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

[anonymous]

Hey MW! The Poet's Heart (Terry) here! Excellent review! Like you im thrilled there could be a possibility that its Spikes baby! But sad about Buffy's decision. I think some good plot could have come from giving the baby up for adoption - maybe even having Dawn &Xander raise the baby as their own. The adoption option could have tied in w/ Fray's future line - her sister looking so much like Buffy and her choice of careers mimicking Buffys career aptitude test of law enforement! Get to it fanfic'ers!

Im also thrilled w/Spikes decision to both tell Buffy he loves her and his decision to help her w/the abortion - no questions asked. That's my Spike. If he knows its his baby and he is still helping her out then he shows her once more how much he loves her bybgiving her "normal". I just hate that it would be at the expense of our Spuffy Baby.

And if its Xanders... woe be to Joss when he tells the Bander fans...

[beloved_77]

That's my Spike.

Don't you just love him? :-)

[moscow_watcher]

Hey, Terry - I'm glad you like my review.

I hope that something will happen that will make Buffy reconsider abortion. I vaguely remember one of the writers saying that the party in the first issue will have major consequences for the rest of the season. If the baby storyline ends here, I can't imagine what other consequences could be.

[mad_brilliant_]

Yes, Jeanty said that.

[beloved_77]

he has a reflection in the water on these panels

Ooo, good observation. I didn't notice that. Sometimes, on the show, you would catch a glimpse of a reflection in a mirror or a window, but you can chalk that up to it not being easy to get rid of them. But this is a comic book, which is drawn. The reflections would have to be there purposefully.

Joss has to keep his damn shipper status quo

Yes, god (i.e. Joss) forbid anybody's relationship should have any high points. :rolls eyes:

[moscow_watcher]

The reflections would have to be there purposefully.

And - the ball in the water. A symbol of childhood. Buffy, Spike and ball have the same type of reflection.

(Or maybe I think too much :))))

[enzialla]

Why a ball is a symbol of childhood?

[moscow_watcher]

It just feels that way to me. I can't explain it rationally. Maybe I'm misinterpreting the visuals, I don't know.

[diebirchen]

The neighbor is Heinrich, as in "Nest"! Reeeeeally unusual name, guys. Doesn't anypone else see this as odd?

[moscow_watcher]

I don't think that he is the resurrected Master. Heinrich lives in isolation and I wonder if he's from the future and has to hide to avoid disturbing the timeline.

(I think that "Fray" and time-travel stories aren't over yet).

[shakatany]

The odd thing is that Robin doesn't know who his father is and Buffy doesn't know who the father of her baby is which really makes me wonder if the recluse could possibly be the father of both babies. OTOH then if this Heinrich is Nest he couldn't be the father of Nikki's son as he was imprisoned in Sunnydale at the time.

Shakatany

[moscow_watcher]

Heinrich the Slayer Impregnater! :)

The question is who is he. Why is he hiding. Why has Buffy forgotten her visit to him? She remembers (albeit vaguely) her interactions with Riley and Xander. Could he do something to make her forget? Yes, I remember that spells don't exist anymore, but he could have that mojo Men In Black use.

[enzialla]

Nikki taking a 4 years old with her while patrolling? Was she serious? Spike was so right that Nikki didn't love Robin enough to quit..

[moscow_watcher]

I try to interpret it as Nikki telling her son that she took him to patrol while in reality they were just walking somewhere. I don't know, the whole idea doesn't sit well with me.

[enzialla]

I don't think so, In LMPTM Nikki congratulates Robin for doing exactly what she has told him to do, meaning hide and wait for her to finish fighting. And now it's even more clear that she sometimes took him with her. If he was lucky. She was spending most of her time serving her call neglecting her child that's the reason why Rovin was closer to Crowley instead of her.

And Robin knew about demons and vampires when other children believed in the tooth fairy. He must have seen her fighting monsters more that just once, more than just in LMPTM flashback.

[moscow_watcher]

Yes, you're right.

I just can't understand why Nikki's maternal instincts didn't overcome her slayer instincts. In real life, maternal insticts overcome everything else. I realise that she was brainwashed by The Council, but... why Buffy doesn't ask Wood why Nikki couldn't stop slaying? Is she afraid to hurt his feelings?

[hann23]

"So, Spike's chances of being a father are highter than a month ago. Joss says that we don't know stuff that will make us judge Buffy less harshly. Of course, if it's Spike, then it's no wonder that he didn't use condom (and if it's Xander - we have to judge Buffy harsher). Chambliss' words, too, becomer very clear: 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

[moscow_watcher]

*waves*

Welcome, honey! I'm glad you like my posts.

I can't wait to see what the authors pull together after this comic.

Yes, I'm very curious too. On one hand, the situation is very fic-worthy; OTOH, getting what you want may kill the desire. I don't remember a single Bangel post-space-frak fic.

But we'll see. Fanfiction is one of the ways to channel our frustrations with canon, and I'm sure that Joss will make us frustrated. A lot. :)