As for Amy being the significant villain, I'm not much more enthusiastic about that one, frankly (...) and I really don't see her carrying a whole (or part of a whole) season.
To be honest, I don't think she's supposed to. It's Twilight who are the Big Bad this season (of course from their perspective they're the heroes and Buffy is the Big Bad). However, they're unfamiliar new characters; plus as a secretive behind-the-scenes conspiracy, there's not much the writers can do to personalise them and make them come alive for the reader, or seem like a clear and present danger to Buffy instead of a long-term threat. So instead, Joss brought in Amy and Warren to act as their hired strike team; a familiar face (and lack of face) among the strangeness.
Amy is no more the Big Bad of this season than Mr Trick was of season 3, in my opinion.
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Date: 2007-06-27 09:31 am (UTC)To be honest, I don't think she's supposed to. It's Twilight who are the Big Bad this season (of course from their perspective they're the heroes and Buffy is the Big Bad). However, they're unfamiliar new characters; plus as a secretive behind-the-scenes conspiracy, there's not much the writers can do to personalise them and make them come alive for the reader, or seem like a clear and present danger to Buffy instead of a long-term threat. So instead, Joss brought in Amy and Warren to act as their hired strike team; a familiar face (and lack of face) among the strangeness.
Amy is no more the Big Bad of this season than Mr Trick was of season 3, in my opinion.