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Buffy 8:10 - Anywhere But Here
As we know, Willow can fly now. She can also handle a passenger. She can teleport with at least 2 passengers, I think, because Buffy says "teleport again" which I'm guessing refers to her and Satsu from the Twilight stronghold in an earlier issue. We know Amy can at least do onesies.
Buffy doesn't like the flying with Willow thing, even though she rappels out of helicopters. Is this because she doesn't feel in control, or because she doesn't trust Willow? It's an interesting question, I think, because the theme of this issue is kind of a lies and betrayal thing.
Willow and Buffy meet a new character named Robin. Not Wood, this one's a girl. It's going to take a little explaining and a few frames to get you up to date on this one.
Dark Horse (the publisher of the comic) ran a competition at their MySpace page. It was an essay competition based on the topic, "How Buffy Changed Your Life". The prize was having a character written into the comic based on the person who's life was changed. The winner was a guy who's wife was being taken over by schizophrenia about the same time she was discovering Buffy.
OK, so Willow and Buffy fly to a location where a girl is sitting in front of a hovel. They are there to see a demon named Sephrillian. He "walks between worlds. Reality tends to buckle around those guys." Sephrilian's thing seems to be time. Past, present, and future can happen simultaneously around Sephrilian. Willow is more sensitive to it, and linear time becomes less linear to her just by being in the general area. Sephrillian is in the hovel. It's bigger on the inside a la Doctor Who.
Robin (who is based on the contest winner's wife Robin) is what's called a Minder. Her plight in the comic has similarities with the real Robin's, real world schizophrenia. Willow describes a Minder like this.
Also...
Here's one that's nothing to do with canon, but I think it's interesting. Willow and Buffy enter the shack, and descend a giant staircase. Buffy wonders why there are no escalators to Hell. As they descend Buffy muses over a wisecrack she delivered to Robin. She says if the time loop gets loopy again she's going to change that wisecrack. Willow replies, "Ah...Spirit D'escolier". I think they spelled it wrong, but here's the Wikipedia definition.
It's been mentioned earlier that Dawn has grown into a giantess. This was done with magic, and has something to do with her losing her virginity. It also concerns a college relationship she had with someone called Kenny who we are told is something called a Thricewise. We get a look at what Kenny actually looks like.
Up until now Willow hasn't been able to restore Dawn to her real size. Dawn has been keeping a secret. Willow needs to know the truth of what happened or she can't get a fix on what kind of magic was used. Here's Dawn's secret.
Dawn lost her virginity to Kenny the Thricewise's college roommate. His name was nick. That's canonically significant, I guess. He was a bad boy, played in a band type. Xander makes a crack about Parker Abrahms; letting Dawn know her sister was no better. Apparently Dawn didn't know that story.
In this issue they switch back and forth from the Buffy and Willow story to the Dawn and Xander story.
Buffy and Willow meet Sephrilian.
We learn a new word. Tichajt - means one of the demon elite.
Notice he has those four screens on his tail.
Sephrillian says...
It says that in reference to the fact Willow and Buffy have been lying to each other. They have been showing multiple faces.
Sephrilian also says...
So is the human mind more complex than the demon mind in the Buffyverse, or more simple. I can't figure it out, but I suspect some important philosophical point is being made there.
What are the specific deceptions Sephrilian is speaking of here you ask.
First of all, remember how Buffy won't tell Willow where the money is coming from to finance the slayer army? Here's where it comes from...
Buffy gets caught lying a second time here, and must admit she led the raid on the swiss bank. She refers to it as a victimless crime. She says it's all insured, and references the fact a lot of old nazi loot is stored in Swiss banks. Buffy appears to be lying, not just to Willow, but to herself.
Willow's deception is different. She has been keeping Buffy from Kennedy. The excuse she tells Buffy is there's a rift between Kennedy and Willow. Something about a mystical death experience Kennedy had. That apparently is kind of true, but the real reason Willow is keeping Kennedy away from Buffy is she still feels guilty about connecting Tara to Buffy. She believes no good can come from such a connection.
There are also glimpses into Willow and Buffy's pasts and futures.
Willow's
Buffy's
There appears to be debate as to whether or not the Willow with the snake woman scene is from Willow's future or past. I direct them to this post from the episode discussion thread.
Edit
Joss Whedon has since suggested it is Willow's past.
Buffy-Boards - View Single Post - Discussion of Episode 8:10 Released 01/02/07 (Dark Horse)
But continuing on with the canon stuff...
In the process of seeking the truth from Sephrilian Buffy has revealed all her secrets. Sephrilian threatens to share the secrets with its demon brethern.
It's Slaytime.
I guess what's happening in the above graphic is up for interpretation, but to me Willow seems to have created a magic weapon and put it in Buffy's hands. She did something similar when Buffy was rescuing Willow from the Twilight base in an earlier issue. This looks to be a new trick the two of them can do.
This issue ends with Buffy and Willow walking away in separate directions. So now there's a rift between Buffy and all of Willow, Giles, Faith, and Dawn. Buffy is steadily finding herself more alone. You can perhaps add Spike and Angel to that list. I'm not sure how the timeline of the 2 verses works out, but at some point Andrew convinced Angel and Spike Buffy is with the Immortal.
As we know, Willow can fly now. She can also handle a passenger. She can teleport with at least 2 passengers, I think, because Buffy says "teleport again" which I'm guessing refers to her and Satsu from the Twilight stronghold in an earlier issue. We know Amy can at least do onesies.
Buffy doesn't like the flying with Willow thing, even though she rappels out of helicopters. Is this because she doesn't feel in control, or because she doesn't trust Willow? It's an interesting question, I think, because the theme of this issue is kind of a lies and betrayal thing.
Willow and Buffy meet a new character named Robin. Not Wood, this one's a girl. It's going to take a little explaining and a few frames to get you up to date on this one.
Dark Horse (the publisher of the comic) ran a competition at their MySpace page. It was an essay competition based on the topic, "How Buffy Changed Your Life". The prize was having a character written into the comic based on the person who's life was changed. The winner was a guy who's wife was being taken over by schizophrenia about the same time she was discovering Buffy.
OK, so Willow and Buffy fly to a location where a girl is sitting in front of a hovel. They are there to see a demon named Sephrillian. He "walks between worlds. Reality tends to buckle around those guys." Sephrilian's thing seems to be time. Past, present, and future can happen simultaneously around Sephrilian. Willow is more sensitive to it, and linear time becomes less linear to her just by being in the general area. Sephrillian is in the hovel. It's bigger on the inside a la Doctor Who.
Robin (who is based on the contest winner's wife Robin) is what's called a Minder. Her plight in the comic has similarities with the real Robin's, real world schizophrenia. Willow describes a Minder like this.
Also...
Here's one that's nothing to do with canon, but I think it's interesting. Willow and Buffy enter the shack, and descend a giant staircase. Buffy wonders why there are no escalators to Hell. As they descend Buffy muses over a wisecrack she delivered to Robin. She says if the time loop gets loopy again she's going to change that wisecrack. Willow replies, "Ah...Spirit D'escolier". I think they spelled it wrong, but here's the Wikipedia definition.
It's been mentioned earlier that Dawn has grown into a giantess. This was done with magic, and has something to do with her losing her virginity. It also concerns a college relationship she had with someone called Kenny who we are told is something called a Thricewise. We get a look at what Kenny actually looks like.
Up until now Willow hasn't been able to restore Dawn to her real size. Dawn has been keeping a secret. Willow needs to know the truth of what happened or she can't get a fix on what kind of magic was used. Here's Dawn's secret.
Dawn lost her virginity to Kenny the Thricewise's college roommate. His name was nick. That's canonically significant, I guess. He was a bad boy, played in a band type. Xander makes a crack about Parker Abrahms; letting Dawn know her sister was no better. Apparently Dawn didn't know that story.
In this issue they switch back and forth from the Buffy and Willow story to the Dawn and Xander story.
Buffy and Willow meet Sephrilian.
We learn a new word. Tichajt - means one of the demon elite.
Notice he has those four screens on his tail.
Sephrillian says...
It says that in reference to the fact Willow and Buffy have been lying to each other. They have been showing multiple faces.
Sephrilian also says...
So is the human mind more complex than the demon mind in the Buffyverse, or more simple. I can't figure it out, but I suspect some important philosophical point is being made there.
What are the specific deceptions Sephrilian is speaking of here you ask.
First of all, remember how Buffy won't tell Willow where the money is coming from to finance the slayer army? Here's where it comes from...
Buffy gets caught lying a second time here, and must admit she led the raid on the swiss bank. She refers to it as a victimless crime. She says it's all insured, and references the fact a lot of old nazi loot is stored in Swiss banks. Buffy appears to be lying, not just to Willow, but to herself.
Willow's deception is different. She has been keeping Buffy from Kennedy. The excuse she tells Buffy is there's a rift between Kennedy and Willow. Something about a mystical death experience Kennedy had. That apparently is kind of true, but the real reason Willow is keeping Kennedy away from Buffy is she still feels guilty about connecting Tara to Buffy. She believes no good can come from such a connection.
There are also glimpses into Willow and Buffy's pasts and futures.
Willow's
Buffy's
There appears to be debate as to whether or not the Willow with the snake woman scene is from Willow's future or past. I direct them to this post from the episode discussion thread.
Edit
Joss Whedon has since suggested it is Willow's past.
Buffy-Boards - View Single Post - Discussion of Episode 8:10 Released 01/02/07 (Dark Horse)
But continuing on with the canon stuff...
In the process of seeking the truth from Sephrilian Buffy has revealed all her secrets. Sephrilian threatens to share the secrets with its demon brethern.
It's Slaytime.
I guess what's happening in the above graphic is up for interpretation, but to me Willow seems to have created a magic weapon and put it in Buffy's hands. She did something similar when Buffy was rescuing Willow from the Twilight base in an earlier issue. This looks to be a new trick the two of them can do.
This issue ends with Buffy and Willow walking away in separate directions. So now there's a rift between Buffy and all of Willow, Giles, Faith, and Dawn. Buffy is steadily finding herself more alone. You can perhaps add Spike and Angel to that list. I'm not sure how the timeline of the 2 verses works out, but at some point Andrew convinced Angel and Spike Buffy is with the Immortal.
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