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Date Posted: 21:29:47 08/22/03 Fri
Author: Wyvern
Subject: I like the sound of that
In reply to: Linda_Delurked 's message, "Some ideas Katie and I had..." on 20:01:03 08/22/03 Fri

It all makes sense and part of me is really drawn to the Giles injury sub-plot. I agree that I started to warm for Kennedy since I started writing for her too - remember, I ended up writing a Kennedy-centric episode! But I do feel that the Kennedy/WIllow relationship felt forced, so I'd be happy to see her and Willow separated but perhaps still friends; maybe Kennedy sees that Willow wasn't really ready for another serious relationship, maybe Willow sees that she still has some grieving to do before she truly moves on. I think I'd like Willow to have a little breathing space for a while. The only 'ship I'm keen to see taken further is Xander/Anya; we've really been building on them getting back together through S8 and we need some resolution there one way or the other. Traditionally, in the Buffyverse couples can't remain happy together for long, however, in the wider Jossverse, we only have to look at the Zoe/Wash relationship to see that it is possible to have a married couple who have a great deal of history, still love each other, but still manage to have interesting storylines...

Not that I'm saying they should get married, though at 24 they're starting to reach an age where it's a bit more feasible (for my part, I was 2 weeks off my 25th birthday when I got married...). But if they do, bags I the wedding episode!

And yes, more Buffy/Spike/Faith triange. For some reason that excites me far more than the Spike/Buffy/Angel triangle we've kind of had from ME. And not just in the smutty way :)

I haven't really given the plot for S9 a great deal of thought yet, but I'm looking forward to debating it. I do think we might need less elements than this year, though. Raven and The Horsemen and Amy and Proserpexa were all interesting, but did we really need them all? I thought that although Raven was a really interesting concept, and she was generally well conceived and well written, she was ultimately a bit of a fifth wheel; we could have achieved most of the season without her. Part of me wishes we'd saved her for later!

And I love the joining spell idea...

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[> [> Re: -- Sgt. Rock, 23:42:38 08/22/03 Fri

I think the idea of a residual imprint of the enjoined characters is cool as long as it's limited time only. It would create too much of a get-out for people in danger to be able to use it all the time. They could have it for a few episodes but then discover it's harmful, as they're all connected if one of them died severing the connection would kill the other two.

I have mixed feeling about having Giles in a wheelchair, I can't help thinking people will think we just used the Spike in a wheelchair idea from S2. However it does have the cool Professor X vibe to it and I'd LOVE to see people's reaction to that scene.

I'm not sure how I feel about splitting Willow and Kennedy up yet, in a way I felt it would just be a rehash of the Willow/Tara breakup. As we've seen this season with Xander/Anya and Spike/Buffy, there's just too much history for a clean break between two characters who were involved. But on the other hand Kennedy needs something to do besides being Willow's girlfriend.

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