I think the show’s philosophy is quite consistent that Buffy using her Slayer powers to kill humans is bad.
Agree. But if Buffy's main opponent in season 8 will the Twilight, this philosophy has to be updated. Either writers are telling a fairy tale about good guys fighting evil soulless things that should be exterminated (and this extermination isn't qualified as killing). Or writers tell a story about one group of humans fighting another group of humans and, if writers are honest with themselves and the audience, they have to admit that in real war people kill other people.
I just can't figure out what kind of story season 8 is telling.
Some demons didn’t but The Master, The First, Illyria and Wolfram and Hart (via the apocalypse) had ambitions to.
Was the First a demon? I'm not sure. Illyria and W&H belong to AtS, not BtVS. AtS is a bit different universe with different human-demon dynamics. As to Master - I've got the impression that he wanted to rule the Hellmouth, not the whole humanity. Back in Sunnydale days demons had lesser ambitions... :) But I may be wrong.
All we know about Roden’s plans are what he’s told Gigi and as it seems unlikely that he’s told her the whole truth or indeed any of it we have no idea what his plans are yet.
I suppose your "yet" implies he a big player and will take an important part in the future developments.
Roden’s main power seems to be to control a couple of stone demons that Faith killed with her brain.
And creating a magical barrier even Giles couldn't break. Then again it could be just a plot necessity. Like I said earlier I just don't understand how much suspension of disbelief we should apply to season 8.
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Agree. But if Buffy's main opponent in season 8 will the Twilight, this philosophy has to be updated. Either writers are telling a fairy tale about good guys fighting evil soulless things that should be exterminated (and this extermination isn't qualified as killing). Or writers tell a story about one group of humans fighting another group of humans and, if writers are honest with themselves and the audience, they have to admit that in real war people kill other people.
I just can't figure out what kind of story season 8 is telling.
Some demons didn’t but The Master, The First, Illyria and Wolfram and Hart (via the apocalypse) had ambitions to.
Was the First a demon? I'm not sure. Illyria and W&H belong to AtS, not BtVS. AtS is a bit different universe with different human-demon dynamics. As to Master - I've got the impression that he wanted to rule the Hellmouth, not the whole humanity. Back in Sunnydale days demons had lesser ambitions... :) But I may be wrong.
All we know about Roden’s plans are what he’s told Gigi and as it seems unlikely that he’s told her the whole truth or indeed any of it we have no idea what his plans are yet.
I suppose your "yet" implies he a big player and will take an important part in the future developments.
Roden’s main power seems to be to control a couple of stone demons that Faith killed with her brain.
And creating a magical barrier even Giles couldn't break. Then again it could be just a plot necessity. Like I said earlier I just don't understand how much suspension of disbelief we should apply to season 8.