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Date Posted: 16:01:15 09/06/03 Sat
Author: BunnyPhobia
Subject: Let's get un-physical
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Faithsguy
's message, "I'm alive! I'm here! Big bad ideas!" on 02:45:25 09/01/03 Mon
Why does the big bad have to be a physical presence? What's wrong with a mental presence...that worms its way through the minds of Sunnydale's inhabitants, the scooby gang and Buffy herself.
It could start small, and the gang think it's related to a Monster of the Week - it goes away, and then, eps later, returns. Goes, returns, showing itself in different ways each time.
Ulterior motive? We could come at it from the glory angle - an 'essence' that simply desires to live...Or, it lost a home when the hellmouth was closed.
I just think that something NON Physical would be a dramatic change, and yet be more substantial (figuratively) than the 'inner demons' of season 4 and 6. You could also link it to all the mini-arcs etc, without it being apparent that its related until looking back with hindsight.
Just an idea. I do like the idea of the 'balance' being disrupted, though not too sure that the 'powers' wiping out the only thing that kept good alive is altogether logical. But the balance, tied in with the left over remnants of the joining spell has some potential for good storylines...
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love it -- Idea guy, 20:11:46 09/06/03 Sat
I think maybe have one of the characters (Giles) act REALLY out of character and everyone puts it down to his injury but it's the mind warp
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Re: -- Sgt. Rock, 22:22:12 09/07/03 Sun
Sounds too first-like to me. A disembodies essence that wants to live is pretty much exactly what the first was.
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Except the First was rather naff -- BunnyPhobia, 00:19:10 09/08/03 Mon
And the execution was abysmal.
did the First want to live? Is that what it was trying to do? I didn't realise that, I just thought it was all evil and stuff...shows how much season seven grabbed me, doesn't it? *veg*
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how about -- Idea guy, 08:18:29 09/08/03 Mon
It's getting into thier minds but it also as a physical effect (killing people whilst inside them) and thus why Dawn has to "dome" over Sunnydale to stop it getting out like a virus
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A sentinent, concious virus... -- BunnyPhobia, 21:09:34 09/08/03 Mon
Could be a big threat...a bit 'invasion of the body-snatchers' except its immerged and evolved since the closure of the hellmouth...
What I was actually thinking was the overall arc being created purely through misdirection - the audience being led to think that all MoW are completely unrelated, and it's only when something 'really bad happens' (tm) that the scoobies, and so the audience, begin to figure out all is not as it seems. That way, the mini-arcs could really be pushed to their full potential, sending the characters and relationships into whole new ballparks, using the MoW's as suitable metaphors, yet, for some of them, being controlled and related to this 'entity' or virus...
Or, we could go for a great big whopping monster...I'll write either way
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