I read about Goner and I say "A movie about a girl with powers who has to deal with stuff?" C'mon Joss, what aren't you telling us about this movie? That big brain has to have more ideas. Tim, what isn't Joss telling?
Mal: Gotta say, doctor, your talent for alienatin' folk is near miraculous. Simon: Yes, I'm very proud.
'Safe'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
BartlebyFink - Sep 23, 2005 5:08:08 am PDT #4115 of 10001
One Hot Burrito!
Strega - Sep 23, 2005 5:52:38 am PDT #4116 of 10001
It's a line spoken by Susan Byun in Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P. D..
Ooo, I haven't seen that in a while, but that makes it even better! I wanted to pass the quote on to a friend of mine who likes to terrify his students.
we do not really know the slayer line ran through Faith, or only through Faith. That's the assumption the characters make
But do they? That was an issue a lot of people at TWoP had during season 6: the audience was told in interviews that the line went through Faith, but I don't think that the characters ever discuss it (although I certainly may have forgotten or missed something).
Vortex - Sep 23, 2005 6:21:19 am PDT #4117 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
The line has to go through Faith. At the beginning of season 6, they discussed that a new Slayer wasn't called when Buffy died because Faith was already there.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 23, 2005 6:38:04 am PDT #4118 of 10001
What is even happening?
The line has to go through Faith. At the beginning of season 6, they discussed that a new Slayer wasn't called when Buffy died because Faith was already there.
Right, but that assumes a reliable narrator.
§ ita § - Sep 23, 2005 6:41:30 am PDT #4119 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Do you have any reason to think they're unreliable there? I mean, with the knowledge that that's what Joss thinks too, it seems a lot of work.
Vortex - Sep 23, 2005 6:47:34 am PDT #4120 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Right, but that assumes a reliable narrator.
why would you assume that the narrator is unreliable?
§ ita § - Sep 23, 2005 6:49:51 am PDT #4121 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
why would you assume that the narrator is unreliable?
Well, I can see why she'd assume The Narrator is unreliable, but I don't see what problem she has with the Scoobies.
Betsy HP - Sep 23, 2005 7:14:31 am PDT #4122 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
why would you assume that the narrator is unreliable?
Spike's sire.
§ ita § - Sep 23, 2005 7:18:58 am PDT #4123 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Spike's sire.
Unless there's a link between Spike's sire and the Scoobies discussing slayer lines that I'm missing, that seems to be implying we should assume they're always unreliable. Do you?
Now, if you're assuming the writers are unreliable (which is the explanation of the sire thing, as far as I can tell), that's different.
Betsy HP - Sep 23, 2005 7:39:33 am PDT #4124 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
If I'm asked why I would assume that the narrator is reliable, I answer that in the past, the narrator has proven to be unreliable. Spike said Angel was his sire. He wasn't. The reason was that Joss had a much better idea, and more power to him. Spike discussing his own sire is precisely as authoritative as the Scoobies discussing Slayer lineage, perhaps more so: if he doesn't know, who does?
But because that particular retcon happened, I reserve the right to assume that future retcons are not out of the question.