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

[lyly_ford]

preview of issue7 god it kills me, i hope she'll keep the bb :(
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/421955_10150640946071311_239063031310_11558446_1412214199_n.jpg

[moscow_watcher]

Interestingly, Joss also said in his interview:

And obviously there will be complications to the whole storyline that could only happen in the Buffyverse. But it’s not about what happens, it’s about that moment of decision, and just articulating what so many people are not saying, but so many are thinking.

I took it as a (very slight) possibility of Buffy reconsidering.

[enzialla]

Joss in his interview says that he believes that Buffy shouldn't keep the baby. He believes that Buffy should have the abortion. That's just his opinion on the story, as if as he was a reader, not the writer. What he believes and his opinion though doesn't count. Joss doesn't say what Buffy will do, he just gives his point of view on the story.

What tells me actually is that Buffy will decide to keep the baby, the interview isn't foreshadowing or telling us what will happen, he just says his opinion like everyone has the last days.

[moscow_watcher]

Yes, I, too, have the impression that he just wanted to add oil to the flames.

[treadingthedark]

Thanks for the review. The art really was fab this issue.

[moscow_watcher]

Thank you, hon. Yes, the art is gorgeous, continuity gaffes notwithstanding.

[mad_brilliant_]

Spike doesn't want to hurt Buffy, so he doesn't tell her that it's his baby, because he doesn't want to make abortion harder for her. Let her think it was nameless neighbor.

I think he doesn't tell her he's the father because he assumes he's not. Sure, he remembers having sex with her at the party, and now he's probably devastated to learn she's pregnant because that means (to him) she was also having sex with someone else.

[moscow_watcher]

Agree. Your scenario is the most plausible in the current situation.

[embers_log]

I don't think Spike (or Xander or Riley) would screw with a drunken/unconscious Buffy!
But I DO think that something devastating is coming for Spuffy... because Joss already made the Bangel fans miserable, we have to expect the same! LOL

I thought that Nikki's pregnancy happened when abortion was still illegal (so it wasn't a good option for her)? And once you are chosen (and have the dreams et al) it would be pretty hard to ignore being a slayer. Personally I felt that she had commitments to both her son and her destiny and she did her best to balance both... Not that she didn't fail, but I felt that she did her best.

But Buffy's dreams are telling her she is NOT a slayer, so what does that mean!?!

I hope that Joss doesn't find an alternative to abortion, many women face that choice and make it... and live with it. I see no reason for Buffy to get an easy out. Of course I don't really care about offending the religious right either.

[moscow_watcher]

I don't think Spike (or Xander or Riley) would screw with a drunken/unconscious Buffy!

Apparently she wasn't unconscious. She looked cheerful and tipsy. She openly flirted with Spike when he just arrived to her party. He could succumb to temptation.

But I DO think that something devastating is coming for Spuffy... because Joss already made the Bangel fans miserable, we have to expect the same! LOL

Exactly. I assumed crash position since I saw the cover three months ago. In current situation it's too easy for Buffy and Spike to have a (more or less) normal family life. He has a ship, they could fly anywhere they want, they could bring up the baby on the ship, away from dangers. Joss can't allow Buffy be happy!

But Buffy's dreams are telling her she is NOT a slayer, so what does that mean!?!

I took it as a sign that eventually she will keep her baby. But I may be wrong.

[moscow_watcher]

Xander-as-a-father would be a very painful twist. That's why I think that Joss is able to do it. Although it's hard to imagine Xander having unprotected sex with his girlfriend's sister. It would paint him in a very unsympathetic light. I hope it's not him... but Joss definitely could do it to torture them all.

Re: Buffy being impregnated by a demon. Allie said that the party will have consequences that will span along the whole season. So, unless he was misleading us, I think it happened at the party.

[moscow_watcher]

I have the impression that in #1 Joss has introduced all the elements of the puzzle and will play within the already-established parameters. Ergo, if there was a demon at the party, we'd get a clue about it.

OTOH, the fairy was there (judging by Spike's line about "giant mosquito"), so, theoretically, she could lay her fairy eggs into Buffy's ear canal...