Buffy Season 8 #37 Preview

[angearia]

Everybody's posting about the preview provided by Comic Book Resources already, but being repetitive has never stopped me before.  T

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[2maggie2]

All the universe/evolution/seed blah blah blah -- I just tune it out. It reads great as meta. Stories are born from our dark matter, but they're just stories and they have to end, etc. etc. It writes itself. But in story? Who cares? I hate plotty mcplot stuff.

I thought the three words answered the question about where the info comes from. Spike's been knocking heads together. It fits what we're shown elsewhere. Not saying there couldn't be more -- but for the comics, that counts as a point that's actually been covered. We'll see.

I do share your 'too good to be true' fear, though. Spike got brought in through some other dimension as well. There has to be something up with that. Since he's surprised by it, I don't think he engineered it. But something or someone called him here, I'd guess. (Or maybe this is Joss's handwaving for why we can ignore IDW). OTOH, I just don't see an in-story reason for Spike to be dark (even in a greater good sort of sense). I'll keep pondering. I'm sure I've got a blind spot around Spike that would make me miss something like that.

[angearia]

Yeah, exposition blah blah blah.;-)

"I speak Fyarl" certainly worked in hinting at what happened, but Xander is right in that it doesn't really explain it sufficiently. Which makes me think Spike is not showing all his cards because he knows something that will lead to a twist. I don't think he's dark like *ahem* some are wringing their hands in hopes of, but rather that he's being Secretive Greater Good Guy in the literal sense.

[shipperx]

I just don't see an in-story reason for Spike to be dark...

It could be as simple as -vampire. Joss loves his metaphors. Buffy+vampire=badness

[flake_sake]

To me it's about the opposite, the fact that the plot is lame and pointless drags down the character interaction for me.

Buffy's guilt f.e. fails because the story behind it is so stupid to begin with that the emotion becomes empty.

I don't think it's hard to construct a scenario a scenario were Spike ends up fighting the scoobies. It's not clear what any of them would want with the seed, preserve it? Destroy it? Why would one even bring that Buffy for a world saving gig any more, unless she needs to fall some portal closed?

[elisi]

I don't think it's hard to construct a scenario a scenario were Spike ends up fighting the scoobies.
Well if the whole thing is about destroying magic, then Willow might be very torn (see 'Anywhere But Here'), and hey - Dawn might stop existing! I mean, she's made out of magic. And that'd get Xander & Buffy on board.

So yeah, they could totally end up fighting! :)

[infinitewhale]

But apparently it's not about destroying magic, at least I don't think. They'll want to protect the Seed, you'd think, since it's keeping "balance".

I think it could be a BecomingII in reverse sort of thing, perhaps. In 38 Angel is made to fix up his screw up, we know, whether he wants to or not. And in Always Darkest, both Spike and Angel seem irked about being left in the lurch, so to speak. I'm wondering if Buffy doesn't wind up being stuck in another dimension with no magic to get her back. Ties into Anywhere But Here with Willow saying she wouldn't make the choice to bring Buffy back again.

And Spike very conveniently has a trans-dimensional space ship now. :)

Of course Dawn could still be unmade and perhaps Angel's soul flies the coup.

[elisi]

The problem is, there are no parameters for us to work with. In this brave new world where universes are sentient ANYTHING could happen. I'm inclined to view this as a bad thing.

[infinitewhale]

Oh, I don't view any of it as good, of course. :) I like trying to figure things out, bad or not. Like a compulsion.

I just think someone's going to get stuck somewhere. :P Spike showing up in that ship is a little too convenient with all this talk of dimensions and whatnot.