Oh great and powerful...powers...I need to get a few things straight on the whole "new slayers" situation:
(1) Are there age limits on slayers? None of the ones who showed up at Buffy's looked younger than puberty. Does the whole "potential" business not kick in until then, or do we currently have super-powered 2 year-olds running around out there?
(2) Conversely, is there an upper age limit for slayers? Considering all the potentials who existed simultaneously in this generation, we must assume that an equal number existed in past generations, and not all were called during their teen years. Does that mean there are 20something, 30something, even 40something slayers out there now? Or is "slayer potential" something that goes away after a girl reaches maturity? Say, around 20?
(3) Are new potentials currently being born? Are they now being born with full powers, or will those only manifest later? Frankly, the thought of a slayer-powered infant emerging from the womb frightens me.
(4) What happens if one of the new slayers is killed? As all the potentials are now activated, there are no longer any "reserve potentials" to take their places. Of course with the current surplus of slayers that's not an immediate problem, but if no new slayers are called from this point on it seems to me the line will eventually die out from attrition.
(5) Is the source of the slayer's power really so infinite that it can be spread out among so many girls without being depleted? It seems there may be a risk that hasn't been considered here.
(1) Are there age limits on slayers? None of the ones who showed up at Buffy's looked younger than puberty. Does the whole "potential" business not kick in until then, or do we currently have super-powered 2 year-olds running around out there?
(2) Conversely, is there an upper age limit for slayers? Considering all the potentials who existed simultaneously in this generation, we must assume that an equal number existed in past generations, and not all were called during their teen years. Does that mean there are 20something, 30something, even 40something slayers out there now? Or is "slayer potential" something that goes away after a girl reaches maturity? Say, around 20?
(3) Are new potentials currently being born? Are they now being born with full powers, or will those only manifest later? Frankly, the thought of a slayer-powered infant emerging from the womb frightens me.
(4) What happens if one of the new slayers is killed? As all the potentials are now activated, there are no longer any "reserve potentials" to take their places. Of course with the current surplus of slayers that's not an immediate problem, but if no new slayers are called from this point on it seems to me the line will eventually die out from attrition.
(5) Is the source of the slayer's power really so infinite that it can be spread out among so many girls without being depleted? It seems there may be a risk that hasn't been considered here.
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