Ditto. I'd never heard that bit about Joss saying it was all about Anya, but I can see it. I'm still not sure about the Muppety part, but the Odin, yeah. Consider the time and place "Aud" came from.
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SailAweigh - Apr 06, 2007 4:33:35 am PDT #451 of 5059
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Topic!Cindy - Apr 06, 2007 4:41:47 am PDT #452 of 5059
What is even happening?
Oh victor, I've missed your Giles-is-Ethan-Rayne-get-out-your-tinfoil-hat theories.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 06, 2007 4:46:50 am PDT #453 of 5059
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Oh victor, I've missed your Giles-is-Ethan-Rayne-get-out-your-tinfoil-hat theories.
Wrod. I think this one is even better, though, and is much more likely to be valdiated (since there seems to be some meta to support it).
Sean K - Apr 06, 2007 6:30:20 am PDT #454 of 5059
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I like victor's theor, too.
Of course, I wanted this:
Giles-is-Ethan-Rayne
To be true so bad that when it wasn't, I was very disappointed.
Sean K - Apr 06, 2007 6:33:20 am PDT #455 of 5059
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Also, from that review linked upthread:
"And I have to say I'm getting increasingly impatient with [Andrew]. I mean, he's apparently straight, yet in being surrounded by a legion of hot women he seems to make nary a move for them."
Did this guy even watch the last two seasons? Andrew is NOT straight.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 06, 2007 7:16:44 am PDT #456 of 5059
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
DeKnight and Goddard seemed to reclaim him for heterosexuality in "The Episode of Which We Will Speak No More. Ptui!The Girl in Question."
More power to them, as at least he now only represents a grave insult to me via the condemnation of his geekhood, rather than including condemnatory stereotypes of gay men as frivolous and weak.
Jon B. - Apr 06, 2007 7:44:06 am PDT #457 of 5059
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
That was my "favorite" part of the "review" as well, Sean.
victor infante - Apr 06, 2007 9:07:15 am PDT #458 of 5059
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Giles was totally Ethan Rayne, and he still is. Joss is just waiting until issue mumble, mumble, mumble to unveil it!
Also, and this is just a thought, if the ghost of Anya or whatever is kicking around Buffy's head, perhaps they can get away with having Xander break the "TWU WUV SPELL" on his own, without mucking things up with Spike, Angel, Reilly, Parker, Scott Hope or whomever.
ETA: OK, maybe if her true love were Owen ...
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 06, 2007 10:17:32 am PDT #459 of 5059
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oh, surely he's been eaten, or knifed, or run over by a slow-moving delivery truck whose way he lacked the sense to get out of by now .
Steph L. - Apr 06, 2007 11:51:32 am PDT #460 of 5059
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Honestly, other than the Joss quote, I don't see any evidence in the 2 issues so far to point to anything Anya-esque, inside Buffy's head or otherwise. For Joss to say it's all about Anya sounds like a flippant, facetious comment, which I'd expect from him, frankly.
Or perhaps I have no magic in my heart.