That’s one of the most bizarre changes to me in fact, it’s meant to be more inclusive to use neutral pronouns I guess, but the whole concept of Buffy from the beginning was celebrating female power?
The more I think about it, the less sense it makes to change it. I mean, I also get probably wanting to be more inclusive with being neutral and everything, but it really doesn't make sense when, aside from the whole aspect of the series was about the power of women, the prophecy itself in-verse was created by the Watcher's Council who were entirely patriarchal. Which was what made the whole point of Buffy rejecting and refusing the Watcher's Council in the first place so incredibly important, not to mention the importance of everything in the series finale when all Potential Slayers ended up becoming Slayers. So wouldn't having this gender neutral prophecy (or a version of a prophecy like that) make more sense if it was already following an established canon post-Chosen? Why have it be in place before Buffy's entire legacy even happens?
Sorry, that just got to me the more I thought about it.
I would be more interested in following the new book series that they’re setting up with a new slayer and a new cast of characters, or the tv series with a brand new slayer
Exactly. Hell, when I heard initially that they were rebooting the comics I initially thought they were rebooting them from S8 or something, since I know that many fans of the series have mixed reactions to those for various reasons. But I would much rather see different Slayers and their stories being told instead rebooting the entire thing over again. It's just super unnecessary. I mean, this is why people were upset about the prospect of there being a remake of the television series in the first place, because it's super unneeded. So why did they decide to do this in comic form? Just, idk. :/
Again, I don't really care that much about the comics in the first place, but just reading on the changes really grinds my gears somehow. Like, you want to do a modern reboot in a "what if?" kinda way? Fine, but don't change the fundamental aspects of what made those characters who they are, because otherwise it's just OOC badfic.
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Date: 2019-01-26 03:27 am (UTC)Also, what you said in the post:
That’s one of the most bizarre changes to me in fact, it’s meant to be more inclusive to use neutral pronouns I guess, but the whole concept of Buffy from the beginning was celebrating female power?
The more I think about it, the less sense it makes to change it. I mean, I also get probably wanting to be more inclusive with being neutral and everything, but it really doesn't make sense when, aside from the whole aspect of the series was about the power of women, the prophecy itself in-verse was created by the Watcher's Council who were entirely patriarchal. Which was what made the whole point of Buffy rejecting and refusing the Watcher's Council in the first place so incredibly important, not to mention the importance of everything in the series finale when all Potential Slayers ended up becoming Slayers. So wouldn't having this gender neutral prophecy (or a version of a prophecy like that) make more sense if it was already following an established canon post-Chosen? Why have it be in place before Buffy's entire legacy even happens?
Sorry, that just got to me the more I thought about it.
I would be more interested in following the new book series that they’re setting up with a new slayer and a new cast of characters, or the tv series with a brand new slayer
Exactly. Hell, when I heard initially that they were rebooting the comics I initially thought they were rebooting them from S8 or something, since I know that many fans of the series have mixed reactions to those for various reasons. But I would much rather see different Slayers and their stories being told instead rebooting the entire thing over again. It's just super unnecessary. I mean, this is why people were upset about the prospect of there being a remake of the television series in the first place, because it's super unneeded. So why did they decide to do this in comic form? Just, idk. :/
Again, I don't really care that much about the comics in the first place, but just reading on the changes really grinds my gears somehow. Like, you want to do a modern reboot in a "what if?" kinda way? Fine, but don't change the fundamental aspects of what made those characters who they are, because otherwise it's just OOC badfic.