Well, Season 10 is done. Stick a fork in it, it's over.
And...it was far from the best of season finale's. In fact it was probably the worst, and here's why:
D'Hoffryn: I was wrong. D'Hoffryn was a
terrible Big Bad. His death did an excellent job of robing him any shred of dignity, I won't be able to see his character in the same way again sadly.
And the twist as to HOW he lost was entirely stupid and contrived. He died because he was an idiot.
'Anya': We never find out who Anya was originally 'cause she's it turns out she's simply a creation of D'Hoffryn, built to be 'like' Anya. And so the attempt to tie one of the Scoobies emotionally to the Bid Bad utterly failed. She wasn't real. Her 'death' wasn't tragic, in fact I struggled to care. She was a figment.
The minions: Uh, just up and leave D'Hoffryn. Because D'Hoffryn wasn't cool with 'Anya' straight up betraying him (and attacking him) and siding with the other side. That made no actual sense. Worse minions ever really.
It's unclear as to Jonathan's fate. Is he a vengeance demon now?
Xander: Glad he's not dead- of course- but his resurrection and all those reactions to it were emotionally hollow for the most part.
The wrap-up: The Scoobies decide to become to 'new' magic council and so the last few pages are full of terribly unfunny jokes about magic politics and lobbying. Can we look forward to more of this in S11? Don't care tbh, really disappointing.
Even Dracula was flat and unfunny.
And we are let with Buffy and all trying to figure out not just the new rules but a new way of running things. Honestly, with the track record they showed this season...
The earth is definitely doomed.
I'm done with this.
