Stephen Tempest wrote:
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> And from one loving couple to another. Given what happens later, the
> comparison to Tara and Willow in 'Seeing Red' is unavoidable. This
> scene is cute and funny and touching and occasionally silly,
> especially when Dracula joins in. He so wants to be invited to a
> threesome date with them, you can just tell.
Not only 'Seeing Red', but it also reminded me of Wesley and Fred, being
a happy couple for about a week, in AtS Season 5.
> And Renee says "Now you don't have to worry about what happens at the
> end." Can we say "dramatic irony?"
"You're my sun****ne my only sun****ne ..."
> Also, now both Xander and Willow have had their girlfriend's lifeblood
> splashed over their face.
Wesley got his face sprayed, too. Therefore the last page wasn't *that*
shocking for me. The Xander-panel was a spoiler.
I was just thinking: "Guys, you're repeating the same old story again"
but I was--and still am--hoping that there is a twist.
> Before continuing, there is one thing I feel I ought to say. What
> happened to Renee would probably be fatal within 20-30 seconds for any
> normal human - shock, bloodloss and breakdown of the circulatory
> system leading to oxygen starvation of the brain and thus death.
[...]
> I'm not ready to completely write her off
Me too. Tara was dead, Fred was "only" transformed, and therefore Renee
gets to live ;)
> Now, I've not read any other reviews before writing this, in order to
> remain unspoiled. But I'm willing to bet that there's already a
> controversy brewing over two facts, namely 1) "How predictable, Joss
> killed off a character's love interest just as they were getting
> close." (2) "How predictable, the black woman was the one who got
> killed." Am I right?
As said, I was thinking the first point, yes.
To the second one: Hell noo! That racist has also butcher that poor
Asian girl ;) Seriously: No. Giles had a black girlfriend, and she is
AFAIK still alive ...
> There's probably also a conspiracy theory getting started that Drew
> killed off Renee to clear the path for a Xander/Dracula romance. Or
> possibly Buffy/Xander, as they comfort each other over their loss(es).
To Dracula/Xander: I can't even bend my mind like this, just to think of
the posibility. How are you doing this?
To Buffy/Xander: Given that Renee dies, it would not be the worst
solution. I would have prefered that couple from the start, but now, I'm
hoping that Renee manages to survive somehow.
> And now I want to know what happens next.
ACK
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