And if the line only goes through Faith, I'm still left wondering why the the balance between good and evil is out of whack enough to let the FE act up so much.
Plus, the line has been out of whack since Buffy died at the hands of the Master and
Kendra
was called. That's when the entire slayer line diverged. So why would the FE wait until Buffy came back a
second
time to cause a rumpus? It presumably had cause long before season 7. That particular "revelation" always seemed more than a bit ass-pully.
Clutches bulky first-run videotape collection to breast and never, ever lets go...
sits next to Matt with large box
When was this? (Came into Buffy very late.)
In season two's
Lie to Me.
Willow says it to Angel, when they're checking out a club of Vampire Wannabes.
Plus, the line has been out of whack since Buffy died at the hands of the Master and iKendra was called. That's when the entire slayer line diverged. So why would the FE wait until Buffy came back a second time to cause a rumpus?
That's part of what makes me wonder if the line torch-passing didn't split back after her first death/resurrection, because the FE became active then, too.
That particular "revelation" always seemed more than a bit ass-pully.
Yes. S7 ended well, but it was largely so unsatisfactory.
ION totally different news... I think we have baby blue jays in our yard. They're much less brilliantly colored, but they're quite beautiful.
In season two's Lie to Me. Willow says it to Angel, when they're checking out a club of Vampire Wannabes.
Why was this cut? Do we know? It seems really wierd that something would be cut after airing.
It seems really wierd that something would be cut after airing.
It's very common to cut for reruns (add more commercials! make extra money! nobody's gonna notice!) but it's strange that they'd use the rerun version rather than the original for DVDs.
Sorry, that's what I meant. I'm well aware of the cutting that happens for re-runs and in syndication.
I shoulda figured that. We're similarly weirded-out, then.
eta: I'm also suddenly very aware that I have the rerun on my TiVo, the DVD on the shelf next to it, and an hour and eleven minutes until I can go home to compare them side by side to be really really sure that they're the same version. Will the madness never end?
In the seasson dvd's there is interview with Joss . he says they were sitting around and he was reminded that they could not do something, because the line went through Faith. We know the line activated Faith after kendra died, and we know when Buffy did her swan death no slayer was activated.
I will try and find it for you.
Now yes, he can change that, his show, his ideas.
I Guess, I would think if there was another slayer out there, they would have a big time explaination how she survived the First's death bringers as they hunted down potentials. I think The First would be all over a slayer out there on her own and vulnerable. He knew who potentials were, I can't see how he would not know another called slayer.
In the seasson dvd's there is interview with Joss .
Generally though, people only take what's actually shown on screen to be canon. Interviews and such may indicate intent, but those intentions have often been thrown out the window. Joss in particular tends to withhold committing on certain world-building aspects until story dictates that he make one choice over another. He likes to keep his options open.
I thought it was pretty clearly established in Chosen that the Slayer line now goes through all of them, and that the calling mechanism no longer depends on Slayer death to activate new ones, assuming that Willow's spell worked like they intended it to (which, yes, is a big assumption, and no, doesn't answer the Fray question, but it does kind of make the phrase "Slayer line" meaningless.)
