#~ish

You guys.

This may be

my new

favorite game.

I don’t like the notion of two distinct continuities, especially for Buffy. For one, opinions from one continuity are very likely going to color my view of the same character in another. I mean, for example, while I didn’t always dislike her, these days, I really really don’t like Anya. So I am already moderately annoyed at her inclusion (so very early) in the new Boom!Comics. But, to be fair, Anya could very well work better for me - the reasons I dislike her in the show are idiosyncratic (and also, tbf, related to fandom nonsense as well). But still, opinions from one will influence opinions for the other. Plus, it loads expectations on me (and others will do the same), which, while unreasonable, are also probably unavoidable. And it’s just... not tidy, to my sometimes anal-retentive mind. (This is one of the reasons I haven’t and likely won’t ever read DC or Marvel comics)

My faves from Buffy are Amy, Cordelia, Xander and Faith. Add in AtS and you bring in Wesley, Lilah, Illyria and Kate. Amy, Wesley, Lilah and Illyria are either never going to show up, or will almost certainly be extremely minor. I highly doubt they’ll be there at all. Amy is a minor niche love, Wesley was an accidental character in the sense that he was supposed to die in Season 3, Lilah is fairly minor in the grand scope, and Illyria is... well, Illyria. Polarizing and around for like, 8m episodes at the end ofone season. Kate too, is minor and unpopular, relatively speaking. Faith may show up, Cordelia and Xander are set to, but we know that Cordelia is going to apparently start as part of the core trio, so god knows if I’m going to actually enjoy the new Cordelia at all, and god knows what they’re gonna do with Xander. Both characters have very situational severability. And I can assume Xandelia’s never gonna happen to. And while, yes, I’m sure its possible I may love the new and distinct versions of all the characters - maybe Boom!Anya will be my most favoritest of characters, or whatever, but still. I’m not likely to see the characters I know and love  most in truly recognizeable ways.

I’m not a huge fan of the way comics pacing tends to work. Comics always seem to move things forward faster, more extreme, more over the top, than TV shows and Books. And that over the topness doesn’t usually work for me. So... the very choice of a comics medium for storytelling is a concern for my idiosyncratic tastes.