Hmmm... reading back the conversation from yesterday, I find myself wondering if the "she shall not choose you" was originally intended to be in reference to the medallion that Spike wore. Dawn still qualifies as supernatural in origin, and she does have a soul. If the creators of the show changed the qualifications to use the medallion later on -- that the user had to be superhumanly strong -- it would have DQ'd Dawn....

I find myself wondering if the "she shall not choose you" was originally intended to be in reference to the medallion that Spike wore.

I think you might be right. I remember hearing that there was supposed to have been a scene addressing this in "Chosen," but I can't remember if that was a fanwank, something from an interview, or a bit from a draft of the script.

I thought I'd read that UPN lost the rights to the show after S7 ended (their 2-year contract was up), but apparently they got them back.

I always thought that a network could broadcast each episode at least 2 and maybe 3 times before their rights expired and syndication rights took over. I also think there is a time limit for broadcasting the reruns, but I don't know what they would be.

Now that I think about it, I do know that CBS has broadcast certain episodes of CSI multiple times, so it all probably boils down to specifics in the contract.

Technically, Buffy chose to activate all the potentials. So "she won't choose you" to me meant "you won't be a slayer."

Which is kind of lame, yeah. But it's the best I can do.

sj -- are you sure you mean "Get it Done"? The last season 7 Buffy I've seen is "Showtime" - - you know Buffy in the Thunderdome.

"Get it Done" is the one with the First CoW.

Aw. I just got the Season 2 DVDs. I'd never seen "Inca Mummy Girl" before. Good times! And knowing that Willow is later "kinda gay" made the attempted mummification by girl-on-girl action kinda interesting.

I just watched it last night, too, with my BF who is watching the entire series in order for the first time. He loved IMG, and liked Some Assembly, etc. I'm so excited for him to see eps like Passion and Becoming II-- so good! It gets so much better! Damn!

Don't you just want to date Shawn's BF?

I pointed out Jonathan when the camera panned over him at the Bronze, completely forgetting that Ampata tries to kill him. I told Bob that Jonathan appears in most of the eps, becoming a recurring cast member in later seasons. Then Ampata tries to kill him and Bob says, "Oh, so he's a mummy for the rest of the series!" He starts riffing,

"Does anyone have any other ideas? Jonathan?"
[point to Jonathan]
[Jonathan is sitting at the table, mummified, claws outstretched and his mouth in a rictus]
"Next week on Buffy..."
"...still haven't heard your ideas, Jonathan..."

Later, Bob says, "Oh! So Xander is the mummy for the rest of the series!"

Technically, Buffy chose to activate all the potentials. So "she won't choose you" to me meant "you won't be a slayer."

Which is kind of lame, yeah. But it's the best I can do.

I don't get it. How would not activating the potentials be choosing Dawn, since Dawn wasn't a potential slayer in the first place?

I think having Xander kidnap her, choosing not to have Dawn in the final battle, is the closest thing to Ghost!Joyce/FE!Joyce prophecy fulfillment that we've got in canon.

And it's still kind of lame, too.

How would not activating the potentials be choosing Dawn, since Dawn wasn't a potential slayer in the first place?

No -- Buffy "chose" the potentials, as future slayers.

Dawn was not chosen. I don't think the fact she wasn't a potential matters, only that she was not in the group of people Buffy "chose."

It's lame, but I think it's the best interpretation you can get from what's onscreen. YReadingoftheLineMV.

I think having Xander kidnap her, choosing not to have Dawn in the final battle, is the closest thing to Ghost!Joyce/FE!Joyce prophecy fulfillment that we've got in canon.

This is a possibility, too. Or, as the writer says, it may just have been the First messing w/Dawn's mind.