Interesting review, and your analysis of the long-term conflict was particularly thought-provoking. There were a few other things I didn't agree with, though...
Inexplicably Willow's hair is red in this scene, although it was black on TV. Obviously media change causes some weird color shifts, because Willow's eyes are absolutely blue right now.
It did look odd, because the whole image is a magenta and black duotone but Willow's hair looks red - which almost suggested to me that it's S8 Willow standing looking at a mental image of S6-Warren. The eyes thing is especially odd, especially given that in the final fight scene, they make a big thing of Buffy's eyes turning green (Willow's normal colour) then black - rather than the blue she's been drawn as so far. I speculate that the artist asked what colour Willow's eyes were rather than actually looking at photos of Aly, was told "green", and assumed that meant blue-green rather than her actual green-brown...
Meanwhile Buffy talks with Dawn about Willow outside their Scottish castle; the shadows they cast suggest two suns in the sky.
Or that there's a big spotlight 30m above them, rather than the sun 93 million miles away. :)
In seasons 5-7 Willow\Dawn interaction was minimal except the moments when Willow tried to kill her - first unintentionally, then intentionally.
Apart from the time after 'The Gift' when Willow and her partner moved in with Dawn to act as her surrogate parents, you mean? :)
Buffy chooses a slayerette named Satsu - beautiful Chinese girl with cool katana - as her back-up. Before entering the portal Buffy asks Satsu is she has a lipgloss, and notices that Satsu's lipgloss has cinnamon taste - like the one on her lips after the kiss of true love. (Heh. In penultimate panel on issue #2 we saw Satsu on the castle wall fighting zombies when the kiss of true love occured.)
Satsu's Japanese, not Chinese (her name is Japanese, the katana's Japanese, and her whole Helly Kitty dress sense is pretty Japanese as well). And you've got the timing confused. Satsu's in the big zombie fight at the end of #2. In #3, Willow Jane-Austenises the zombies, Dawn stomps Amy and Willow magically binds her; then we cut to another scene some time later with Willow, Xander and a group of Slayers gathered around Buffy's bed - that's when the kiss happens. (Incidentally, Willow's telepathic enough to hear someone think her name real loud, so I'm not surprised she can also pick up someone in the room lusting after Buffy...). So it's perfectly possible for it to be Satsu who kisses Buffy - which makes possible all sorts of stories about hero-worship and inappropriate crushes, accusations of favouritism by Leah and Rowena, etc. It's an aspect of leadership that Buffy probably never imagined she's have to cope with: what to do when someone younger than you and whom you're in a position of authority over fancies you...
But turns out good guys had magically figured out that bad guys will send a ray.
Or alternatively, the 'magic mirror' would have reflected any spell that was cast at the portal. Making it a ray gun just made for a more obvious visual effect.
Xander locates their position: they're two miles south of Sunnydale.
Which unfortunately, if Sunnydale is based on real-life Santa Barbara, would put them under the Pacific Ocean. :) But I suppose Buffyverse geography is flexible...
A spirit of Amy's mother makes a cameo appearance and says that she saw Amy's nightmares.
That was Buffy saying that, using Willow's magic to take on Catherine Madison's appearance.
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Inexplicably Willow's hair is red in this scene, although it was black on TV. Obviously media change causes some weird color shifts, because Willow's eyes are absolutely blue right now.
It did look odd, because the whole image is a magenta and black duotone but Willow's hair looks red - which almost suggested to me that it's S8 Willow standing looking at a mental image of S6-Warren. The eyes thing is especially odd, especially given that in the final fight scene, they make a big thing of Buffy's eyes turning green (Willow's normal colour) then black - rather than the blue she's been drawn as so far. I speculate that the artist asked what colour Willow's eyes were rather than actually looking at photos of Aly, was told "green", and assumed that meant blue-green rather than her actual green-brown...Meanwhile Buffy talks with Dawn about Willow outside their Scottish castle; the shadows they cast suggest two suns in the sky.
Or that there's a big spotlight 30m above them, rather than the sun 93 million miles away. :)In seasons 5-7 Willow\Dawn interaction was minimal except the moments when Willow tried to kill her - first unintentionally, then intentionally.
Apart from the time after 'The Gift' when Willow and her partner moved in with Dawn to act as her surrogate parents, you mean? :)Buffy chooses a slayerette named Satsu - beautiful Chinese girl with cool katana - as her back-up. Before entering the portal Buffy asks Satsu is she has a lipgloss, and notices that Satsu's lipgloss has cinnamon taste - like the one on her lips after the kiss of true love. (Heh. In penultimate panel on issue #2 we saw Satsu on the castle wall fighting zombies when the kiss of true love occured.)
Satsu's Japanese, not Chinese (her name is Japanese, the katana's Japanese, and her whole Helly Kitty dress sense is pretty Japanese as well). And you've got the timing confused. Satsu's in the big zombie fight at the end of #2. In #3, Willow Jane-Austenises the zombies, Dawn stomps Amy and Willow magically binds her; then we cut to another scene some time later with Willow, Xander and a group of Slayers gathered around Buffy's bed - that's when the kiss happens. (Incidentally, Willow's telepathic enough to hear someone think her name real loud, so I'm not surprised she can also pick up someone in the room lusting after Buffy...). So it's perfectly possible for it to be Satsu who kisses Buffy - which makes possible all sorts of stories about hero-worship and inappropriate crushes, accusations of favouritism by Leah and Rowena, etc. It's an aspect of leadership that Buffy probably never imagined she's have to cope with: what to do when someone younger than you and whom you're in a position of authority over fancies you...But turns out good guys had magically figured out that bad guys will send a ray.
Or alternatively, the 'magic mirror' would have reflected any spell that was cast at the portal. Making it a ray gun just made for a more obvious visual effect.Xander locates their position: they're two miles south of Sunnydale.
Which unfortunately, if Sunnydale is based on real-life Santa Barbara, would put them under the Pacific Ocean. :) But I suppose Buffyverse geography is flexible...A spirit of Amy's mother makes a cameo appearance and says that she saw Amy's nightmares.
That was Buffy saying that, using Willow's magic to take on Catherine Madison's appearance.(to be continued)