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oveliagirlhaditright · 7 months

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"Slayers" kind of ended on a cliffhanger. I wonder if they'll actually continue it or not.

And teasing Angelus? -gasps-

If everyone does come back for a sequel to this, I wonder if they could actually get David Boreanaz to voice in it (I really hope so, but I've got the impression in the past he doesn't want to come back. Though maybe he would for just an audio drama? Especially with so many of the others involved?) or if they'd find a sound-alike.

I have to say, I do have mixed feelings about "Slayers" as a whole. Like, I read a review before I started listening to it saying that it felt like it was written around who was able to come return for it, and I do think that's true. And there were parts of the story I at first thought were kind of weird and I wasn't that big on at first?

But then towards the end they started to pay-off and I was like, "Oh, okay. I think I get why they did this, and I might like it, after all."

I also feel like... quite a bit of the humor might have missed. And I also agree with said review that I think they were essentially making Clem Xander, because they couldn't have Xander and they needed comic relief like that.

But everyone seriously brought their A game to this, and it's so good to have them back. -sobs-

And there was a lot about the story that I did like--especially when some of the ideas really did start to pay-off, and it was like, "Okay, so they did put a lot of thought into this."--so I'd probably rank it somewhere with "In Every Generation," which I love.

And I'm definitely excited for more, if more is coming.

I'm also thrilled that we have this at all, to be honest.

I'll also admit that it's probably arguably better than the comics in some ways, yeah (but in others, the comics might be better), though you could actually say that this took place after the comics, if you wanted to. Because in Buffy season 12, Buffy was 30. And Spike says this story takes place ten years after Buffy season seven, in which case Buffy would have been thirty-two. So you could see this as two years after Buffy season 12, maybe. Buffy and Spike are also broken up here, like they are during/after Buffy season 12. And everyone knows stuff about the Slayers and whatnot in "Slayers," posting about them on Reddit and things like that (though that's probably just because stuff got posted online when Potentials were Called. And hell, the Scoobies and new Watchers--like Andrew, and maybe even new ones after that--probably put stuff online, so Slayers would know what to do if they were Called). So this is probably not based on how in the Buffy comics everyone eventually learned about the supernatural.

Actually, about that, I think the only thing that contradicts if you want to headcanon that this is after Buffy season 12, is I think Indria had some line about most normal people not knowing about the forces of darkness? And in the comic seasons, everyone found out about vampires and stuff. Maybe you could wave that away by saying, "Maybe people eventually thought it was just a stunt," but ehh.

Edit: Also, Indria is amazing and I love her. As is some of the character work they did with a lot of the characters, like Spike and Cordelia.

Edit 2: The SpikeDru stuff did things to my heart<3

Edit 3: I already forgot that the end also teased Willow. So if we get a sequel, I also wonder if they could get Alyson Hannigan back, too.

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