Pretty cool. Wish I knew French better so I could translate.
Nobody can tell Marmaduke what to do. That's my kind of dog.
Trick ,'First Date'
Buffy 4: Grr. Arrgh.
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Jon B. - Oct 06, 2004 2:45:35 am PDT #9106 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Frankenbuddha - Oct 06, 2004 5:36:44 am PDT #9107 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The problem being that the S5 arc (as it played out) required Riley and Buffy to break up.
It would take a little reshuffling of events, but I always thought Riley would have made a better Glory host than Ben, and not just because of Charlie Weber issues. It could even have been his de-super soldiering that let Glory start to get out. It certainly would have given Giles big moment in THE GIFT a major HSQ boost, given what a big HSQ moment that was anyway.
JZ - Oct 06, 2004 5:59:04 am PDT #9108 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
ponders Frank's scenario
ponders the angsty consequences thereof
marries Frank and has his babies, or possibly just eats his spicy brains
Jon B. - Oct 06, 2004 6:28:44 am PDT #9109 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Frank for showrunner!
heads into garage to start work on time machine
remembers I don't have a garage
wistfully imagines what might have been
ChiKat - Oct 06, 2004 6:46:26 am PDT #9110 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Riley would have made a better Glory host than Ben
I love this idea with an unholy love. All the pain and angst that it would entail? Delicious.
Polter-Cow - Oct 06, 2004 6:47:15 am PDT #9111 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Riley would have made a better Glory host than Ben
But wouldn't that have meant he'd have been Glory all through S4 as well?
§ ita § - Oct 06, 2004 6:50:08 am PDT #9112 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
wouldn't that have meant he'd have been Glory all through S4 as well?
Suppressed due to the serum, according to this framing.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 06, 2004 6:51:43 am PDT #9113 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
preens
wonders if JZs post means I'm going to have to duel Hec?
doesn't care
Seriously, though, when there was talk that Xander was originally to be the Glory host (and talk about resulting angst - that would have taken some cojones on ME's part), it pinged me how that would have been a great way to get Riley out of the show. You could even have broken them up, but had Riley stay around town, lurking in a Spikely fashion (which could have provided amusement - duelling stalkers!).
Even the big "who is Glory" reveal could be fun - you still have Ben around, and red-herring the hell out him (show Glory changing into "unknown guy" at some point), have the scene with him and Dawn at the hospital, have Riley come to pick up Dawn and then do the reveal (and off Ben, or at least crazy him up, in the process). It even makes sense that Buffy would call Riley in SPIRAL if she didn't know he was also Glory.
When to bring in Dawn is the big sticking point (yeah, I know, NEVER) in terms of how the season played out as aired vs. the above.
eta could I possibly have used the word "even" more in one post?
even even even even even
Topic!Cindy - Oct 06, 2004 6:58:18 am PDT #9114 of 10001
What is even happening?
Okay, who is opening up their PayPal account for our collection to fund Frank to completely re-do season 5? Most of the cast must be available.
brenda m - Oct 06, 2004 6:58:34 am PDT #9115 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oooh, nice. That would've been excellent.