I just became a member so I can't post yet. I subscribe to tfaw so i watched it this morning. I was hoping no one else posted it before i could. (I know it sounds very school yard but as i said: New member) it's a really great interview, loved all the hints about #40. can't wait for January 19th

Nathan | December 04, 05:48 CET

I can′t wait for the issue #40 and the Season 9!!! I loved following the comic over the years. Buffy lives on..It is such an amazing world with some of the best characters ever created! Thanks Joss and everyone else..

angevil | December 04, 06:36 CET

I can’t wait for 8.40. It sounds like it’s going to be a true character piece and I think it’s a wise decision to have it take place sometime after all the chaos of the last arc. I also love the idea of Buffy returning to her roots and hunting for a vampire (to set the tone for a more “humble” S9) and I hope it’s Harmony who she’s after.

vampmogs | December 04, 06:55 CET

Or it could be Angel whom she's trying to kill.

jettamesis | December 04, 07:10 CET

I do hope issue #40 also touches on Faith, what she's planning to do and her relationship with Buffy.

jettamesis | December 04, 07:13 CET

I would have loved to see there reactions to Giles dying. them getting themselves together and leaving Sunnydale but that's okay. allowing Buffy to get back to what she's best at it great. focusing more on characters and dialogue is great. Having Joss' undevided writing attention again is AWESOME! I think this issue is gonna be incredible. we can only hope i guess.

I heard there would be NO scenes between Buffy and Angel so most likley not him. Can't wait to see the incredible thing Faith does. see how Buffy is coping and see who is still yet to die

Nathan | December 04, 07:32 CET

Glad that cleared two things up:

Giles didn't 'sacrifice' himself, he didn't intend to die.

Willow isn't insane.

I'd have asked Scott whether issue 40 spends enough time focusing on the emotional resonance of Giles' death - Giles is my favourite character, and I'd be entirely happy with this epilogue issue focussing on his death (Joyce got a whole episode, I want an issue just for Rupert!) :(

manreaction | December 04, 14:10 CET

I actually never got the impression that Willow had gone insane. The way Georges drew her, I immediately got that she was devastated, and lost, but not insane. Her reaction was very akin to when she finally broke down and accepted that Tara was gone. Actually, more so in "TKIM" since it was there that she let Tara go, and that loss was greater than just losing Tara, since this time, she let go.

wenxina | December 04, 16:05 CET

I wanna see Giles' funeral and the characters mourning Giles. I hope it doesn't go like AtS S5 with Angel and the fang gang not mourning Cordelia.

Sosa Lola | December 04, 16:37 CET

Well seeing how in these comics Joss seems to like to fast forward past any follows ups of characters actions, then I'm not holding my breath.

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sueworld2003 | December 04, 17:50 CET

Sosa Lola, the lack of mourning for Cordy always bothered me....when I heard the title for the following episode was 'why we fight', i thought we were going to have a very different episode from what we had.

Alex_Jamieson | December 04, 18:46 CET

He seems to have confirmed that Dawn is still okay too.

Matt7325 | December 04, 18:47 CET

Alex_Jamieson,

Why We Fight is one of my least favorite episodes -- not just because I didn't care for the storyline (I've never liked the idea of characters who are hundreds of years old being involved in all the great events of history), but I didn't care for it's placement after Cordy's death. I love that they gave her a role in the big finale, but a little more grieving would've been nice.

Then again, maybe the fact that she spent the whole season to that point in a coma, everyone had already prepared for her death and grieved. Still, aside from a brief scene in "Conviction," we never even saw that.

CowboyWitch | December 04, 18:58 CET

Excellent interview. Scott Allie comes across so much better when you can hear his voice and see his face.

Pointy | December 04, 20:25 CET