I still don't get it when people say that Joss has something against adult characters.
I don't think he has something against adult characters. I think he got burned when he tried to introduce adult issues in later seasons. I love later seasons but I see that many people disliked his vision.
When I was talking about comics being not particularly adult, I meant the overall mood. The "kiss of true love" is straight from a fairy tale. Scoobies' adventures feel cartoonish because everything is achieved extremely easily. Warren's tortures don't leave a trave on Willow's face. Buffy and Satsu defeat hundred of heavily armed commandos with bare hands. Soldiers are dying but Willow can heal them all.
Overall, it just sounds very fanfic-y.
Bander was only hinted at in #2, which we still don't know if it's true or just Buffy feeling horny and having only Xander as male around.
As you may remember I predicted Bander when I saw the first Xander sketch for s 8, so to be consistent I'll go on with my theory :)
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Date: 2007-06-09 07:49 pm (UTC)I don't think he has something against adult characters. I think he got burned when he tried to introduce adult issues in later seasons. I love later seasons but I see that many people disliked his vision.
When I was talking about comics being not particularly adult, I meant the overall mood. The "kiss of true love" is straight from a fairy tale. Scoobies' adventures feel cartoonish because everything is achieved extremely easily. Warren's tortures don't leave a trave on Willow's face. Buffy and Satsu defeat hundred of heavily armed commandos with bare hands. Soldiers are dying but Willow can heal them all.
Overall, it just sounds very fanfic-y.
Bander was only hinted at in #2, which we still don't know if it's true or just Buffy feeling horny and having only Xander as male around.
As you may remember I predicted Bander when I saw the first Xander sketch for s 8, so to be consistent I'll go on with my theory :)
this one gives me a S4 feel instead
Oh, yes. Thematically it's very season 4.