Buffy The Vampire Slayer
The high - profile comic jobs keep stray in for author Donny Cates , move fromVenomtoGuardians of the Galaxy , and shortly creatingMarvel ’s blade fresh Thor . But when it comes to less obvious stories that he would love to tell if reach the opportunity , his answer will come as a pleasant ( or controversial ) surprise for fans ofBuffy the Vampire Slayer .
It ’s estimable timing , considering the plans for aBuffyreboot in live - action , as well as an effectivereboot ofBuffyin comics , too . Considering the lore at the heart of the Joss Whedon film and TV series – an unbroken line of slayers passing the mantle for thousands of class – it might seem strange to ’re - imagine ' Buffy , rather of following a different killer . Cates single out one in particular , sure to be familiar to die - hard fans who lovedebatingBuffy the Vampire Slayerplot holes : known to theorist as ' the lost killer . '
referee do n’t need to be experts inBuffylore to grasp the story being pitched , and do n’t demand to make out this revulsion buff ’s track record to know why he would be the gross vocalism to tell it ( look no further thantheAbsolute Carnageeventor the incrediblebirth of the Venom - Hulkfor cogent evidence ) . When being interview during Thought Bubble Comic Con ( viaBleedingCool ) Cates cited the hole in theBuffylore , which he has always wanted to address :
At the end of Season 1 Buffy dies and then comes back , good ? That ’s how we get Kendra . And then Kendra conk , and that ’s how we get Faith . At the ending of Season 5 or 6 Buffy dies again , and then come back . Who gets called ? Where is she ? Where is this new slayer ? You could debate , ' Oh well Faith is still around , ' but that does n’t count . Because Buff explicitly tell all the likely slayers that if she die , one of them is going to get ring . So that ’s the rules , right-hand ? If one dies , one gets called . So where is that recede killer ? That ’s a story I always wanted to tell … but what are you gon na do .
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The succession of slayers remark by Cates is exclusively accurate , and does let in some rough killer logic often mention by fans . Buffy ’s expiry and return to see a new slayer ( Kendra Young ) was chosen in the meanwhile is bare enough . The same goes for the strand of succession continuing with Kendra ’s deathto Faith Lehane , confirm Buffy is an anomaly . But the problem start to crop up when sports fan ask why Slayer was able toretainher killer ability – since that is precisely what is actually ' passed on ' when she die . That ’s one of the main reason why Cates ' supposal is hard to disprove : if Buffy ’s power was return to a new killer when she first died , what rule does the show declare oneself to claimthistime the power wo n’t be pass ?
Although in the pursuit of communicating thestrengthof his point , this is maybe meld two dissimilar events in the original series : Buffy ’s payoff from the dead in Season 6 , and the gathering of potential slayers in Season 7 . While Buffy does n’t explicitly say to the potential killer that her power will be passed to one of them – as oppose toevery one of them , as is contrive – it can be deduct . Mainly , because Buffy DOES explicitly say it to Giles in Season 6 , Episode 22 , " The Grave " :
It was like … when I claw my way out of that grave , I forget something behind . Part of me … I do n’t translate why I ’m back … It was my time , Giles . Someone would have taken my place . So why ?
Fans may claim this passing to be misinformed , or unclear , but it ’s delivered as part of the show ’s lore ( and Buffy would probably know ) . So if the being of ' The Lost Slayer ' is plausible for the reasons Cates notes , how before long canBuffyfans start voicing their sustenance for her creation ? Because Cates ' docket is sure filling up …
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Source : Donny Cates ( viaBleedingCool )
