Buffy's expression in that last panel is extremely hard to read, imo. I thought maybe hopeful. rebcake thought tired. Neither sounded right to me. So, I asked the husband, a longtime comics book reader (and Buffy fan.) And he thought horrified. After staring at the picture for a while, I think he's right. Plus overwhelmed. Think her expression at the end of "Beauty and the Beast" when Angel is on his knees holding her.
Considered as a snapshot I think there are big similarities to the expression she has in Beauty and the Beast, especially at the point just before Angel falls to her knees. But I can’t imagine that her response would have been to have kissed him after that even if he’d been less feral and dumbstruck. I think the similarity comes from the Monkey’s Paw “be careful what you wish for” aspect to both situations. At the beginning of S3 she’s dreamt and dreamt of Angel coming back and in #33 I think it’s his final words “Don’t you want to be happy?” that finally get to her just as much as the glow
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I'd forgotten about the money's paw motif. That could easily tie in with my speculation - she could initially think this destiny/fate/glowy thing is what she wants, but I suspect there will be aspects that she'll hate enough to change them in a significant way.
I haven't had a chance, but I suspect if the series is reread from the beginning, there's going to be a lot of clues as to what's going on.
Considered as a snapshot I think there are big similarities to the expression she has in Beauty and the Beast, especially at the point just before Angel falls to her knees. But I can’t imagine that her response would have been to have kissed him after that even if he’d been less feral and dumbstruck. I think the similarity comes from the Monkey’s Paw “be careful what you wish for” aspect to both situations. At the beginning of S3 she’s dreamt and dreamt of Angel coming back and in #33 I think it’s his final words “Don’t you want to be happy?” that finally get to her just as much as the glow ( ... )
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I'd forgotten about the money's paw motif. That could easily tie in with my speculation - she could initially think this destiny/fate/glowy thing is what she wants, but I suspect there will be aspects that she'll hate enough to change them in a significant way.
I haven't had a chance, but I suspect if the series is reread from the beginning, there's going to be a lot of clues as to what's going on.
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