Discussion of 8.35 "Twilight Part 4" - Released 5/05/10 (Dark Horse)

The preview page we've seen for #36 strongly suggests Angel was not fully in control of his thinking... unless he usually lets birds and random strangers talk him into killing young women by the dozens.

Doyle was a random demon stranger, and he catalyzed the entire mission...

And like I said, we've seen a similar method of communication utilized by Jasmine, it wouldn't be a stretch to think that Cordy was behind that message.

I just hope it's written so well that it won't seem like a cop-out...
 
Sadly, I don't think we'll ever get anymore from Spuffy than just friendship ever again, anyone who watched the commentary for "Chosen" it looked unlikely that anything sexual will ever happen between them again.

Joss said that Spuffy had more of a romantic friendship in Season Seven and that was in response to the Rape Scene in BTVS S6 in which he attempted to brutalize her, not a big fan of it myself. And at the end of the day I don't think Angel will be blamed for "Twilight" (See my DH-IDW canon confusion thread on the Season Eight for one of my latest theories)
 
Sadly, I don't think we'll ever get anymore from Spuffy than just friendship ever again, anyone who watched the commentary for "Chosen" it looked unlikely that anything sexual will ever happen between them again.

Joss said that Spuffy had more of a romantic friendship in Season Seven and that was in response to the Rape Scene in BTVS S6 in which he attempted to brutalize her, not a big fan of it myself. And at the end of the day I don't think Angel will be blamed for "Twilight" (See my DH-IDW canon confusion thread on the Season Eight for one of my latest theories)

I can't see how Buffy and Spike having a "romantic friendship" in Season 7 in any way precludes any sort of permanent relationship later on, but I do agree that Angel will walk away at the end of the season, all charges dismissed, all sins forgiven, all consequences avoided , smelling like a rose. As for Spike, what will become of him remains a mystery, but, since both he and Angel pretty much belong to IDW, story line wise, I don't see anything drastic or permanent happening to either vampire (as in Shanshu reward, permanent loss of soul, death, or settling down with Buffy happily ever after) while they are making their guest appearances in Season 8 or later in Season 9.

That would change entirely, of course, if by some means Dark Horse managed to get control of publishing rights for either or both characters from IDW.
 
I've just finished the Twilight arc and all in all I wasn't very impressed with the Angel reveal at all. It just didn't seem to work and I hope they do plenty of explaining during the last arc of why Angel would every think that Buffy would just abandon her friends to ascend to a new universe? She would never do that!
 
I also just finished the Twilight arc, and I might as well post my thoughts here. The evolution angle is pretty extreme even for Buffy, though pretty cool at the same time (which could be because I'm majoring in Ecology right now 🙂 ). The Buffy/Angel sex was a bit of a distraction at points, especially because much of it was intercut with scenes of demons reaking havoc (and I hope that wasn't supposed to be a metaphor -- earth-shattering sex is literally earth-shattering sex :tongue3:, although I think that was what we were first supposed to think). That juxtaposition didn't work, since the more ridiculous images clashed with more serious ones. And there were other scenes that bordered on hokey -- the superhero tests from #32, and the "Daffy Duck cartoon" line and subsequent blank canvas from #35. But Buffy's decision to leave Paradise held true to her nature of defying her destiny to help her friends (such as spreading the Slayer power in Season 7), and Spike made another grand entrance in the closing panels of #35 (though he's considerably upgraded his vehicle). All in all, a good arc, and I also liked the pep talk that Xander gives Buffy, even it it's from Superman 😀. Also, I should have know that someone was eventually going to bring up the "other" Twilight, and I'm glad that it was Buffy (plus, she's right -- her vampire is better).
 
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