Season 8. Keep it canon. Yes or no?

[Buffyverse Fan]

Canon Shmanon. If you believe that Joss is the 100% genuis behind Buffy / Angel aren't you denying that there were a whole team of writers and producers that were the people who were the folks in the trenches week after week giving the show it's flavor, dialogue etc. etc? Joss was responsible for coming up with an idea that made a really bad, bad, bad movie and then with the help of some really smart people he turned it into a hit series. Didn't do it alone, wasn't his idea to move to the small screen either. Just cause it's all Joss and he claims it's canon only makes it so if you agree.

My point is that there should be another option or two on this poll such as - Do you really care? and Does it matter? Cause I for one don't and think that it doesn't. I'll read the comics, enjoy them, consider it part of the story and if a movie comes along that contradicts the comics I'd jettison them from my mind faster than Homer Simpson can make a dozen donuts disapear.

Uncle Rory

Well yes and no. Contrary to popular belief, Joss maintains that he mapped out EVERY season of Buffy and Angel. He kept almost 100% of the power regarding what direction each character will go in. David Fury (Angel's head writer in the end) said that even when Joss had his least involvement, he was still usually coming in once a week and telling the writers where the story was going. Joss & Marti Noxon have made similar statements.

Joss on Marti Noxon during his Buffy Season of Least Involvement
Dis not th' Nox. [...] Marti [...] and I shaped this year very carefully

[quote="David Fury]David Fury on Joss Whedon during his Angel Season of Least Involvement
FURY: Here's the thing about it. Ultimately, a lot of the direction of the series went by Joss' whim , as it should, it's his show. (...) [Joss] would still come in and he would say, "I want to do this, I want to do that, I want this to happen." (...) once Joss came into the mix Joss put his own mark on it and (...) it blew a lot of our stuff out of the water.[/quote]

So while the others contributed great episodes and great dialog, the overall direction of the show has always been 99% Joss. According to everyone, that pretty much how After the Fall and Season Eight are going right now with Joss "story-boarding" the overall arc and individual writers taking on every mini-arc/episode.

The problem with the supposedly canonical Aftermath followup to After the Fall is that it'll be the first piece of Buffyverse canon that has allegedly zero involvement from Joss & co (with IDW & a third-party writer taking the reigns).

 

[wehappyfew]

being pissed if it was to change to non-canon?

believe me when i say "uh-huh"

 

[Quarkfan]

Author's decision

If Whedon claims it to be canon, then it is. These are not novels that fill in gaps and are limited to "rules," but rather a continuation of a story line in the only format available. Actually, a cgi animated series could be a great way for Buffy to live on. Not a "prequel" or revisioning, but an actual narrative that continues on, well, I guess after Season 8 concludes. Hmmm.

Regardless, I like to think of it as canon--the stakes are higher that way (man, I love bad puns)

 

[sosa lola]

It's not up to us what's canon and what's not. This is Joss' story, character, universe. He's the only one who has a say in this. And if he says that S8 is canon, then it is.

Now liking S8 or disliking it is up to us, but we don't decide what's canon and what's not. If it's up to me, S7 won't be canon. But it's not up to me.