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stormwreath

(Meta) The Long Way Home - annotated

Jun 30, 2007 23:48

A few people have mentioned that they find it hard to follow the storyline of the season 8 comics - partly because they're new to the format and the conventions of comics, and partly because the story keeps jumping from scene to scene and it's difficult to keep track of what's going on. So in an earlier discussion, I half-jokingly suggested to
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spikendru June 30 2007, 23:57:08 UTC

Squee! You did the annotated transcript! *Rushes off to read.*

stormwreath July 1 2007, 00:25:48 UTC

That was a quick reply. :)

This is only part one; I'll post part 2 tomorrow, but I don't know when I'lll be able to finish the other two parts. Hope you like it...

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stormwreath July 1 2007, 13:51:36 UTC

Thanks! (And good point on the meta.)

I've already done part 2. I've got mixed feelings on copying someone else's transcript for part 3; on the one hand it would save a bunch of typing, on the other some of his interpretations are different to mine and I wouldn't want to be unduly influenced by them. Not to mention that my formatting and stage directions are done completely differently.

spikendru July 1 2007, 21:48:07 UTC

Glad you explained the "five by five". I couldn't understand why Xander had suddenly picked up Faith's catchphrase. so, I guess this is still more info left over from his evening as a soldier courtesy of Ethan Rayne?

I don't know; 17 slayers to take out one nest of vampires seems sort of . . . inefficient to me. Ahhh . . . Sgt. Fury. An inside comic book joke.

Buffy, re: Dawn: There's nothing I can do till we can find Willow. Hated that line. What about being sorry she shut Dawn out and wanting to show her the world at the end of S6? What about Dawn becomming Watcher Jr. in S7, and an almost total absence of whinging, also in S7? What happened to bring on Buffy's avoidence/disinterest in the intervening time? Why haen't they been getting along since they changed the world? My guess is that Buffy immediately reverted to shutting Dawn out again and treating her like a 12-year-old, but why?

This was terrific! You did a super job of explaining the comic. But it's kind of sad that it needed explaining - I never needed anyone ( ... )

stormwreath July 2 2007, 00:53:10 UTC

Glad you liked ( ... )

lilred26x July 2 2007, 11:41:55 UTC

This is really very helpful. When I read the comic, I didn't notice nearly as much as you've pointed out. I'm not use to reading comics, so I'm one of those that have some trouble following it. It also helps with the continuity through the four comics. It always amazes me just how much I miss and others notice. Thanks for sharing this!

stormwreath July 2 2007, 17:38:32 UTC

Thanks! I've found that going through the comic typing up the dialogue is an excellent way to make sure you pick up all the implications and refrerences...

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stormwreath July 3 2007, 22:15:04 UTC

Hi! Glad they're useful. :)

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stormwreath July 4 2007, 19:03:50 UTC

You're right about the sofa - I wasn't looking carefully enough! (See, even I miss things... :-) ) I think the carpet pattern fooled me. I've edited.

Of course, as I'm doing this write-up I'm studying each panel really carefully; it's not like I'd notice all the details on a simple read-through.