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.
Willow: Something evil-crashed to earth in this. Then it broke out and slithered away to do badness.
Giles: Well, in all fairness, we don't really know about the "slithered" part. Anya: No, no, I'm sure it frisked about like a fluffy lamb.
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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 03, 2003 1:53:18 pm PDT #494 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
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.
justkim - May 03, 2003 8:16:05 pm PDT #500 of 10000
Another social casualty...
Math homework is way overrated. Especially on a Saturday night.
Holli - May 03, 2003 8:19:33 pm PDT #501 of 10000
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
Well, I certainly wasn't gonna do it now anyway.
HoyaSaxa - May 03, 2003 8:27:31 pm PDT #502 of 10000
Diablo Robotico Up.
Holy Jumping Jesuits...
What kind of role does Fray occupy in the "chronology" of the Slayerverse, or Jossverse, or whatever the proper term is. I understand the basics, and am impressed with the way Melaka Fray is portrayed, but is this off-continuity, or so far into the future you just have to accept the 200-year jump and be done with it?
esse - May 04, 2003 1:30:40 pm PDT #503 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
It's possible continuity. Joss and others have hinted that it might be the way Buffy turns out, but nothing specific.