No half measures

[cactuswatcher]

First off, from this morning's entertainment column by local reporter Scott Craven in the Arizona Republic, in a story about TV show fads that have died and should soon die:

"Current Icon that will never go bad -The undead (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel) Here's another that will stand the test of time. Pop culture will always have room for bloodsucking fiends, even those who may not be undead."


It occured to me when I woke up this morning that Illyria might be what happens when you pump too much demon essence into a slayer. The ancients offered Buffy more power in season seven. Its easy to understand that this is where that could lead to; the girl becomes more and more lost in the demon.

The episode had at least one really sad continuity flub. Back in the good old days W&H was 'only a little higher than vampires.' Um Illyria, honey, you're been dead millions of years. There were no humans back then, and according to cannon, vampires are a human-demon hybrid.. Yeah, the ultimate 'sire' may have been around back then, but in its pure form, not as 'vampires.'

So what's the story with Illyria now? Is she really going to play nice, or is she just going to use Wes like Evil Cordy used Connor to get her way in a new world? The season seems to be about bad choices, so for now I'd have to guess the latter. Wes is unwittingly going to replace the high priest he killed?. Could be. He certainly seems to have acquired a violent streak that Illyria might find useful.

Comments

Oops!

[scrollgirl.livejournal.com]

I should refresh the page before I post! But still, taking into account real world evolution of human beings, I think we can stretch "the time of the Old Ones" so that there's something of an overlap.

Re: Oops!

[buffyannotater.livejournal.com]

That's what I was about to post, but you beat me to it! Illyria said re: W&H that "in my time" they were ranked lower than vampires. "In my time" may not just refer to the first millions of years she was in power, but the last years of her life also, when things were changing.