will I be totally lost if I get it?
Hard to say. But it'll ruin a lot of the HSQ if you don't read them in sequence.
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
Jon B. - May 02, 2003 11:50:01 pm PDT #490 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Julie - May 02, 2003 11:54:32 pm PDT #491 of 10000
However, I haven't read any of the previous issues, so my Q is, will I be totally lost if I get it?
Definitely do the first six first. Imagine coming to BtVS at season seven...
I mean, you could, but would you really want to?
victor infante - May 03, 2003 1:04:05 pm PDT #492 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
OK. Got the new Fray. Oh my goodness it's good.
HiddenSky - May 03, 2003 1:44:21 pm PDT #493 of 10000
"There are two sorts of people in the world: those who believe Joss Whedon is a genius and those who are wrong." - Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
Definitely do the first six first. Imagine coming to BtVS at season seven...
I mean, you could, but would you really want to?
Hmm...well, I did get into Buffy via OMWF in season six, so I guess that's sorta like stepping into Fray with the next to last issue. ;)
I did get it, but per recommendations, I'll wait and see if I can find the first six issues so I can read them in order I just forked over the cash to order the previous six issues via the internet. It's waaaay too easy to spend money. :P
Jon B. - May 03, 2003 1:53:18 pm PDT #494 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
A better example would be coming into Buffy during season 6 with "Two to Go", without having seen "Seeing Red" and the other recent episodes that led up to it.
DavidS - May 03, 2003 2:39:09 pm PDT #495 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Fyarl demon
They're supposed to be really stupid and fighty. So I don't think Urkonn is.
Holli - May 03, 2003 7:22:08 pm PDT #496 of 10000
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
Also, mucus.
justkim - May 03, 2003 7:41:22 pm PDT #497 of 10000
Another social casualty...
Isn't mucus a trait of the chaos demon? One the Dru left Spike for? I don't remember Fyarl!Giles being mucusy.
Julie - May 03, 2003 8:01:32 pm PDT #498 of 10000
Hmm...well, I did get into Buffy via OMWF in season six, so I guess that's sorta like stepping into Fray with the next to last issue. ;)
You know, I think that's probably a good analogy for what I was saying. I imagine that I would have enjoyed OMWF had I never seen BtVS before. But the depth and the colour I get from the episode certainly comes from knowing each of the character's histories. That's definitely where my emotional response to them comes from.
Reading Fray 7 at this point won't (really) spoil you for 1 through 6, but having read the first half dozen, you'll get so much more out of 7.
Holli - May 03, 2003 8:06:11 pm PDT #499 of 10000
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
Fyarl demons have that paralyzing mucus they can shoot through the nose, which grossed out Giles quite a bit when Spike told him about it.
Yeah, I have a terrifying memory for trivia. My math homework, on the other hand, not so much.