Like I just said, I think the solid argument is "season 8 fails to intrigue". The promethea comparison just raises the spectre that Joss should be doing what Moore is doing, and that's not fair and I don't even think that's what you want to argue at the end of the day.

I wouldn't call my proposed meaning 'satire'. I'd say we're swooshed up in events like the characters and nobody knows what's going on. And we in the audience certainly do not know what's going on. Retconning Willow one short issue after she makes her pronouncement about what is going on strikes me as a big sign that nobody is to be seen as the reliable spokesman for the author about what is happening. We can argue about whether that's the effect Joss is aiming at, or whether it's an effect he should be aiming at. But I'm just not willing to say -- prior to Joss's exposition in Last Gleaming -- that I know now that Twilight just fails. Enemies would have failed spectacularly if we left off the last act. I'm agnostic about whether this will pull together or not. I can see why you are betting on 'not'. I just can't go that last step with you of betting myself. I'm too busy rooting for the story to want to place bets.