"Well they tell you: never hit a man with a closed fist. But it is, on occasion, hilarious."
July 09
2009
(SPOILER)
Buffy Season 8 #27 preview.
2-page preview courtesy of Dark Horse.
wenxina
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geratongs3000 | July 09, 15:34 CET
Nevertheless, I'm super excited to see good ol' Oz again!
5X5B | July 09, 15:39 CET
Buffyfantic | July 09, 15:41 CET
ellerulz | July 09, 15:43 CET
Numfar PTB | July 09, 15:49 CET
menomegirl | July 09, 15:58 CET
Sparticus | July 09, 16:23 CET
quantumac | July 09, 16:36 CET
Rowan Hawthorn | July 09, 16:54 CET
Dana5140 | July 09, 17:12 CET
Enisy | July 09, 17:13 CET
Which doesn't even look like Andrew to begin with...
But oh well... nice to see Oz back!
maxsummers | July 09, 17:36 CET
Thanks for the clarification.
Jes | July 09, 18:58 CET
Taaroko | July 09, 19:24 CET
Love the reference to the Romanian Warlock, he was mentioned by Oz in New Moon Rising. Also love that we’re getting to see some of his back-story. I’m betting the girl who offers him the tea turns out to be his girlfriend or wife. I’m also guessing she’s the character who was modelled after Sierra from Dollhouse.
I agree the likeness isn’t great here. However, Jeanty did a marvellous job at capturing Oz at the end of Issue #26 so I have faith he can pull through.
vampmogs | July 09, 19:25 CET
Only read issue 26 now, and you're right, last panel of issue 26 captured Oz well.
maxsummers | July 09, 21:30 CET
Willowy | July 09, 21:41 CET
And that lovely cover makes me hope for some more Willow/Xander interaction, which has been sorely lacking of late.
UnpluggedCrazy | July 10, 01:05 CET
Wasn't it 'Shindig' where Mal & Inara sat drinking tea over the cows in the cargo bay? But yes I see what you mean menomegirl :)
Excellent Jo cover and I think Oz would be quite difficult to capture.
The Do That Girl | July 10, 01:58 CET
So... will Willow be giving Xander relationship advice, because she saw him and Dawn sitting on the submarine drinking tea together?
;-)
stormwreath | July 10, 03:54 CET
I don't want to be rude, but there's no way to mistake Oz for Andrew in this issue -- unless you're not actually reading the season and/or are deliberately ignoring context. 8.26 ends with Oz in Tibet, and 8.27 begins with a flashback to a similar looking guy in Tibet. Hmmm.
KingofCretins | July 10, 05:56 CET
canaryfarmer | July 10, 06:26 CET
I'm a big fan of Georges' art but he does take some settling in with likenesses, I think. Some of his Buffy panels in #26 were his best yet. Willow and Giles seemed to give him some trouble at first. Giles and Andrew still look a little similar at times. But I kind of like that, since Andrew is sort of Watcher Jr. now.
Sunfire | July 10, 06:27 CET
wenxina | July 10, 08:14 CET
quantumac | July 10, 08:44 CET
Rowan Hawthorn | July 10, 08:54 CET
quantumac Rowan Hawthorn Dana5140; notsayingawordnotsayingawordnotsayingaword
Darn I 've always been hoping Oz would move back to the States and marry a black woman who's also a musician, and who's a werepanther. (In my futurefics his walkie-talkie code anem is red Rover and ehrs is ebony.)
Seriously, whatever my misgivings about what Buffy is planning here, I'm seriously looking forward to how this will play out.
DaddyCatALSO | July 10, 08:57 CET
DaddyCatALSO | July 10, 17:57 CET
I thought Buffy was just planning to hide in the mountains. Is that what's giving you misgivings? It's certainly not the Slayer way, but I like it better than the "being more than human" stance she had in.... #23 I think it was. I'm not getting upity, just trying to insight some discussion.
luv4whedon | July 10, 10:01 CET
Jossfan_21 | July 10, 10:11 CET
catherine | July 10, 10:47 CET
wenxina | July 10, 11:20 CET
catherine | July 10, 11:22 CET
UnpluggedCrazy | July 10, 11:48 CET
DaddyCatALSO | July 10, 13:11 CET
Totally thought that was Andrew, even though I knew it couldn't be.
Wait... that's not Willow?
*looks again*
Holy crap you're right! Yeah... that was fail. It's really pretty, but that doesn't look like Dawn unless I tilt my head and squint.
korkster | July 10, 13:16 CET
luv4whedon | July 10, 14:28 CET
KingofCretins | July 10, 16:12 CET
luv4whedon | July 10, 20:55 CET
UnpluggedCrazy | July 11, 02:18 CET
All of which is to say: I think Buffy and Willow share a feeling of responsibility for the new Slayers, and a willingness to go to whatever lengths necessary to protect them. Which, to me at least, makes sense and is fascinating, for both characters.
With Willow, it seems like she's able to tap into "the dark" briefly, and then go back to normal (we see her with scary dark eyes as early as the first arc). Obviously there's a question of how often she can do this without consequences; but I seriously doubt we're going to get season 6 Dark Willow again (if only because all the characters seem to expect it--and come on, this is the Buffyverse! If the Scoobies expect it, it's not gonna happen.)
The Kennedy thing worked for me, too--because Willow was trying to save Buffy. Which should also be a warning sign: Willow blames herself for Tara's death, because she put saving Buffy above hers & Tara's happiness. And now (though she's clearly not happy about it) she's willing to use Kennedy if that's what it takes to--once again--save Buffy. So yeah, Willow's definitely in trouble....but Buffy is crossing just as many lines as Willow, and because she's the leader, because she's "brave and kind of righteous," because she's the Slayer, nobody seems to notice. While everyone's worrying about Willow, I think Buffy may be the one in most danger of "going dark."
erendis | July 11, 08:08 CET
This was back when the Buffy comics were not considered canon. But I wonder if they are going to use this comic as the basis for Oz's backstory. They may not, if it doesn't fit the story needs. But it would be neat to see them include something from the "old" comics in this new run.
unDeadhead | July 11, 12:51 CET
UnpluggedCrazy | July 12, 00:53 CET
Sunfire | July 12, 06:43 CET
Not quite. They wounded them and pointed out that if Willow weren't released there would be no one who could heal them and some might die. When they had got Willow away from Warren Buffy told her to heal the soldiers while they dealt with what turned out to be Voll in room XXX. In NFFY Willow said she wouldn't always be able to heal the soldiers if the castle were attacked and Buffy got as far as saying she didn't know what she would do if that happened before they were interrupted.
hayes62 | July 12, 08:13 CET
Voll's crew sent Amy to initiate a mystical attack on Buffy, kidnapped and tortured her best friend to lure her into a trap, tried to assassinate her and her entire squad, and then opened fire on Buffy and Satsu when they came to get Willow. I'm not sure how many chances anyone in their right mind can rationally expect to be given, but if they don't want to die, then they should probably think about that before getting to the "terminally stupid" phase.
Rowan Hawthorn | July 12, 15:46 CET
wenxina | July 12, 20:07 CET
Rowan Hawthorn | July 13, 03:01 CET