Buffy #6 review

[moscow_watcher]

In a nutshell:
Very good issue. Really inspired art, especially in the last scene. All the emotional nuances are written on the characters' faces.
Great dialogue. "We don't all have spaceships!" - hysterical!
Interesting, controversial content. I don't want to assess the story before reading it whole - but, so far, it's fascinating.

Comments

[enzialla]

Nikki taking a 4 years old with her while patrolling? Was she serious? Spike was so right that Nikki didn't love Robin enough to quit..

[moscow_watcher]

I try to interpret it as Nikki telling her son that she took him to patrol while in reality they were just walking somewhere. I don't know, the whole idea doesn't sit well with me.

[enzialla]

I don't think so, In LMPTM Nikki congratulates Robin for doing exactly what she has told him to do, meaning hide and wait for her to finish fighting. And now it's even more clear that she sometimes took him with her. If he was lucky. She was spending most of her time serving her call neglecting her child that's the reason why Rovin was closer to Crowley instead of her.

And Robin knew about demons and vampires when other children believed in the tooth fairy. He must have seen her fighting monsters more that just once, more than just in LMPTM flashback.

[moscow_watcher]

Yes, you're right.

I just can't understand why Nikki's maternal instincts didn't overcome her slayer instincts. In real life, maternal insticts overcome everything else. I realise that she was brainwashed by The Council, but... why Buffy doesn't ask Wood why Nikki couldn't stop slaying? Is she afraid to hurt his feelings?

[enzialla]

Because for Nikki the mission is more important than anything. She says that over and over again. Her calling has a bigger impact on her than her maternal instincts.

[moscow_watcher]

OK, I guess I have to accept that The Council has brainwashed her very thoroughly.