Buffy : Season 8

1. Kratos: What would you say to those fans that fear that Buffy’s legacy, heroine/champion status will be tainted because of who Twilight is to her and how far he could push her to betray her own self, ideals, morals. Should Buffy fans be worried?

Scott Allie: Yeah.

2. Mr. Savath Bunny: [quote author=kawaki board=qa thread=10354 post=192258 time=1265229705]With the fab job Season 8 is doing for Buffy fans everywhere, are there any side jobs on the horizon for the Buffy comic franchise? I would totally love to see a small series devoted to the animated series (featured in issue #20 of Season 8, which of course you already know that). I think it could be something Dark Horse could target to a younger audience of new Buffy fans to come... Or on that same note, Dark Horse could feature the animated series in the one-shot-wonders series?? Heh. I just love the old timey cartoony look of issue 20 and I’d love to see other fun plots done with it. Another suggestion would be re-releasing comic additions of an episode such as Chosen for Season 8. I’ve heard that originally Joss wanted to do a little more with the episode but had to cut some scenes due to time/budget… so maybe a pre-Season 8 arc (kinda like the Willow series) with a few extra surprises for fans? This looks a lot like begging but I’m merely tried to be the devils advocate, Scott, that’s all. I would just love to have even more Buffy stuff happening because it’s definitely a cult classic which has mass opportunity to indulge upon. Anywho, thanks for reading my question/suggestion! Have a supercalifragilistic day!

Scott Allie: We’ve limited what we do to what Joss can be directly involved in, what he has time to pay attention to. We’re talking about how to expand that for next year.

3. bamph:

Spoiler: I’m sure we will find out in the story why Angel is Twilight but leading up to the news leaking there was lots of speculation. Everyone from Giles, Spike and Xander to characters such as Buffy’s father were speculated on as Twilight in addition to Angel.

Could you explain the significance,as much as you can without spoiling things, for Angel being chosen as Twilight and what emotional impact that would have on Buffy. Why him out of all the previous characters to choose from? Would Angel not be the main "villain" in this storyline if he wasn’t the one that means the most to Buffy?

Scott Allie: Should I spoil? Should I incur the wrath of the shippers? I think I should let the story speak for itself on this. Let’s talk more after the reveal happens in the story.

4. AndrewCrossett: Here’s a Serenity question. All the Serenity comics have been set before the movie. Does Joss not do post-movie comics because he still has hope of doing a sequel, or is pushing the story forward just too big a job for him to get into right now?

Scott Allie: The Wash oneshot takes place after the movie. But in general, yeah, I think we’ve avoided stories set after the movie because Joss wants to save that—but also because any story set after the movie or before the series robs us of the full cast, and for Joss Serenity is all about the ensemble. As bloodthirsty as he is, I’m still surprised he killed off anyone in that crew. He loves the full group of them. So he’s leaned toward telling stories with all of them together.

5. Maggie: The reveal on where Buffy’s new power comes from is tremendous — especially the way it contrasts with the geek fest Buffy and Xander were enjoying. My question is about how that power source relates to Retreat. We’ve had a few dead slayers before the big battle (and world-wide slaughter). Has Buffy been getting incremental gains — with the big power explosion because of the sheer number of dead slayers? Or did something else set it off, like whole exercise of the slayers with Buffy giving up their power to the goddesses? Basically: has this been going on all along (just not noticeably), or was there a particular trigger mechanism that suddenly allowed Buffy to be powered by a giant dead slayer battery?

Scott Allie: More will be revealed about this over the next few issues.

6. darthrosenberg9: I think from issue #32 (Buffy Has F#©$ing Superpowers) it’s safe to assume that all four issues in Meltzer’s arc have a subtitle and that "The Master Plan" is the subtitle to issue #33. If this is the case, are you allowed to tell us the subtitles to issues #34 and #35?

Scott Allie: I won’t tell you those titles, sorry. When you see what #34 is, you’ll understand why I can’t tell you until you’ve read #33

7. alexkrycek: Continuing on with another question about the Monkey’s paw that is buffy’s super powers. Has Joss elaborated on how her powers now would have compared to the power the Shadowmen offered her in the season 7 episode Get It Done?

Scott Allie: No, that hasn’t come up.

8. Mark W.: Regarding the identity of Twilight, not all of the character’s past actions make sense to me in light of the reveal, none moreso than this one: in the first series arc, Warren, whom I believe works for Twilight, attempted to lobotomize Willow. Am I to assume that this was done under Twilight’s orders? Or at least with Twilight’s knowledge and consent? Because if so, I don’t see how the character who has been revealed to be Twilight can ever make sense for me again. Not just because Twilight was trying to take Willow off the board—maybe there’s a way you guys can explain Twilight’s rationale for opposing and attempting to kill Buffy’s forces—but because of the needless cruelty of the act. Warren didn’t have to lobotomize Willow, he could have simply killed her. So my question is: did Twilight order Warren to lobotomize Willow, or at least know about it and not attempt to stop it (since Warren is after all under Twilight’s authority)? Because the verisimilitude of the character behind Twilight’s mask is literally hanging in the balance here for me.

Scott Allie: The reveal hasn’t happened yet, so of course you can’t see it all. But while the unmasking happens in #33, you won’t have a very clear picture until you’ve read #35. There are a lot of angles to this.

9. Vergil: Which cover from 36 to 40 do you think fans will talk about the most or will get the most attention?

Scott Allie: It’s actually hard to say. The one I think I can single out is #40—that that’s the cover that will cause the least stir. There are definitely things about #36-#39 that’re gonna get you guys talking. There are gonna be people angry over Jo’s cover for #36 who’ll blame me, but Joss told us exactly what #36 should be, described it pretty specifically. Georges’s cover for #36 is fun, probably get reposted a lot, but not stir much controversy. Some people will be excited and mystified by one of the covers for #37—speculation will run rampant. People are gonna get real worked up about #38, and #39 will get people amped up, I think. Those are my predictions.

10. Charles: The Retreat story arc introduced many new characters and updated the fans on the old ones. Are we going to see more of them ie Oz, Bay, Keldon, Munroe (if he’s not dead) as S8 winds down or was #31 it for them appearing onscreen. Also will the dying soldier’s promise and last words have any meaning beyond that one moment?

Scott Allie: Brad gets very focused on the main Scoobs, and we do move away from the other characters. And I don’t have the comic handy, but the dying soldier was in #31, right? And I don’t think there was a promise, was there?

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