you'll see!" Spike smirks and waves a hand nonchalantly over his head. This is of course non-cannon since W&H got all blown up, but it's still a fun idea. I read this one and found it to be one of my favorites. Number 16 was awesome too, with Dracula’s “Oh balls…” bit and of course the interactions between Dracula and Xander (normally I hate Xander pairings with anyone but Anya or Cordelia, (especially dislike Spike, Angel/us paired with him or Riley ew.) but Dracula/Xander seems to work for me, which is odd. (Don’t get me wrong, I love yaoi, I just usually don’t like Xander in one. Spike/Angel/us gives me a happy and throw Buffy in and I’m on cloud 11 and 1/2 (unlike cloud nine they have cable and a wet bar). )

I was in NYC on my birthday when I got Buffy season 8 number 12 and was reading it on the subway and burst out (naturally silencing the whole car so that they all stare at me ((although the swords I bought in China town may have had something to do with it)) “BETH BUFFY’S HAVING SEX WITH A GIRL!” The fun part was two teenagers ran over from the other end of the car and started reading over my shoulder (one way to meet fellow Buffy fans) and I began Beth’s decent into the Buffyverse. *happy dance*

I really liked Satsu and I’m hoping to find out (probably season nine to be cannon) Spike and Angels reactions to Buffy having had sex with a cute Japanese girl. My bet is both are gonna be stunned and then Angel will turn and say to Spike

“She never did that before she got with you.”

and Spike will go “Sorry mate, you were to namby pamby for her to think of it. I’m borrowin the jet.”

“Why?”

“Gotta make a pit stop in Japan then running to Scotland. Been wanting to get some onigiri anyway.”

“Spike, *looks like he’s getting a head ache* what the hell is an onrigini? some sick sex toy?”

“No mate, ’s rice ball, dunk it in some O positive, wonderful stuff. Dru thought it up, turned out to be one of the best blood entries I’ve ever tried.”

Angel shakes it off as Spike strides off calling after the blonde “She’s waiting for me! She’s-she’s still baking! She’ll come for me, you’ll see!”

Spike smirks and waves a hand nonchalantly over his head.

This is of course non-cannon since W&H got all blown up, but it’s still a fun idea.

]]> By: Jacin B. http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/4220.htm/#comment-72175 Jacin B. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:36:12 +0000 http://www.majorspoilers.com/?p=4220#comment-72175 I just wish he hadn't 'killed' Kitty ... I just wish he hadn’t ‘killed’ Kitty …

]]> By: Lifeisaglitch http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/4220.htm/#comment-72145 Lifeisaglitch Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:16:16 +0000 http://www.majorspoilers.com/?p=4220#comment-72145 @J'osh True the only reason Wash was snuffed was actually because he was married and the impact would be greater...That and he was basically every bodies fav character. Whedon always does this, and i cant really complain. @J’osh

True the only reason Wash was snuffed was actually because he was married and the impact would be greater…That and he was basically every bodies fav character. Whedon always does this, and i cant really complain.

]]> By: J'osh http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/4220.htm/#comment-72080 J'osh Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:00:18 +0000 http://www.majorspoilers.com/?p=4220#comment-72080 Renee's death shouldn't have been a shock. Well maybe in that it happend so soon. A hallmark of Whedon's writing/plotting is his characters never get what they want in the love department. And Xander never got Buffy, timing was off with Willow, Cordelia was a diaster and Anya speaks for herself. The less said about the Mummy the better. And Xander wasn't even number one. You really could make baseball card stats for messed up love in the Whedonverse. I would have said Buffyverse - but poor Wash comes to mind. Renee’s death shouldn’t have been a shock. Well maybe in that it happend so soon. A hallmark of Whedon’s writing/plotting is his characters never get what they want in the love department. And Xander never got Buffy, timing was off with Willow, Cordelia was a diaster and Anya speaks for herself. The less said about the Mummy the better.
And Xander wasn’t even number one. You really could make baseball card stats for messed up love in the Whedonverse. I would have said Buffyverse - but poor Wash comes to mind.

]]> By: Jacin B. http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/4220.htm/#comment-71939 Jacin B. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:20:59 +0000 http://www.majorspoilers.com/?p=4220#comment-71939 Tom Grice is right, sir! RIGHT! Tom Grice is right, sir! RIGHT!

]]> By: Tom Grice http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/4220.htm/#comment-71910 Tom Grice Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:09:12 +0000 http://www.majorspoilers.com/?p=4220#comment-71910 If I was a comic writer today I would be incredibly angry. I would curse and scream and throw things as though I were a card player in the back room of the Gatekeeper. Because that, my friends, is about as good as it gets and it brings into stark contrast the success of character driven plots and the sublime failure of "event as story." Season 8 of Buffy has so thoroughly trounced every other "event" offered since it began that I can only imagine the agony. And how has it done it? With magnificent characters, great dialogue, wit and humor, and action that adds to the story rather than taking its place. The Dracula action moments (his attack in the beginning and his humbling of the HVIC [Head Vampire in Charge]), for example, are fantastic not in a vaccum but in what they add to the character. This is simply the way it is done by the greats. And while it is hard to argue a 4.5 is low, in this case I think I will, gently. If this isn't a 5 there isn't one. And I know Matthew has a good reason, and like him I am a big softy so I had a tear or two, I think that moment only adds to the magnificence of this book. That Xander does not get to explore and grow the relationship is the price for his relationship with Buffy. He has paid it time and again and will continue to do so until the end. It is why he clings to her at the end of the book knowing that loving her has cost him everything, but not able to let go. And for those out there thinking I have forgotten, it has also cost Willow everything, including a piece of her soul. The Green Serpent thing in her vision is the dark goddess she begins summoning at the end of Season 6 to destroy the world. So in this issue that had everything we even get a shout out to a future Big Bad with seeds in the past. Man, this is GREAT!!! If I was a comic writer today I would be incredibly angry. I would curse and scream and throw things as though I were a card player in the back room of the Gatekeeper. Because that, my friends, is about as good as it gets and it brings into stark contrast the success of character driven plots and the sublime failure of “event as story.” Season 8 of Buffy has so thoroughly trounced every other “event” offered since it began that I can only imagine the agony. And how has it done it? With magnificent characters, great dialogue, wit and humor, and action that adds to the story rather than taking its place. The Dracula action moments (his attack in the beginning and his humbling of the HVIC [Head Vampire in Charge]), for example, are fantastic not in a vaccum but in what they add to the character. This is simply the way it is done by the greats.

And while it is hard to argue a 4.5 is low, in this case I think I will, gently. If this isn’t a 5 there isn’t one. And I know Matthew has a good reason, and like him I am a big softy so I had a tear or two, I think that moment only adds to the magnificence of this book. That Xander does not get to explore and grow the relationship is the price for his relationship with Buffy. He has paid it time and again and will continue to do so until the end. It is why he clings to her at the end of the book knowing that loving her has cost him everything, but not able to let go.

And for those out there thinking I have forgotten, it has also cost Willow everything, including a piece of her soul. The Green Serpent thing in her vision is the dark goddess she begins summoning at the end of Season 6 to destroy the world. So in this issue that had everything we even get a shout out to a future Big Bad with seeds in the past. Man, this is GREAT!!!

]]> By: Jacin B. http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/4220.htm/#comment-71890 Jacin B. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:51:19 +0000 http://www.majorspoilers.com/?p=4220#comment-71890 This was an awesome issue. This week was filled with tremendously satisfying comics, including the Detective Comics and Robin / Spoiler issues you guys reviewed earlier. This was an awesome issue.

This week was filled with tremendously satisfying comics, including the Detective Comics and Robin / Spoiler issues you guys reviewed earlier.

]]> By: Lifeisaglitch http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/4220.htm/#comment-71854 Lifeisaglitch Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:39:22 +0000 http://www.majorspoilers.com/?p=4220#comment-71854 Wait what Godzilla reference?... Did i miss a reference, besides the obvious mecha VS real deal in Tokyo??? But but but i don't miss references i never do... Dawn rips the creatures head off, screaming “I do not!” ???????? Is it hidden in this? Wait what Godzilla reference?… Did i miss a reference, besides the obvious mecha VS real deal in Tokyo??? But but but i don’t miss references i never do…

Dawn rips the creatures head off, screaming “I do not!” ???????? Is it hidden in this?

]]> By: Cory http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/4220.htm/#comment-71852 Cory Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:31:08 +0000 http://www.majorspoilers.com/?p=4220#comment-71852 I want to see more FAITH. Faith and Giles deserve another storyline before the season is over. I want to see more FAITH. Faith and Giles deserve another storyline before the season is over.

]]> By: Cory http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/4220.htm/#comment-71851 Cory Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:29:39 +0000 http://www.majorspoilers.com/?p=4220#comment-71851 Wonderful issue. I hope Drew Goddard comes back to do another story line. They really fleshed out the Dracula character nicely; especially at the end when he tries to console Xander in his own inhuman way. It would be cool if Drusilla came back further on in the series. Then at the conclusion it would be nice to see how Drusilla and Dracula interact. All written by Joss Whedon of course. Wonderful issue. I hope Drew Goddard comes back to do another story line.

They really fleshed out the Dracula character nicely; especially at the end when he tries to console Xander in his own inhuman way.

It would be cool if Drusilla came back further on in the series. Then at the conclusion it would be nice to see how Drusilla and Dracula interact. All written by Joss Whedon of course.

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