Re: OT Marti Previews Season 7 *Possible Spoilers*

[Tater <tater@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:29 PM 5/30/02 EDT, you wrote:
>Hey gang, Marti Noxon gave this interview that gave some sneak peeks into 
>what they have planned for Season 7. Not alot of detail, but there was 
>something that might catch your eye.
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>But of course spoiler space first :)
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>Overkilled on the spoiler space a bit, sorry :(
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>Anyway, here's the article:
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>When Buffy the Vampire Slayer starts its seventh (and most likely final 
>season) in the fall, viewers can expect a very lighter season then the 
>previous.
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>"We are pretty much going back to basics," Marti Noxon, executive producer 
>reveals, "we are going to do some 'monster of the week' episodes again, along 
>with some other cool stuff.
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>"Some things have to be resolved first before the new stories begin. Willow 
>will find it very difficult to make amends for her evil actions, and she will 
>also struggle to let go of her addiction. "She also must learn to live 
>without Tara. But she will have a new love interest coming on later, and 
>you'll never believe who it is!" Noxon previews. 
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>As for Spike, don't expect a redo of "a vampire with a soul". "What we are 
>doing with Spike is so different and rather extraordinary," Noxon says, "Joss 
>would never want us to do the same thing over. There are some huge surprises 
>with Spike coming up."
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>Anya will also undergo a lot of problems now that she is a vengeance demon 
>again. "Anya and Xander have a tough road ahead, and it will all get resolved 
>by the middle of the season," Noxon says, "Ultimately, Anya has a lot of 
>tough choices to make."
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>As for the slayer herself, a reinvorgated Buffy has a new lease on life, and 
>will spend a lot of time with Dawn. "Dawn will become a real three 
>dimensional character," Noxon says, "Buffy will 'show her the world', as she 
>stated in our finale."The season will also continue Buffy's journey into 
>learning what a slayer really is. "We played around with that in season five, 
>now the rest of that will unfold. We are going to fully explore both Buffy 
>and Dawn's origins, and all I can say is by the end of the show Buffy will be 
>a true vampire slayer," Noxon says. 
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>Now I've had at least three people, including my own mother who can't 
>understand my shippage, tell me that they think it's pointing to a 
>Buffy/Willow midseason hook up. And possibly the defnitive end to Spuffy. I 
>honestly don't know what to think.
>
>Casandra


Willow and Spike. To my deep and shuddering horror, I can plainly see
Willow/Spike coming from this interview. I must go gouge my eyes out now,
in a futile hope that it will rid me of the dreadful knowledge gained from
the evil Marti words I just read. Or at least hurt enough to distract me
from my psychological trauma.


tater (Vegetables of the world unite!)