It has taken me a little while to adapt my expectations to the nature of the comic book medium, since after years of watching the TV series my sense of timing is really oriented towards that.
However, I did accept that I would have to adapt, and now my patience is being rewarded as things are starting to come together in this story. I recently went back and re-read the entire season 8 series to date, and was (almost) surprised to see how well it has been planned out.
I think a key issue Whedon is approaching for the long term story is the manner in which Buffy will make the transition from the leader of a few (or of simply herself) to the leader of many. I think that Xander had it basically right (although his phrasing could have been better) when he said that Buffy has difficulty feeling the "connection" because of the fact that she is the leader, not one of the followers.
However, Buffy is still Buffy, and that means resolutions will not come quickly or easily-- she'll learn from the past about some things and fail to about others. That strikes me as pretty much the way real people do things.
I really loved this current issue, and especially the portions you cited regarding Satsu. I thought it was both clever and insightful that while Twilight is making his speech to his followers about how Buffy "trusts her moral certainty" -- something he sees as her great potential weakness-- she is cradling Satsu head against hers and consoling that her friend and Slayer didn't let her down.
Then later, we see an homage to S7 Buffy telling Willow that "I have so much power, I'm giving it away."
The fatal weakness of Buffy's enemies, I would say, it that such a concept is simply beyond their understanding.
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Date: 2008-02-10 09:01 pm (UTC)However, I did accept that I would have to adapt, and now my patience is being rewarded as things are starting to come together in this story. I recently went back and re-read the entire season 8 series to date, and was (almost) surprised to see how well it has been planned out.
I think a key issue Whedon is approaching for the long term story is the manner in which Buffy will make the transition from the leader of a few (or of simply herself) to the leader of many. I think that Xander had it basically right (although his phrasing could have been better) when he said that Buffy has difficulty feeling the "connection" because of the fact that she is the leader, not one of the followers.
However, Buffy is still Buffy, and that means resolutions will not come quickly or easily-- she'll learn from the past about some things and fail to about others. That strikes me as pretty much the way real people do things.
I really loved this current issue, and especially the portions you cited regarding Satsu. I thought it was both clever and insightful that while Twilight is making his speech to his followers about how Buffy "trusts her moral certainty" -- something he sees as her great potential weakness-- she is cradling Satsu head against hers and consoling that her friend and Slayer didn't let her down.
Then later, we see an homage to S7 Buffy telling Willow that "I have so much power, I'm giving it away."
The fatal weakness of Buffy's enemies, I would say, it that such a concept is simply beyond their understanding.