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Date Posted: 14:26:46 09/01/03 Mon
Author: Kashmanik
Subject: Hmm....
In reply to: Faithsguy 's message, "I'm alive! I'm here! Big bad ideas!" on 02:45:25 09/01/03 Mon

I actually think this year we should scale *down* the Big Bad. Almost like they did in S6. Joss and Co obviously thought "How do we top a hellgod?" And the answer was, you don't. You have these three little geeks who are a minor threat, but then kick off something huge in the last few episodes.

I'd quite like a human BB this year. *Completely* human. No magic powers, or shapeshifting, or fighting skills. Just someone smart, with a plan. I'd also suggest that they appear late in the season, like Jasmine did in AtS S4. I think mini-arcs like they did (The Return of Cordy, The Beast, Angelus, Faith, and Jasmine.) would work well for storytelling, as it allows more focus on the different characters. Particularly if we had five mini-arcs for example that centred on different characters, but all had one running theme or outside character/villain leading up to the BB.

That's my vote anyway. A BB who is human, to appear later in the season.

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[> [> Big Bads -- That one Guy, 21:46:12 09/01/03 Mon

I feel a human big bad has already been done. I mean unless it is a hired hitman or something I doubt there'd be a reason to do it. I mean the whole Trioka thing and all. I think that we should consider tptb... I don't know its just seems like you can't top season 5 of buffy with season 7. So I really think we should just create a big bad that is a bad ass and run with it. Make it a vampire or something ? maybe a demon, or something

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[> [> [> I think the earlier approach -- Idea Guy, 22:03:04 09/01/03 Mon

Lots of stand alone episode that contain the personal arcs within them and introduce a potential big bad later in the season. What if it's not even a major big bad or even a single big bad?

Problems internally with the group cause them to be less able in working together, they could even decided (after lavin sunnydale) to go thier own seperate ways for an episode, then each of them feels drawn back to it because the hellmouth is rebuilding itself (the hellmouth could be destroyed but, like when you pick a flower the roots remain) and so they come together at the borders of Sunnydale as the hellmouth begins to reform and they have (8x19) different groups taking on different areas of the town, where for the first tie since Graduation Day they use regular people to aid them.

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[> [> [> [> Re: -- Sgt. Rock, 13:58:37 09/02/03 Tue

I think that idea of the group seperating was pretty much played out in Seasons 4 and 6, probably the least liked seasons of them all so I don't think it would be a good idea to try it again.

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