Buffy season 11 no 6
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shapinglightYet again, I liked it a lot.
Spoilers behind cut
The issue is pretty much a Buffy/Willow twofer, with a small contribution from Spike. In it, Buffy turns the tables on the Ogre and his gang (they were plotting to ambush and kill her at the end of the last issue, if you remember?), discovers that the Ogre is actually an informant forthe evil vice-president whoever is behind the weird stuff with computer coding and magical symbols that the camp has inmates working on while on day-release (as it were).
Armed with this information, Willow and Buffy, with Spike's help, devise a clever way of getting Willow briefly outside the magic-containing barrier with Buffy so she can have a look at what is going on. Back inside the camp, the three of them realise that what is being built (elsewhere, only the components are being made at the camp) is a device to strip people of their magic. Slayers and human magic wielders will end up as ordinary humans, but demons and other magical beings will be devastated by it, while those whose existence depends entirely on magic - such as vampires - will be wiped out altogether.
Buffy isn't down with this, obviously, though Spike, playing devil's advocate, reminds her that lots of people will think this is a brilliant idea. Buffy insists it's genocide and they won't allow it. Somehow, she and Willow have to break out of the camp, expose what's going on to the world and put an end to it. For one thing, if someone (*cough* the evil vice-president - *cough*) is collecting all this magic it's pretty certain they aren't going to do anything good with it.
I do think this might have been a moment for Buffy to consider that, no matter what her personal feelings about Spike (and Angel), when it comes to vampires, Spike has a point. But I guess she's gone beyond that now. Maybe it's being forced to live with a bunch of demons and seeing some of them aren't so bad (though the vampires surely are?), but if so, it would be nice if she had said so.
Only other thing of note, Willow has been draining some Wiccans of their magic -at their request, because they can't stand it inside the camp any more, and some of them have partners and children.
Like I said, I enjoyed it, and it's good to see Rebekah Isaacs back on art duties.
Spoilers behind cut
The issue is pretty much a Buffy/Willow twofer, with a small contribution from Spike. In it, Buffy turns the tables on the Ogre and his gang (they were plotting to ambush and kill her at the end of the last issue, if you remember?), discovers that the Ogre is actually an informant for
Armed with this information, Willow and Buffy, with Spike's help, devise a clever way of getting Willow briefly outside the magic-containing barrier with Buffy so she can have a look at what is going on. Back inside the camp, the three of them realise that what is being built (elsewhere, only the components are being made at the camp) is a device to strip people of their magic. Slayers and human magic wielders will end up as ordinary humans, but demons and other magical beings will be devastated by it, while those whose existence depends entirely on magic - such as vampires - will be wiped out altogether.
Buffy isn't down with this, obviously, though Spike, playing devil's advocate, reminds her that lots of people will think this is a brilliant idea. Buffy insists it's genocide and they won't allow it. Somehow, she and Willow have to break out of the camp, expose what's going on to the world and put an end to it. For one thing, if someone (*cough* the evil vice-president - *cough*) is collecting all this magic it's pretty certain they aren't going to do anything good with it.
I do think this might have been a moment for Buffy to consider that, no matter what her personal feelings about Spike (and Angel), when it comes to vampires, Spike has a point. But I guess she's gone beyond that now. Maybe it's being forced to live with a bunch of demons and seeing some of them aren't so bad (though the vampires surely are?), but if so, it would be nice if she had said so.
Only other thing of note, Willow has been draining some Wiccans of their magic -at their request, because they can't stand it inside the camp any more, and some of them have partners and children.
Like I said, I enjoyed it, and it's good to see Rebekah Isaacs back on art duties.
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Date: 2017-04-21 07:24 am (UTC)I don't mind. As long as they're not rubbish about princesses.
Though I enjoy some of those too - it's just that there are a lot that are stupid