I'm on episode 13 in season 1. I'm enjoying the show immensely. I can see this being one of my all time favorites. I tried this show because of Angel/David Greenwalt. Someone suggested Grimm on r/Angel recently. It's very plot-driven though. I feel like we don't know much about even the main characters.
This seems to be a common European bit of disinformation. Yes, there is imitation vanilla extract. It sold right next to all the boxes of real vanilla extract.
The first 20 covers of the 63 issue Dark Horse show tie-in comics. They are not considered canon. Joss Whedon approved or vetoed each idea, but was not involved much in their creation.
Blood & Trenches is Angel's WWI story. Story and art by John Byrne. Published in 2009.
Kakistos (the vampire from Buffy season 3) and followers have been killing troops and draining their blood. Angel travels from NYC to France. He assists Wesley's grandfather, British officer Colonel Geoffrey Wyndam-Pryce, with defeating the vampire cult.
This one is not bad. I can't think of anyway it contradicts canon - other than Angel is shown to largely stay away from fights from the time he gets his soul until he arrives in Sunnydale. This time he hunted a powerful vampire down and put himself in great danger.
Always Darkest is a three page comic at the end of the Retreat arc. It's Buffy's guilt induced nightmare. Doesn't have too much of a point. Buffy's recurring Angel and Spike threesome fantasy is a running joke throughout the comic seasons.
Three episodes were turned into level 1 (ages 5-7) books for elementary school students- Halloween, Inca Mummy Girl and I Robot, You Jane.
Hair, makeup, and wardrobe are 10/10 in this episode. Especially Mercedes McNab.
Low effort post, sorry.
A watcher informs professional thief Melaka Fray she's the first slayer called in hundreds of years. He sets himself on fire.
Urkonn explains that a 20th century slayer and her friends expelled demons from this dimension, so no slayers have been called since. But now the demons are back, and so are slayers.
Fray's twin brother Harth is killed by a lurk.
Fray discovers Harth is a lurk.
Loo is killed.
Fray receives the mʔ from Urkonn.
Harth awakens the Old One Neauth and brings in to this dimension.
Fray is swallowed whole by Neauth, she fights her way out of the demon and it's defeated.
Fray reveals she knows Urkonn killed Loo to motivate her as a slayer.
1.Fray kills Urkonn for killing Loo. She makes it quick since he was a good friend.
This is from Angel:The Curse. Published in 2005. It's not that great tbh. But I thought this was a fun tidbit.
Very different mindset back then.
And an example of using Bible verses for confirmation bias.
I think it was supposed to be awkward in a funny way. But it's just awkward in an uncomfortable way. You don't really need three masturbation puns. The chemistry between the actors is not there either.
I do think by the time they get to the party the episode has improved.
I've reread s11 probably 4 or 5 times. It's byfar my favorite comic book season.
Quick summary: San Francisco is attacked by a dragon and there is widespread destruction. The government rounds up supernaturals in the area and puts them in a concentration camp- Buffy, Willow and Spike included. Buffy and Willow ultimately agree to have their power siphoned in exchange for being released. Spike stays behind. With the help of Riley and Sam, they infiltrate the government's operation and get their power back. The prisoners are freed. The Scoobies go on the run from the government. They figure out the dragon attack was an inside job by Willow's boss, Johanna Wise. She summoned the dragon in order to absorb it's power. Johanna is defeated and dragon returns to his domain.
I like so much about this season. Everyone starts out in a good place, it's good to see everyone happy for once. Buffy and Spike are together and work in supernatural consulting. Dawn is happy and successful at Berkeley. Willow is consulting for the government and running a coven of witches. Xander spent the last couple of years recovering from PTSD, he seems to be working and doing fine. Giles is still in an adolescent's body, but he's developing his magical abilities. And Faith is proving to be one of the most well-adjusted characters.
The story is great. The comics would have been so much more popular if they were all like this season.
The one negative note I have is that Buffy is still a grappling with watching her friends move forward with their lives while she is still doing the same she has since she was 15. She's really been dealing with this off and on since season 6 of the show. And it will continue to be an issue in season 12. I think I would have rather seen her content for a little while.
Possibly very unpopular opinion: getting a chance to prevent Fray's dystopian 23rd century world was a good ending for the Buffyverse.
Giles had a renewed sense of purpose. Angel, Buffy, Spike and Faith got to fight an army of demons. Willow finally has a way to work towards improving the future. She's spent years knowing she'd ultimately be evil again. Illyria/Fred sacrificed her happiness with Angel for an unknown demon dimension. Dawn's portal opening skills were critical. Even Andrew's tech contributed. And when Fray and co get back to their time they see the world has changed for the better.
As a Spuffy shipper I wasn't too upset about the breakup. I think that's really only logical. I'm glad they got a couple of good years together. And that they still have a strong friendship. I wish we knew more about the breakup but that really wasn't the point of the season.
A lot of people can't get past the art. And at some points, I'm right there with you. (Poor Harmony) It's jarring coming from season 11. Fray fans that anticipated this must have been disappointed. I'm not here to defend it.
I still think the story is still strong though. It ends on a hopefully note, with more work still to do.
TLDR: art bad, story ok
Lots of art is heading towards the landfills in the next couple of decades.
I think I've had my fill of Regency for now. I don't know if it's because I've read so many or because they've changed, but I haven't liked the last few I bought.
I wanted to get back into Western/Pioneer/Gold Rush/Frontier era novels. Those used to be my favorite. I like the fact that those women can be very independent and it can still be somewhat historically accurate. You can have a woman working in a saloon or cafe or maybe she inherited a farm or a she's a schoolteacher or something. Or maybe she shows up in a matrimony correspondence situation. Of course there are plenty of older ones but it doesn't seem like they're writing anything new from that era.
Where are the new Texas Destiny or Silver Lining or A Heart so Wild or Angel Creek or His Crown Jewel? Are people getting more into fantasy romance?
Yesterday I posted a comic review and everyone loved it. The artwork was beloved and people were demanding more. Sadly this one has a different artist. I know the grief is insurmountable.
This story place after Doyle first receives the visions. Doyle was able to pass the visions through a kiss to Cordelia. How exactly the visions passed to him isn't explained in this one though.
Doyle starts getting visions after he turns down a request from someone in his demon clan.
He sees his friend Misty in trouble. He is able to find her based on the clues in vision but he was too late. He finds and fights the creature that killed Misty.
He gets a new vision of Tina in trouble. Doyle thinks he's not the hero type. So he searches for someone to help him. The PTB point him to Angel.
This issue takes place after Connor gets his memories back but before Not Fade Away. The most obvious thing is this doesn't look like Connor. The other characters in this series aren't drawn this way, I don't know why they choose this look. But this was my favorite story of the five issues in the Spotlight series.
Connor talks to his parents (the Reillys) about a genealogy project. He walks across campus and discovers there has been a murder, the fifth one this month. Connor and his friend Myers are confronted by a group of bullies. Connor fights off the group single handedly.
Myers is in the know about vampires and demons. Connor confides in him that he is worried he has committed the murders in some sort of fugue state.
Connor investigates and figures out a corrupt cop was behind the murders. He beats up the cop and finishes his genealogy project. Connor watches Angel fight a group of vampires.
I found a complete collection of The Vampire Slayer for sale. I haven't heard of it. I decided to keep my expectations low. But I kinda love it.
This is its own universe. It's not tied into the to the show or any other comics.
Buffy had some kind of major trauma. Willow tries to do a spell to help her forget. This backfires and Willow ends up the vampire slayer and Buffy has no memories of being the slayer at all. Giles and Willow are working on reversing it.
I'm only on issue 3. But Xander is a phlebotomist. Which is a job I did for 13 years. We get very little representation lol. Spike just showed up and saved him from a demon. I'm guessing Spike has a soul and he's going to end up dating Xander.
Looks like a prop axe in the background too.