I also think so. I think the "celebrity" twist may be a set-up for a situation in which Buffy, to prevent the end of the world, will have to turn all slayers, including herself, into ordinary humans. Or it will be the consequence of getting rid of all the demons. And season 9 will be about Buffy struggling in a fascist utopia and finally restoring her power.
Oh, I like this idea. It's already been established in Wolves At the Gate that this can be done. The only question is - who does it? Buffy? Willow? Or does Twilight?
But, I'm not sure she survives the closing off of the demons. I have a vague memory of a picture of someone - looks like Buffy, but you can't tell with the art, disappearing into the demon world with the portal sealing behind her. Not a fate I want. So I'm hoping for the version you describe above. Apparently I'm going to have to read the transcriptions of Whedon's interview. The only one I've read so far is the Spike bit.
One of the reasons I'm still reading Buffy - is I'm curious to see how he aligns the Frayverse and Buffy, and what he decides to do with Angel and Spike. Will he have Buffy seal them into the dimension? Will they sacrifice themselves? (a la Marvel Comics). Will she go with them in act of similar sacrifice? Will they all turn human? Will they die first and then she does it?
I do get the impression that he is exploring both here and in Fray that no solution is perfect, they all have dicey consequences.
I'm curious who do you think is Twilight? My guess is Caleb.
I think you may be right. Before Warren came back from the dead, I'd have said, nah, Caleb's gone. But now? Not so much. Also Twilight sounds a lot like Caleb. More so than the other villians from the past.
There's a popular theory online that Twilight is "Harth" from the Frayverse, but I don't see that. Too complicated to set up. I have a sneaking suspicion he's a new character - of course that does not explain the mask.
Some people think he's Xander. But Xander would have to be two places at once, which is a bit difficult to do. Also he's quite a bit bigger than Riley, so unless Xander has grown. Wrong physical type and wrong vocal pattern. Same with Harth - he's bigger than Harth.
Can't be Angel or Spike - for same reason he can't be Xander - would have to be two places at the same time. Also wrong speech pattern.
No, logically? Caleb works best. (I used to think it was Riley - because Twilight fits Riley's speech patterns and height, as well as his issues. Sort of an extreme version of Riley's whole military initiative drive. But Whedon chose to make Riley - Twilight's spy or aide or whatever instead.)
It's a recurring theme in his work - I see it as far back as Toy Story and Alien Resurrection (which he wrote but despised the direction of).
It was a very interesting experiment, but I think it was doomed by default because two demiurges (and I regard Jeunet as a demiurg) with absolutely different sensibilities can't co-exist in one universe.
Oooh. That explains a lot. Yes, you are right. Two demiurges cannot occupy the same space without killing each other.
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Re: part 2
Date: 2009-01-27 12:49 am (UTC)Oh, I like this idea. It's already been established in Wolves At the Gate that this can be done. The only question is - who does it? Buffy? Willow?
Or does Twilight?
But, I'm not sure she survives the closing off of the demons. I have a vague memory of a picture of someone - looks like Buffy, but you can't tell with the art, disappearing into the demon world with the portal sealing behind her. Not a fate I want. So I'm hoping for the version you describe above. Apparently I'm going to have to read the transcriptions of Whedon's interview. The only one I've read so far is the Spike bit.
One of the reasons I'm still reading Buffy - is I'm curious to see how he aligns the Frayverse and Buffy, and what he decides to do with Angel and Spike. Will he have Buffy seal them into the dimension? Will they sacrifice themselves? (a la Marvel Comics). Will she go with them in act of similar sacrifice? Will they all turn human? Will they die first and then she does it?
I do get the impression that he is exploring both here and in Fray that no solution is perfect, they all have dicey consequences.
I'm curious who do you think is Twilight? My guess is Caleb.
I think you may be right. Before Warren came back from the dead, I'd have said, nah, Caleb's gone. But now? Not so much. Also Twilight sounds a lot like Caleb. More so than the other villians from the past.
There's a popular theory online that Twilight is "Harth" from the Frayverse, but I don't see that. Too complicated to set up. I have a sneaking suspicion he's a new character - of course that does not explain the mask.
Some people think he's Xander. But Xander would have to be two places at once, which is a bit difficult to do. Also he's quite a bit bigger than Riley, so unless Xander has grown. Wrong physical type and wrong vocal pattern. Same with Harth - he's bigger than Harth.
Can't be Angel or Spike - for same reason he can't be Xander - would have to be two places at the same time. Also wrong speech pattern.
No, logically? Caleb works best. (I used to think it was Riley - because Twilight fits Riley's speech patterns and height, as well as his issues.
Sort of an extreme version of Riley's whole military initiative drive.
But Whedon chose to make Riley - Twilight's spy or aide or whatever instead.)
It's a recurring theme in his work - I see it as far back as Toy Story and Alien Resurrection (which he wrote but despised the direction of).
It was a very interesting experiment, but I think it was doomed by default because two demiurges (and I regard Jeunet as a demiurg) with absolutely different sensibilities can't co-exist in one universe.
Oooh. That explains a lot. Yes, you are right. Two demiurges cannot occupy the same space without killing each other.