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Date Posted: 13:32:12 08/29/03 Fri
Author: BunnyPhobia
Subject: Ok, my picks, dibs and 'yeahs'
In reply to: Kashmanik 's message, "OK, how does this sound? (please read folks!) :-)" on 00:48:23 08/27/03 Wed

Firstly...The idea that grates the most is Anya being pregnant. Not because she is pregnant, but I highly doubt that she would just LEAVE and that Xander would happily LET her leave. He wouldn't. He'd go with her, finally choosing Anya over Buffy...And as he's a core scoob, dammed if I'd let him leave the show.

For me, I think they should firstly decide to resume their relationship, on the quiet. They're older, more mature now, and are gonna be testing the waters. They're not going to be jumping in, getting married (cos, hello, old issues much?) and having babies that quickly. IMO, of course.

Buffy. Buffy needs something new...Something NON SHIPPY in my opinion. We need to push her character in a new direction. She's become a 'mother' and an uber-slayer, so what's left? That's the difficult question, but I think something along the lines of her powers changing or being at risk. She's the oldest slayer, EVER (as far as we know). This has got to have some effect, surely?

I do like the idea of the enjoining spell having repurcussions. We could, of course, take that in a dark direction later in the season, after firstly establishing it as a good thing.

Sunnydale? Ok, here's what I was thinking. The season opens AT Kennedy's estate. sunnydale is still being rebuilt, and it's a bit difficult to live there, so they've gone to Kennedy's/
Cue much weirdness (ghosties? We could have ghosties!!), and, say, after two eps, Willow calls the relationship off, Kennedy stays at home, whilst everyone else returns to Sunnydale. I also have an image of X and A sat on the floor of a kitchen, deciding to get back together, but that's just me :)
Then they head back to Sunnydale. I do think that Giles should be in a wheelchair, OR, something much more severe - he keeps suffering from memory loss, memory blanks. Just imagine, for a guy who's sole purpose in the group is his knowledge...imagine how frustrating that would be, how traumatic and how it would force Giles and the others to really consider what he actually means to them.

For Dawn...I do like Kash's orignal idea of turning her into a barrier, and I just wonder if we can't do something like that in the middle of the season (similar to the 'two crichtons and two ships' of Farscape, season three). There's inside the barrier, and outside the barrier. Of course, the reasons behind Dawn's transformation would have to be decided, but soemthing that big could also provide oppourtunity to kill someone off (dare I say Andrew?). That way, too, we don't HAVE to use all characters each episode, because you're focussing on only one of the two groups each ep.

Just an idea, mind.

As for big bads, well....keeping in mind the need to push Buffy in one direction she hasn't been and the effect of her powers and such like...We could have Big Bad Buffy? Or, simply Bitca Buffy...Just soemthing that lets us bring a little edge back to her character. Dawn's old enough to look after herself, B doesn't have to mom her anymore..she can move on, become herself for herself again..

As for Spike...ratings wise, he does need to stay. I'm just not quite sure where we can go with him...

And I think I'm the only one against S/B/F. I just can't understand why two Slayers feel the need to keep returning to Spike...shouldn't they find themselves first, they've been through a lot.

Of course, the other alternative for character growth is Dawn and her 'blossoming', finding herself. Ie, sexuality etc...
Makes the scoobies feel REALLY old :)

Ok, hat's my rambling for now...

~BP

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