Am I the only one who missed this?

[ms_scarletibis]

"This" as in the alternate script to the Buffy finale.  I only skimmed it, but I think it was mos def more interesting...

Spike:  Give it to me.
Dawn:  You want it, you're going to have to take it.

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[goldenusagi]

The 1800 was the first of many "buh?" moments of the comics. Even though I didn't like S7, I was excited when the comics were announced. Then I heard that Buffy was the head of a Slayer army, and it all went downhill from there. I thought, I dunno, that the Slayers we saw might all go their own way and do good in their own parts of the world. But no, the Scoobies are scattered and Buffy is commanding a squadron.

But even in Chosen, I wasn't thrilled with the spell. I liked Buffy because she was the Chosen ONE. (Also, my pet peeve is series finales that tip everything on it's ass. Like the sitcom family that sells their house and moves away when X, Y, or Z gets a new job, and we have the ending shot of an empty living room where so many memories blah blah blah. So this is probably just me, but I didn't like it that they destroyed the entire town. Sure, defeat the First, but leave me Sunnydale to play in!) As far as the comics go, does Buffy really seem like the type to live in Scotland? Xander in Africa or wherever he was? Willow in South America? These are suburban American kids. Demon fighters, sure, but I think when you take characters out of, I dunno, their natural environment, you lose something.

Also, Joss can't seem to figure out what he wants. Okay, end of Chosen, Buffy takes back the power or whatever (even though she gave power, so it makes no sense) and she finally has no duties, no Hellmouth, and perhaps a chance to live her own life. And we see that hopeful shot of her standing beside the bus. --Nope. We'll tease you with that little bit of normal, but Buffy never had a chance, and now she's in Europe being the leader again. Wow, that was long.

[ms_scarletibis]

First, that sitcom example you gave is *so* "Fresh Prince of Bel Air," lol. I didn't mind the town being gone--it fit in with their whole "out with the old, on with the new on a fabulous extending road! Smile!" thing that Joss was going for (I hated the smile more--felt inappropriate). But I think the entire s8 comics as a whole for the core Scoobies is nothing but god awful, extreme OOC bad fan fic from Joss. I didn't mind the no longer "Chosen one/two" thing, but they aren't heroes (though truthfully, I felt that way long before the comics, and the comics for me was like knocking the hammer down twice on that one)--not by a long shot, and that's what gets my goat.

I think it would have been better if Joss *had* shown this normal life for Buffy, and she tries to find herself and be made a fully baked cookie (shitty metaphor, btw), and finds herself weary of the normal life, and have her come full circle to accepting her role as slayer as opposed to...whatever it is he's doing with it.

[goldenusagi]

The Nanny also ended like that. So did Home Improvement and Growing Pains, I think. I'm sure there are others.

(I hated the smile more--felt inappropriate)

Yeah... So you just saved the world, but um, don't you care that people died? Or are maybe just a little shaken up by the whole thing and barely escaping and all? I don't know...as final closing moments go, it just didn't sit right with me.

But I think the entire s8 comics as a whole for the core Scoobies is nothing but god awful, extreme OOC bad fan fic from Joss.

Couldn't agree more. It's like every crazy thing he's ever wanted to do is happening. I think he just can't let the characters rest. Sometimes, you just need to stop. Yeah, maybe it'd be cool if Buffy commanded a Slayer army, but maybe that's not what *should* happen, and maybe that should have stayed in your head.

Obviously the characters are his and he can do what he wants. But it's one thing to create a 'verse, and another to run it into the ground.