Poll pants on

[beer_good_foamy]

OK, I'm bored, let's have a poll on Season 8. If nothing else, it should be useful to have as a reference point a few issues from now, see who was right and who was wrong. So no more waffling, throw your hats in the ring and pick a winner. Or loser. Spoilers include recent comments by Allie.



...and it just struck me that I forgot the option "there will be no major
character death" on #4. So just check "Other" or something.

[Poll #1435256]

Comments

[xlivvielockex.livejournal.com]

I seriously love you for this poll. It made me laugh. I know that, at least from your other review, you weren't liking the tone of your reviews but honestly, with all the meh about the comics, I think your review tones are spot on. Just because someone can write a television show with help from a lot of other people doesn't mean they can do well in a comic form where they are the only one. Nobody is there to tell you that your ideas are strange and out of character. Most people at least bounce ideas off their friends before they write. And that is what writer's rooms are for. I feel like these comics are lacking that, input from others.

So now that I am off my soapbox, I think it will probably be Willow betraying Buffy or Buffy betraying Willow. Otherwise what was the point of the foray into the future. I did ticky the whole Twilight will be someone we don't want it to be because well, I really want it to be Deadpool. We could use some sarcasm and some kick ass fighting, you know? Deadpool versus the Slayer, what a crossover. LOL

I picked Dawn for the chopping block because without turning her into Dawnzilla or a horse, she really doesn't have a purpose in the comics. But reading the comments, I am leaning Giles now. Which really sucks but I can totally see it. Not because it would be good storytelling but because it would be killing off a loved character to get ratings sell comics. There is only so many times you can kill off the fan favorites before it's no longer shocking and just schlocking (yes, I made up a word! LOL) Then again, maybe Giles will come back as a Hellgod or at least the Prime Minister.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

:-) Love ya too. Though in fairness to Joss, he seems to have talked through the "let's forget what actually happened with Warren" approach with Jane Espenson, at least.

I think it will probably be Willow betraying Buffy or Buffy betraying Willow

Yeah, and I'm leaning towards Buffy being the betrayer. #10 goes out of its way to not say that she's the one who's been betrayed; we see Buffy crying, we're told there's been "betrayal", and we assume that she's the victim... it looks like a misdirect to me. Joss always liked ambiguous prophecies.

I picked Dawn for the chopping block because without turning her into Dawnzilla or a horse, she really doesn't have a purpose in the comics.

Plus that whole bit about Buffy "loving her to death" - sounds way too much like exactly like that line in Dr Horrible - "the only thing that's looming is me loving you to death." And we know what happened to Penny, right? And the comics have gone to some length to establish that this incarnation of Buffy doesn't really care much about Dawn, so...

Then again, maybe Giles will come back as a Hellgod or at least the Prime Minister.

What if the Doctor and Rose cameo in #6 was actually a plot point, and he comes back as that alien ASH played in "School Reunion"? I'd buy that.

[elisi]

What if the Doctor and Rose cameo in #6 was actually a plot point, and he comes back as that alien ASH played in "School Reunion"? I'd buy that.
Crossovers ftw! Mostly though I would love to see Buffy Vs Johnson. (My money would be on Johnson. Live ammunition and no moral scruples.)