That theory is actually workable, since Harth bears an odd resemblance in the comic to Xander and a lot of fans think Twilight is Xander. (I don't. Doesn't work without a lot of retconning, not that Whedon isn't capable of retconning, but I think he'd end up pissing off 80% of his fan base in the process.)
Yeah, I remember that - it was one of my issues with Season 7 - it felt like Whedon was attempting to make it and Fray fit. And I'm not sure the two universes do. The scythe felt a bit too easy. (Not that they haven't done that before...but still.) Can see why he thought better of making S7 lead directly to Fray - to do that, he'd have to destroy Angel's world. After all - before Fray, the vampires, demons, magic were all exiled. That would make it impossible to continue telling Spike and Angel's stories.
Sigh. It appears that I'm going to have to attempt to read Fray again, because I'm not sure I'll be able to follow the storyline without doing so. I own the graphic novel, it's currently collecting dust on my bookshelf devoted to graphic novels and comics.
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Date: 2008-08-10 07:34 pm (UTC)Yeah, I remember that - it was one of my issues with Season 7 - it felt like Whedon was attempting to make it and Fray fit. And I'm not sure the two universes do. The scythe felt a bit too easy. (Not that they haven't done that before...but still.) Can see why he thought better of making S7 lead directly to Fray - to do that, he'd have to destroy Angel's world. After all - before Fray, the vampires, demons, magic were all exiled. That would make it impossible to continue telling Spike and Angel's stories.
Sigh. It appears that I'm going to have to attempt to read Fray again, because I'm not sure I'll be able to follow the storyline without doing so. I own the graphic novel, it's currently collecting dust on my bookshelf devoted to graphic novels and comics.