No, no, my fault. I should have realized that commenting on the link to Dollhouse would open the way to spoilers. Sorry about that. But you now know why I kept saying that after I saw Dollhouse, I knew exactly what Whedon was doing with Twilight.
Scott Allie has denied that this story has anything to do with the other Twilight, but that's at the least disingenuous and at most an outright lie. Or perhaps I'm getting mixed up. Allie said that Joss isn't mocking Bangel, but it is of course possible that he's using Bangel to mock the other Twilight. Not the same thing.
Does Scott Allie have a purpose besides tweaking fans? I can't see one.
At any rate - I think they are mocking both the Stephanie Meyer Twilight books and Bangel (the relationship that in part inspired the Bella/Edward) - although to be fair, it's hardly new. Dark Shadows had a Bangel relationship, as did Anne Rice's books (which Whedon also makes fun of), and countless others. Apparently a popular trope in paranormal romance. Not my favorite - got bored of it in 1999 or thereabouts, but it makes other people happy, obviously. Oh well, they'll get Twuffy for about two issues...then all hell will break loose. ;-)
I miss Satsu too, and I agree there's plenty of potential for the very dark ending you cite, were it not for the fact that Joss is planning a season 9. Of course, that could all be set in whatever dark dimension he plans to send Buffy to (if he indeed plans to do that).
Oh, I don't think they're going to do it until S9 or S10, assuming that they can draw this out that long. Something will happen at the end of this season which will set in motion the events that lead to Buffy and the gang getting rid of all the demons and magic in the world - a la Fray. That's at least one theory. It's not one I particularly want, because I prefer the Buffyverse to the Frayverse, and I think Whedon is making a mistake sacrificing his TV heroine to bring about the comic book one. But...at the same time, I'm really really curious to see if he does it, and if so, how. And if he doesn't do it, what he does instead.
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Date: 2010-03-11 01:51 am (UTC)Scott Allie has denied that this story has anything to do with the other Twilight, but that's at the least disingenuous and at most an outright lie. Or perhaps I'm getting mixed up. Allie said that Joss isn't mocking Bangel, but it is of course possible that he's using Bangel to mock the other Twilight. Not the same thing.
Does Scott Allie have a purpose besides tweaking fans? I can't see one.
At any rate - I think they are mocking both the Stephanie Meyer Twilight books and Bangel (the relationship that in part inspired the Bella/Edward) - although to be fair, it's hardly new. Dark Shadows had a Bangel relationship, as did Anne Rice's books (which Whedon also makes fun of), and countless others. Apparently a popular trope in paranormal romance. Not my favorite - got bored of it in 1999 or thereabouts, but it makes other people happy, obviously. Oh well, they'll get Twuffy for about two issues...then all hell will break loose. ;-)
I miss Satsu too, and I agree there's plenty of potential for the very dark ending you cite, were it not for the fact that Joss is planning a season 9. Of course, that could all be set in whatever dark dimension he plans to send Buffy to (if he indeed plans to do that).
Oh, I don't think they're going to do it until S9 or S10, assuming that they can draw this out that long. Something will happen at the end of this season which will set in motion the events that lead to Buffy and the gang getting rid of all the demons and magic in the world - a la Fray. That's at least one theory. It's not one I particularly want, because I prefer the Buffyverse to the Frayverse, and I think Whedon is making a mistake sacrificing his TV heroine to bring about the comic book one. But...at the same time, I'm really really curious to see if he does it, and if so, how. And if he doesn't do it, what he does instead.