That's one reason why I want to combine all of the "Why can vampires do X?" Qs, Allyson -- the answers are all, pretty much, "Because the script says they can."
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Moved from current FAQ: Who are the Scoobies? What about the Slayerettes?
I made Miss Kitty into a nice curry. It was fabulous, but it unfortunately means she can no longer appear on the show. It does mean, however, that she can be impersonated by the FE.
Moved from current FAQ: Who are the Scoobies? What about the Slayerettes?
I'd consider this one a vocabulary item more than a mythology item, and I think the vocab things should largely stay put. But it's no big to add it.
No more so than "5X5". I was thinking that the ones derived from canon (i.e. spoken on the show) would move. But I could go either way as well.
I was thinking that the ones derived from canon (i.e. spoken on the show) would move.
That would work as a rule of thumb for me, too.
I'd keep any piece of vocabulary that's in active Buffista use. Because when people want to know "What does 'foamy' mean", they don't necessarily know it's a show reference.
And, yes, people ask about vampire erections all the time.
I think the vampire questions are funny as they stand, so I'd like to keep them separate. Of course, this could be construed as backpatting. Which it is.
Is the original Sang Sancre thread archived anywhere? I looked at DX's thread archive, but didn't see it.
I see "foamy" as different from "5X5" and the ones I mentioned. The definition of the former was expanded by the Buffistas (esp. Deb Grabien) far beyond how it was used on the show. The latter words? NSM. We use them exactly the same way the characters do.
But like I said, I'm not wedded to a decision. I can see an argument for keeping all the vocab words together on the original FAQ, if only because a newbee won't necessarily know which FAQ to check.
This is the weird way my head works. These:
- James Marsters isn't English?
- Alexis Denisof isn't English?
- Oh, no, what about Anthony Stewart Head?
- Is that at least really Giles singing?
aren't mythology questions. They're show questions. In my head, some questions can be answered within the text, and some only outside the text. And some are nasty twisty things, because the real answer to "What Happened To Whistler?" is "The actor was unavailable." But questions about the actors don't seem to me to belong in the mythology section.