Well not much to add other than to say I agree with all of it but then I thought the story was boring and lame right off the bat.
The news that we'll not get to know until issue 10 reinforces my view. Although to be fair we've had the Faith diversion.
"(assuming that this is still a character-driven rather than plot-driven series)"
Well every single arc so far has been plot driven. If this was S1 then okay but S8?
I think the comic actually proves the opposite of what Joss & BKV think. Buffy is singularly unsuited to comics.
I mean why stretch it out? She can only talk to Willow and then basically says nothing. She probably only spills to Xander as he is back to supporto guy. The characters have one dimension less than the comic ;-)
As for why they don't show Dawn the symbol that derives from the need for characters to act stupid in order to serve the plot. Which itself subverts Buffy's subversion of the horror cliche of looking into the basement, or the helpless girl. If Dawn acted like S7 Dawn then probably she would solve the problem in no time.
Maybe he thinks if he resets Dawn we will not notice all the other character resets.
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The news that we'll not get to know until issue 10 reinforces my view. Although to be fair we've had the Faith diversion.
"(assuming that this is still a character-driven rather than plot-driven series)"
Well every single arc so far has been plot driven. If this was S1 then okay but S8?
I think the comic actually proves the opposite of what Joss & BKV think. Buffy is singularly unsuited to comics.
I mean why stretch it out? She can only talk to Willow and then basically says nothing. She probably only spills to Xander as he is back to supporto guy. The characters have one dimension less than the comic ;-)
As for why they don't show Dawn the symbol that derives from the need for characters to act stupid in order to serve the plot. Which itself subverts Buffy's subversion of the horror cliche of looking into the basement, or the helpless girl. If Dawn acted like S7 Dawn then probably she would solve the problem in no time.
Maybe he thinks if he resets Dawn we will not notice all the other character resets.