It makes some sense. But I think that Buffy did choose Angel, unless we wake up and realize that she's been on drugs all season. In which case... I still think she chose. Cut out a fantasy and she's been pretty darn uncaring about Spike and given everything people at DH have said, they are never, ever, ever going to put in the effort to adequately smooth that out.
Still, even all those problems aside, it would upset me terribly for Buffy to be locked away in a hell dimension alone, expecially since Angel has been the one doing the most actively dumbass stuff. (And I don't hate Angel! I just think what he's done in Seaon 8 has been so insanely apalling and self-centered that the price exacted for it to him must be huge. Buffy's deserving of a huge-ass bucket of water dumped on her head for the bank robbing, the sister-ignoring, the 'bestest day ever' even though there's been billions of dollars of damage and a lot of people died (knowing that and saying 'best day ever' isn't a flaw it's a display of breathtaking egocentrism), but still, I think that she's been really played here and so I while huge a icy bucket of water would be good, dumping her in a hell dimension is not a satisfactory conclusion to this. It seems needlessly cruel. And I'm saying that as someone who hasn't approved of roughly 85% of her actions in Season 8 (maybe more than that).
Oh well, I've pretty much accepted that I don't like these comics and will mostly ignore them. And I think your theory makes some sense. It just doesn't bring a lot of satisfaction to me. It feels kind of meta-y and hollow.
Oh, I'm no fan of Buffy in S8 at all. I am absolutely shocked at the way she's been portrayed with no real explanation for it. Buffy's morals were so strict on the show that it was a mocking point for both Spike and Faith and yet we're supposed to buy she went from 'you can't beat evil by doing evil' to this? The way it's done with no backstory is why I'm still thinking there will be another shoe to drop regarding what's going on with her. Even with Angel, the writers set up a reason for his actions, as stupid as they are. Buffy's actions are done in a way that I think they're supposed to make the readers go WTF.
I don't think we're supposed to think Buffy deserves what will happen if this is right. It's supposed to be tragedy at the utmost. It'll subvert B/A but also subvert a forgotten ship: The Core Four. Like Shadowkat mentioned, the Scoobies ripped her out of heaven for selfish reasons, and there's a certain unity to leaving her in hell for selfish reasons too. In the first issue Buffy laments her friends distance. There's no way to get over friendships of the past than to be fucked over like that.
It just doesn't bring a lot of satisfaction to me. It feels kind of meta-y and hollow.
Me either. :) I in no way consider the comics canon or anything resembling good on any level. I just like to figure things out. :P
Still, even all those problems aside, it would upset me terribly for Buffy to be locked away in a hell dimension alone, expecially since Angel has been the one doing the most actively dumbass stuff. (And I don't hate Angel! I just think what he's done in Seaon 8 has been so insanely apalling and self-centered that the price exacted for it to him must be huge. Buffy's deserving of a huge-ass bucket of water dumped on her head for the bank robbing, the sister-ignoring, the 'bestest day ever' even though there's been billions of dollars of damage and a lot of people died (knowing that and saying 'best day ever' isn't a flaw it's a display of breathtaking egocentrism), but still, I think that she's been really played here and so I while huge a icy bucket of water would be good, dumping her in a hell dimension is not a satisfactory conclusion to this. It seems needlessly cruel. And I'm saying that as someone who hasn't approved of roughly 85% of her actions in Season 8 (maybe more than that).
Oh well, I've pretty much accepted that I don't like these comics and will mostly ignore them. And I think your theory makes some sense. It just doesn't bring a lot of satisfaction to me. It feels kind of meta-y and hollow.
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Oh, I'm no fan of Buffy in S8 at all. I am absolutely shocked at the way she's been portrayed with no real explanation for it. Buffy's morals were so strict on the show that it was a mocking point for both Spike and Faith and yet we're supposed to buy she went from 'you can't beat evil by doing evil' to this? The way it's done with no backstory is why I'm still thinking there will be another shoe to drop regarding what's going on with her. Even with Angel, the writers set up a reason for his actions, as stupid as they are. Buffy's actions are done in a way that I think they're supposed to make the readers go WTF.
I don't think we're supposed to think Buffy deserves what will happen if this is right. It's supposed to be tragedy at the utmost. It'll subvert B/A but also subvert a forgotten ship: The Core Four. Like Shadowkat mentioned, the Scoobies ripped her out of heaven for selfish reasons, and there's a certain unity to leaving her in hell for selfish reasons too. In the first issue Buffy laments her friends distance. There's no way to get over friendships of the past than to be fucked over like that.
It just doesn't bring a lot of satisfaction to me. It feels kind of meta-y and hollow.
Me either. :) I in no way consider the comics canon or anything resembling good on any level. I just like to figure things out. :P
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