Yes, by all means, unsullied good evening. But there must've been a way to do it that wasn't so sugary and manipulative. It wasn't the concept that I didn't like. It was the execution.
Lorne: Take care of yourself and ah, make sure fluffy is getting enough love. Gunn: Did he have anything? Fred: No. And who's fluffy? Are you fluffy? Gunn: He called me fluffy? Fred: He said make sure…wait. You don't think he was referring to anything of mine that's fluffy, do you? Because that would just be inappropriate.
'Conviction (1)'
Buffy 4: Grr. Arrgh.
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UTTAD - Aug 27, 2003 4:48:13 am PDT #5237 of 10001
Strawberry disappointment.
Fred Pete - Aug 27, 2003 4:58:26 am PDT #5238 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I know it would have screwed up the moment, but does anyone else wish we'd seen an "evil Slayer" in the Chosen montage?
That's one of the questions left open if ME ever decides to produce an S8. What do all those new Slayers do with their power? What if some choose to use their power for evil? Will there be a Slayer civil war? And even more broadly, how does the world change now that some unknown number of ordinary-looking women can beat the unholy crap out of anyone who crosses them in any way?
Cindy - Aug 27, 2003 5:16:23 am PDT #5239 of 10001
Nobody
And even more broadly, how does the world change now that some unknown number of ordinary-looking women can beat the unholy crap out of anyone who crosses them in any way?
You mean other than for the better?
Jessica - Aug 27, 2003 5:20:34 am PDT #5240 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
You mean other than for the better?
Oh yes, I'm sure the demonic power that gives Slayers their strength was careful to choose only highly moral Potentials imbued with a passion for helping people and who will vow to use their superstrength only for good.
'Cause, it's not like Faith ever caused any problems.
Cindy - Aug 27, 2003 5:23:12 am PDT #5241 of 10001
Nobody
Oh yes, I'm sure the demonic power that gives Slayers their strength was careful to choose only highly moral Potentials imbued with a passion for helping people and who will vow to use their superstrength only for good.
'Cause, it's not like Faith ever caused any problems.
(My 'for the better' quip was a quip in the battle of the sexes or damn-the-man kind of vein, not a canon vein)
Seriously though, of course there will be bad slayers. But that sort of argument ("What If They Misuse Their Power") has been trotted out to oppose giving women the right to vote, freeing slaves, you name it. It doesn't reach me.
Jessica - Aug 27, 2003 5:26:06 am PDT #5242 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
But that sort of argument ("What If They Misuse Their Power") has been trotted out to oppose giving women the right to vote, freeing slaves, you name it.
Those parallels only work if there were already an unknown number of men with superstrength that are only now balanced by the number of new Slayers.
Chosen didn't equalize any balance of power, it tipped it rather monstrously in favor of, not women, but hundreds of teenage girls. You seriously believe that's not a recipe for disaster?
Steph L. - Aug 27, 2003 5:27:44 am PDT #5243 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
hundreds of teenage girls. You seriously believe that's not a recipe for disaster?
'NSync is screwed....
Frankenbuddha - Aug 27, 2003 5:29:01 am PDT #5244 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Plus, seeing Jonothan (Jonathon? neither looks right, dammit) giving the award to her and making his speech is going to give me additional allergies given how things ended up.
esse - Aug 27, 2003 5:29:21 am PDT #5245 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
'NSync is screwed....
BWAH!
§ ita § - Aug 27, 2003 5:29:39 am PDT #5246 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Faith wouldn't have caused problems if Buffy would have just been nicer to her.
Think I can start a kerfuffle?