The time for closed canon would have been that smile at the end of "Chosen." I'm quite fine with something canonical being written so that the spinning wig from "The Girl in Question" isn't our last glimpse of Buffy.

What Jess Said.

I'm all for continuing canon, but that storyline left me pretty bitter and cranky. No desire to see more of it.

I think a lot of people disliked that story because we really didn't see it from Buffy's perspective, but rather from her two jealous exes. I think it could repair a little damage if we actually got Buffy's experience there.

Besides, maybe we could see eye-patch Indiana!Xander in Africa too.

I think it could repair a little damage if we actually got Buffy's experience there.

You're assuming that there's any reason to trust what J WeeWee will be doing in the comic.

I don't think there is.

I also would like the canon to remain closed, not because I didn't want more stories, but because I'd like there to be as little tainting as possible, and the end arc of AtS was already more than I'd like.

You're assuming that there's any reason to trust what J WeeWee will be doing in the comic.

So you don't trust Joss anymore? (Or...never trusted Joss?)

I didn't like the Italian hijinks because they weren't very funny, and they were supposed to be. I doubt that Buffy's perspective would increase the comedic value.

But Whedon's declarations don't affect what I think is canonical. Does that really make a difference to people? I'd rather there not be any TV movies, just because those are much harder for me to completely ignore. The comics are very easy for me to ignore, so if he wants to keep milking the franchise that way, fine with me.

It's not about narrative perspective and it's a little about trust. The Buffy-in-Italy story was like Godfather III. If you're going to go back on a satisfying resolution, do it right. Don't yoke it to a retarded storyline and fail to get the right actress for the part. We trusted that the story was resolved; don't yank off the [scab] unless you can cauterize the bleeding hole you create.

I am also happiest with a closed canon. But I won't buy the comics either way, so it's kind of a moot point for me.

So you don't trust Joss anymore? (Or...never trusted Joss?)

I don't put my faith in any one writer or creator. That way leads to bitterness. This feels (as does the Spike movie notion) like more cash cow to milk than a genuine interest in returning to the universe.

Plus, umm, I think Joss is fairly uneven as a comic book writer. The medium is unkind to his weaknesses as a storyteller.

The medium is unkind to his weaknesses as a storyteller.

What do you see as his strengths and weaknesses?

I've been thinking about this lately in relationship to Serenity.