I'll bet $10 that Spike appears on the cover of at least three of the issues.
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Strega - May 23, 2006 7:04:04 am PDT #9560 of 10000
§ ita § - May 23, 2006 7:05:58 am PDT #9561 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'll bet $10 that Spike appears on the cover of at least three of the issues.
That would be especially execrable, given he was with Angel for the next year.
CaBil - May 23, 2006 7:16:28 am PDT #9562 of 10000
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
One possible way to do it, is that Joss intends for the LS to be the season-opener for the season, setting up the situation and characters, along with the Big Bad.
Other LS written by other handselected writers will continue the season as in the normal manner of a TV season, allowing him to return to write the equivalent of sweeps episode/LS and/or season finale/LS
Sean K - May 23, 2006 7:20:47 am PDT #9563 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
That would be awesome, Bil. I hope that's kind of how it plays out, because without Matt Wagner/Dave Sim volumes of text within the comic, six issues isn't really enough to introduce a Big Bad, let alone have various antics trying to kill it or avoid being killed by it, research things in libraries and magic shops, and eventually kill it.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - May 23, 2006 7:22:46 am PDT #9564 of 10000
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
I wouldn't hold out much hope for that scenario, though, as comics often overlook the value of a god build-up and just want to get to the meat.
Strega - May 23, 2006 7:30:13 am PDT #9565 of 10000
That would be especially execrable, given he was with Angel for the next year.
Oh, I didn't interpret "after season 7" to mean "immediately after." Unless the comic is going to show Xander in Africa, and Buffy dating the Immortal in Italy, and Willow in... Peru? Wherever the hell she was.
I guess, why waste energy on continuity when you can just have a character say, "Gosh, can you believe it's been a whole year since Sunnydale was destroyed?" and move on.
§ ita § - May 23, 2006 8:04:20 am PDT #9566 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I didn't interpret "after season 7" to mean "immediately after."
In my head the next season would start where they usually started their next seasons--the fall.
Frankenbuddha - May 23, 2006 8:08:53 am PDT #9567 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
That would be especially execrable, given he was with Angel for the next year.
Oh, I didn't interpret "after season 7" to mean "immediately after." Unless the comic is going to show Xander in Africa, and Buffy dating the Immortal in Italy, and Willow in... Peru? Wherever the hell she was.
In my head the next season would start where they usually started their next seasons--the fall.
My, ahem, issue would be that any appearence by Spike would give us de facto knowledge that SOMEBODY survived NOT FADE AWAY. Bonus demerits if they give Spike any form of amnesia to avoid addressing the question.
§ ita § - May 23, 2006 8:13:36 am PDT #9568 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Spike totally survived Not Fade Away. I'm not sure why I'm so convinced of that, though.
Sean K - May 23, 2006 8:15:52 am PDT #9569 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I could totally buy that, but I'd rather not know officially from the only official source. That's definitely one of those things that plays better in the imagination.