In any case, either Allie's an idiot, or he's lying to us. I don't think highly of him, so I'd say either one is equally possible.
Could be both. How do we know that Joss has ever told him whether or not Buffy knows that Spike is alive? Joss has probably just told him the basic structure of Season 8, but not the details, or everything that's planned for Season 9. Just enough that Allie smugly thinks he's "in the loop," but when you quiz him on details, he'd likely just give his opinion in order to save face and make him seem more important and knowledgeable than he really is. He's just the editor, not the writer, and he's the editor of a whole lot of other DH comics to try to keep track of. We know what Allie thinks of Spuffy, so of course THAT would be HIS opinion. And Allie never said that JOSS said that Buffy knows.
Half of everything Allie says sounds like he's talking out of his ass. If he turns out to be right on this, I'd attribute it more to coincidence than him actually having a clue.
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Date: 2009-01-13 04:55 pm (UTC)Could be both. How do we know that Joss has ever told him whether or not Buffy knows that Spike is alive? Joss has probably just told him the basic structure of Season 8, but not the details, or everything that's planned for Season 9. Just enough that Allie smugly thinks he's "in the loop," but when you quiz him on details, he'd likely just give his opinion in order to save face and make him seem more important and knowledgeable than he really is. He's just the editor, not the writer, and he's the editor of a whole lot of other DH comics to try to keep track of. We know what Allie thinks of Spuffy, so of course THAT would be HIS opinion. And Allie never said that JOSS said that Buffy knows.
Half of everything Allie says sounds like he's talking out of his ass. If he turns out to be right on this, I'd attribute it more to coincidence than him actually having a clue.