Buffy season 10 no 16
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shapinglightA really enjoyable issue, I thought.
Spoilers behind cut
For one thing, it was better balanced. More action to leaven the personal stuff. I enjoyed it quite a lot, especially the fight scene (which, no, was not Spike fighting Angel while Buffy stands off to the side rolling her eyes, but Spike/Buffy/Angel vs a very nasty demon.
(The first time they've fought together since Lovers' Walk in season 3. :)
Am puzzled by Christos Gage's assertion on Twitter that this issue would annoy both 'shipping factions. Can't see why it would, unless you loathe Angel so much nothing would satisfy you than to see Buffy spit in his eye and then dust him (and come to think of it, I can think of one Spike fan like that (not on LJ) but have often thought they live in their own little world, in which BtVS is a totally different show.
In fact, it's not even called BtVS. More like StVSS (which stands for Spike the Vampire Slayer Slayer, in case you were wondering)).
The Spike/Angel stuff in the issue is quite well handled, I think. They come across far more like they did in TGiQ - ie. both equally petty but comrades in arms- rather than the very unbalanced way their dynamic was portrayed in A&F in season 9, with Angel as the all-wise condescending older brother and Spike as the snarky but basically useless younger one.
I'm not sure if Buffy's conflicted feelings about Angel really came across that well, but assume the story will return to them in later issues. Was also pleased to see Spike deny that Buffy was 'his girlfriend now', as stated (rather OOC-ly by Dawn in an attempt to reassure him). Buffydoesn't belong to anyone, he says. If she did, she wouldn't be her.
The Archaeus stuff is weird. Despite the fact he's being built up as a major threat, I still don't think he's the season Big Bad. In fact, given the spoilers about Buffy's dad turning up in no 19, I'm beginning to wonder if one of the posters on Slayalive is finally going to get their wish and Hank Summers will turn out to be the Big Bad.
Maybe Hank's been a major league warlock all along, and he's the one who wrote the new vampires' powers into the Vampyr book?
God, I hope not! That would be really lame IMO!
Which is why they might actually do it.
Spoilers behind cut
For one thing, it was better balanced. More action to leaven the personal stuff. I enjoyed it quite a lot, especially the fight scene (which, no, was not Spike fighting Angel while Buffy stands off to the side rolling her eyes, but Spike/Buffy/Angel vs a very nasty demon.
(The first time they've fought together since Lovers' Walk in season 3. :)
Am puzzled by Christos Gage's assertion on Twitter that this issue would annoy both 'shipping factions. Can't see why it would, unless you loathe Angel so much nothing would satisfy you than to see Buffy spit in his eye and then dust him (and come to think of it, I can think of one Spike fan like that (not on LJ) but have often thought they live in their own little world, in which BtVS is a totally different show.
In fact, it's not even called BtVS. More like StVSS (which stands for Spike the Vampire Slayer Slayer, in case you were wondering)).
The Spike/Angel stuff in the issue is quite well handled, I think. They come across far more like they did in TGiQ - ie. both equally petty but comrades in arms- rather than the very unbalanced way their dynamic was portrayed in A&F in season 9, with Angel as the all-wise condescending older brother and Spike as the snarky but basically useless younger one.
I'm not sure if Buffy's conflicted feelings about Angel really came across that well, but assume the story will return to them in later issues. Was also pleased to see Spike deny that Buffy was 'his girlfriend now', as stated (rather OOC-ly by Dawn in an attempt to reassure him). Buffydoesn't belong to anyone, he says. If she did, she wouldn't be her.
The Archaeus stuff is weird. Despite the fact he's being built up as a major threat, I still don't think he's the season Big Bad. In fact, given the spoilers about Buffy's dad turning up in no 19, I'm beginning to wonder if one of the posters on Slayalive is finally going to get their wish and Hank Summers will turn out to be the Big Bad.
Maybe Hank's been a major league warlock all along, and he's the one who wrote the new vampires' powers into the Vampyr book?
God, I hope not! That would be really lame IMO!
Which is why they might actually do it.