Buffy : Season 8

Is Buffy corrupted beyond repair? Are Dawn and Xander a perverted mockery of a couple? Is Obama really putting Twilight Kool-Aid in the Swine Flu vaccine? You can find all these answers and more in the recent interview we had with Dark Horse Comic’s Super Scott Allie.

Buffyfest: Last year at NYCC, I asked you a question about theme in Buffy Season 8. You weren’t able to answer because the comic was in its early stages, but now, 3/4 of the way through, can you comment on what you think is/are the overall theme(s) of the story?

Scott Allie: Sorry, still a no-go! I’ll start being apparent in the next few months.

Buffyfest: There’s been a lot of talk on the “internets” about Buffy’s corruption and how it’s been sitting heavy on the Season. Do you think Buffy’s been corrupted by power or is this just a girl who’s stressed out and/or maybe a little jaded?

Scott Allie: I don’t know that power corrupted her so much as pressure. But I do think she’s made some unfortunate compromises.

Buffyfest: What do you think those compromises are?

Scott Allie: Well, I agree with fans that financing her operations with theft is not a very heroic thing. But I think Buffy is a very imperfect hero, so I don’t think it’s so much out of character, as some fans have suggested, but rather a not so positive bit of character development.

Buffyfest: Regarding Obama’s reveal as Twilight, did he get his superpowers from a new socialist health program that helps boost people’s strength in order to fight against the free market?

Scott Allie: Like all lesser deities, he got his powers from the sacrifices and devotion of his followers. So basically Season Eight ends when everyone loses faith in him, he loses his invulnerability, and becomes an easy target. I’m still talking about Twilight, right?

Buffyfest: Can you give us one personality trait that would characterize the person under the Twilight mask?

Scott Allie: I cannot.

Buffyfest: Doesn’t hurt to try. Moving on. There’s been a lot of nay-saying over Xander and Dawn’s relationship. Why do you think people are so reluctant to embrace this pairing? Was this issue something you and Joss talked about before the story was released?

Scott Allie: We knew it was coming. We never hesitated. We knew people would hate it because of their history, but I guess we disagree. I don’t think that age difference would stop many people. I think 200-year-old Angel (and slightly younger Spike) hooking up with high-school-age (or slightly older) Buffy is a lot worse, and we’re all still arguing about which one of those relationships was the most True Love. Xander knew her as a child—when he was a slightly older child. Xander’s pretty immature, would’ve met her when she was in 6th grade or so. He wasn’t changing her diapers.

Buffyfest: Speaking of controversial relationships, we had Buffy and Satsu, Xander and Dawn and Willow’s cheating scandal with the Snake Lady, Saga Vasuki. Are there any other shocking parings yet to be seen in Season 8? If so, without going in to detail, what makes it controversial in your eyes?

Scott Allie: Yes, and no, I won’t say.

Buffyfest: Continuing with Willow, the One-Shot comes out soon. Besides Kennedy, will we see any other Buffy characters in the story?

Scott Allie: Ohhhhhhhh yeah.

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