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[peroxidepirate]

A thread on green_maia 's journal inspired me to post my first-ever poll. Maia's question was whether BtVS would have been a better show if it ended with S5 -- and naturally, that segued into commentary on the final ending of the show in S7. Now I'm curious. And rather than threadjacking over there, I thought I'd start my own poll. Two questions, pretty straightforward. For question 2, check as many answers as you want. For both questions, there's an "other" option in case you don't agree with any of the answers. And please feel free to comment! Also, since my F-list is tiny, I'd love it if anyone wants to link this. I want to know what people think.


[Poll #1426884]

Comments

[larabeckinsale.livejournal.com]

Hi there! *waves* your poll was pimped in a friend's journal, so I thought I'd stop by.

Well, the potentials were being killed all over the world and the ones that escaped the bringers were supposed to be in Sunnydale with Buffy, so I think Buffy & Co. believed that they were the only left, which is understandable because every clue pointed to that. They did what they had to with the spell, they voted and didn't know that they could be any other slayers left, so I'm ok with it. But if you consider this, then s8 comics is very stupid, they say there's like 800 slayers around the world, it's absolutely illogical.

[stormwreath.livejournal.com]

They might have believed at the time that all the remaining Potentials were in Sunnydale - but almost as soon as she'd finished casting the spell, Willow realised that wasn't the case:

WILLOW: We changed the world. I can feel them, Buffy. All over. Slayers are awakening everywhere.

DAWN: We'll have to find them.

WILLOW: We will.


So, they miscalculated. Or rather, I suspect, the Watchers' Council miscalculated - it was them who were supposed to keep track of Potentials, and Giles was using their records to track them down and send them to Sunnydale. With its usual efficiency, the Council managed to miss at least 1800 Potentials...

[peroxidepirate.livejournal.com]

I forgot that all the info. about potential slayers was from the Watchers' Council. Trust them to get it drastically wrong.

[larabeckinsale.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah I remember that part of dialogue, that part is like 'spreading the girl power', which I get was kinda the point with Chosen.

The watchers miscalculated, ok, I get that, like you say it wouldn't be the first time, but what a HUGE mistake! You can miss a few hundred, but 1800? But they weren't the only ones tracking the potentials, the bringers were too, how could they miss 1800 slayers?

I seems most likely that the writers forgot the original plot when they wrote that part.

[peroxidepirate.livejournal.com]

then s8 comics is very stupid, they say there's like 800 slayers around the world, it's absolutely illogical.

Yes, that took me completely by surprise! I thought there were, maybe, a few dozen out there... and come to find out it's actually HUNDREDS.