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[Poll #903690]

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[pepperjackcandy.livejournal.com]

I don't even consider all of the seasons of the television series canon. 8-D

[lastscorpion.livejournal.com]

LOL about pepperjackcandy's comment above!

I marked "I'm not even going to read them. I don't care" but really it's more like "I'm not even going to read them because I'm still fuming about earlier stuff."

[swsa.livejournal.com]

Actually, my choices are 2, 4, and 5. As if the combat boots weren't horrifying enough, I just saw the B/X print. Yech. No thanks.

To be fair though, even before we had any details, I knew it wouldn't feel like canon to me even if Joss had written only stuff I liked. If Spike shanshued, maintained his superpowers, and hooked up with Buffy, I still wouldn't consider it canon.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

I can't answer your poll! There is not a choice for 'I will read them because I'm a completionist, but I will probably bitch about them too and maybe even wish they hadn't been written.' ;-)

Also, I REALLY need to find out what the deal is with them. When are they being released? Where can I get info, oh knowledgeable one? *g*

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

I chose #3. I have my fanfics and I'm happy with them. Canon-schmanon - hee!

[mbangel10.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit torn, so my answer wasn't 100% accurate. I'm definitely curious so I'll give the first few issues a shot but I'm very hesitant to accept them as canon. I guess I'll just have to wait and see...

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

The more I know about the comic series, the less I'm interested in anything about it.

I didn't see it on TV? Not canon to me.

[slackerace.livejournal.com]

I'm torn. I mean, it could be a positive jump start for new fic; however, I invested so much time into the television series and the characters the actors portraying them made come alive. It's kind of like recasting an actor mid-series. Probably not a good idea.

I don't even consider BTVS: The Movie to be canon. I've never seen it.

[withafireinside.livejournal.com]

I actually really loved the Tales of the Slayers and Tales of the Vampires comics. Still, I'm not sure I'll be interested in anything sans Spike. If this had been a year or so ago, I would have been freaking out over the comics (probably in a bad way), but right now I feel like I've got enough distance to just not care. For me, the show's canon is the show's canon, and the comics, even Joss comics, don't really affect it.

[rahirah]

I'm not sure. I tend to the opinion that the creator has the right to say "This is canon," regardless of changes in storytelling methods, but from a reader's POV, some canon is more equal than others. For example, is the movie canon? Buffy did burn down the gym according to TV canon, but did she really run away with Pike? And there's the fact that four million people a week, or whatever it was, saw the TV show; only a few thousand of those will be aware of the comic, much less read it. So if I use Comic canon in a fic, will most of my readers accept it as canon, or even realize it's canon?

[karinalee.livejournal.com]

I'm so happy for new Buffyverse from Joss that I can't even tell you. There's nobody who does it better.

[sum1-different.livejournal.com]

There's no real Buffy without SMG. If it's not on the screen it isn't canon.

[--kali--.livejournal.com]

I am glad they are making Xander centre stage. I luff him.