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It's Lion Turtles all the way down ([personal profile] lettered) wrote2006-08-01 02:21 am

Questions Post #11

I have another batch of random questions.


General
Do you think Spike ever turned anybody?
Do you think Drusilla ever turned anyone except Spike?
Do you think Darla or Angel ever killed any Slayers?
Where did Gunn live in S2 of AtS?
Can anyone really explain why Buffy dying in "The Gift" made sense? Other than thematically, I mean.
What kind of music does Buffy like?
Doesn't Spike's duster look . . . too big on him, sometimes?
How come Angel's demon form can go out in the sunlight in Pylea? Wesley's explanation for Angel's human form withstanding sunlight is that the human aspects, like seeing his reflection etc are stronger, but then in demon form, shouldn't they be demon-y?
Is Pylea an alternate reality, like a world without shrimp? Or is it an alternate dimension? Is there a difference? Is there anything meta-cle about these terms and what they signify in Jossverse?

Season 6 of BtVS
Do Willow or Tara ever get a job?
Do Anya or Xander (or Willow or Tara) ever think to contribute anything to Buffy's money problems? I mean Willow (and Tara, before she moves out) is living in Buffy's house.
Did the Scoobies really not realize Buffy would come back to life in her grave?
Does anyone think the way they wrote Giles off the show was in character or well done?
Is it just me or do random references to Angel seem to increase in this season?
How does JM do that thing where he looks at SMG like he worships her with everything in him, without looking like a complete boob? Most people look like boobs when they do that. And not the good kind of boobs.
Why doesn't Giles reveal to the council that Buffy died? Isn't he aware that sooner or later everyone will find out? What does he seek to gain by hiding it? (I'm only asking about Giles because presumably you could say the Scoobies kept up the deception of the Buffybot because they thought they were bringing Buffy back anyway).
How come Amber Benson sings so well?
Why can't Spike decide how to fix his hair? Why can't Anya decide how to fix her hair?

Random
Who raised Bruce Wayne (after his parents died)? If it was Alfred, how did Alfred get custody?
Did you guys know Anthony Head is in the new Woody Allen movie (Scoop. I've seen two Woody Allen movies now. The first I despised and this one was really good! I loved Woody Allen in it; he was so endearing!)? Head has 2 lines, but Giles! OMG big-screen Giles!
Why do ants bear away their dead brethren?

[identity profile] jgracio.livejournal.com 2006-08-01 09:50 am (UTC)(link)
Also,

I thought about that, but as I said, the truth would come out sooner or later. Buffy is DEAD; Giles doesn't think that's going to unhappen. If he's worried about the consequences with Faith, why isn't he trying to work out a solution?

He could still hope that some other Slayer would show up. And Giles by S6 is pretty much a burned up man, not thinking straight.

And quite frankly, I don't think he was all that worried that the Council would try to kill Faith, but more that they'd release her. Or maybe he thinks the Scoobs + Spike + Buffybot are doing a good enough job, I mean, he moves to England unafraid of any possible apocalypses.
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[identity profile] tkp.livejournal.com 2006-08-01 10:09 am (UTC)(link)
I guess I never considered that he thought there was the possbility of another Slayer being Called. Huh.

One thing that bothers me about it is if the Scoobs + Spike + Buffybot really are enough, it kinda belies the "one girl in all the world" thing. The premise of the show is that only the Slayer can do the Slayer's job, which was always what made Buffy's job so hard.

[identity profile] jgracio.livejournal.com 2006-08-01 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
The show isn't consistent.

In the Summer :

S1 to S2, nothing happens.
S2 to S3, Buffy runs away, the powerless Scoobies risk life and limb to keep the city safe and actually manage it.
S3 to S4, Guess nothing happens.
S4 to S5, More nothing.
S5 to S6, Oh noes, Buffy's dead, the Scoobs need all the help they can get, they bond with Spike (a Master Vampire), have the Buffybot, two powerful witches, but they still need a Slayer.
S6 to S7, Hum? Nuthin?


Buffy is not about making sense rationally, it's about making sense emotionally.

[identity profile] dlgood.livejournal.com 2006-08-01 12:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Willow and Xander say they didn't see any vamps in S1-2. During the S2-3 summer, they say that they 10 vampires over about three months, which is maybe one every nine or ten days - so while they were out there, it was still a pretty light time.

Otherwise, there's no real talk of what the level of activity was in the S3-4, S4-5 and S6-7 summers. Whether it was pretty much no activity, or if it was just some low-level activity.

The S5-6 Summer is really the only one where stuff goes down - because it's really the only one where it's a plot point to have something happen.