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Jeph Loeb Takes ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Back In Time
In ‘Season Eight’
Published by Jennifer Vineyard on Tuesday, December 2, 2008
at 12:47 pm.
'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'Remember that “Buffy the Vampire
Slayer” animated series that never was? Turns out, it is
getting new life — as the basis of an upcoming “Buffy:
Season Eight” comic.
Called “After These Messages … We’ll Be Right Back!”,
the storyline, out December 10, plops the Buffster down
into the middle of her own animated show, in a sort of “
Pleasantville”/”Peggy Sue Gets Married” kind of way.
(And we have your exclusive, eight-page preview after the
jump!)
“She arrives in the animated world, but she knows it’s
not right,” said the issue’s writer Jeph Loeb. “In many
ways, it’s a time-travel show. She’s having a day from
hell and she wonders if life was always this hard, and when
she wakes up, she’s got a ‘Season One’ bod and a ‘
Season Eight’ brain.”
We as the readers know something’s off because of the
different look (courtesy of animator Eric Wight), which is
simpler to reflect what Buffy believes to be a simpler
time: high school. And high school at a time when Willow is
still crushing on Xander (i.e. she’s not yet gay), Angel
has yet to become Angelus, Cordelia is still alive,
Principal Synder is still alive and her mom is still alive.
Buffy realizes all these things when she encounters these
people (especially when she sees her mom, whom she
overwhelms with a huge hug). But as much as she realizes
how much things will change, Buffy’s also partly her old
self, torn between going to a party or going on patrol.
(She somehow manages both.)
“Joss [Whedon] and I talked about how, despite all her
knowledge, she still can’t get over being in that time,”
Loeb said. “Like ‘What am I going to wear?’ and ‘How
am I going to get into Cordelia’s party?’ If you went
back to high school and ran into the school bully, you’d
still react the same way. She’s aware that what’s
happening shouldn’t be happening, but she doesn’t share
it with anybody.”
Well, not really. But Buffy makes comforting reassurances
to folks, like, “No biggie, Will, maybe someday she’ll be
dead and you’ll be a sorceress supreme,” in response to
Cordelia calling Willow hopeless. Willow jokes, “Do I get
to wear a pointy hat?” Or when Synder confiscates Xander’
s skateboard, Buffy says, “Look at it this way, Xander.
Maybe someday Synder will get eaten by a huge ginormous
snake — and you’ll wear an eyepatch and be in charge of
lots of womens.” Xander asks, “Really? Like a pirate? Can
I be a space pirate?” No one gets that she’s telling them
their futures — they think it’s just typical Buffy banter.
Buffy starts to wish she could stay in this so-called
simpler time, even if her foreknowledge keeps reminding her
of things to come. She asks Angel for guidance, but doesn’
t come away with an answer that makes her feel any better.
“She doesn’t know why she’s there,” Loeb said. “And
the question becomes, will she stay or not stay? If you
knew something and could run away from it, what rabbit hole
would you go down?”
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