Whedon did the same thing in the issue Living Doll, but a little differently - used Gepetto as the villian but with a different take.
Also the Gepetto in the "living doll" was a bit too small a role to have much personality and I don't know what to make of "living doll" as a whole. The way the Dawn/Kenny thing went down was really weird and had this twilighty feel to it, because something was fundamentally wrong (Dawn apologizing, though Kenny's reaction was batshit insane out of proportion) but the story somehow depicting it as ok (he was just a nice guy, who snapped).
Wouldn't read the cover's literally. They have been more metaphorical of late. Except for a couple of exceptions. And Buffy giving into Angel in both past and present was always a metaphor for suicide.
I'm reading it a bit more literal though not completely. I'm not sure if Angel will actually try to kill Buffy, but I don't think it's only metaphorical either. She's lost all will, he predicted that she will fall on her sword, so I think this might lead up to suicide in a quite literal way, just with some twist to it, that makes it a point in the mythological context.
According to the folks on my flist who are looking at the spoilers - in issue 35. There's apparently a panel showing Spike and Buffy fighting a monster together, but they can't figure out if it is a flashback, flash-forward, or present day. Personally? I see it as notable in that the guy has been notably absent for 32-34 issues, unless you count those two dreams - and a couple or extreemly vague references.
Yeah, I saw the picture, but there is no real way of telling in which issue it is, or if it actually introduces Spike or just references him. I can't really read a clue from it, about how they are going to insert him, but yes, he has been very notably absent.
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Date: 2010-03-12 06:25 pm (UTC)Also the Gepetto in the "living doll" was a bit too small a role to have much personality and I don't know what to make of "living doll" as a whole. The way the Dawn/Kenny thing went down was really weird and had this twilighty feel to it, because something was fundamentally wrong (Dawn apologizing, though Kenny's reaction was batshit insane out of proportion) but the story somehow depicting it as ok (he was just a nice guy, who snapped).
Wouldn't read the cover's literally. They have been more metaphorical of late. Except for a couple of exceptions. And Buffy giving into Angel in both past and present was always a metaphor for suicide.
I'm reading it a bit more literal though not completely. I'm not sure if Angel will actually try to kill Buffy, but I don't think it's only metaphorical either. She's lost all will, he predicted that she will fall on her sword, so I think this might lead up to suicide in a quite literal way, just with some twist to it, that makes it a point in the mythological context.
According to the folks on my flist who are looking at the spoilers - in issue 35. There's apparently a panel showing Spike and Buffy fighting a monster together, but they can't figure out if it is a flashback, flash-forward, or present day. Personally? I see it as notable in that the guy has been notably absent for 32-34 issues, unless you count those two dreams - and a couple or extreemly vague references.
Yeah, I saw the picture, but there is no real way of telling in which issue it is, or if it actually introduces Spike or just references him. I can't really read a clue from it, about how they are going to insert him, but yes, he has been very notably absent.