After the fall #5
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roginVery cool issue again, but I'll never be able to adapt to how short those comic books are, it's like having just a spoon foul of something tremendously delicious.
So the senior partners are yanking the chain on Wesley. I wonder what will happen to him. Angel has far less need of him, now that he is reunited with the rest of the team. No one is going to trust him and with good reason since he wont be able to trick the senior partners often. I was glad that Lorne was so quick to grasp his situation. Still all the signs point towards tragedy with him ( but a really good one).
I also found it interesting that W&H was so peeved about the building, obviously Gunn has hit somewhere, where it hurt, which makes sense. Since he was the guy with the white room access in his living days, maybe he wanted to destroy something specific. And even if he just wanted to just wrack havoc, who knows what kind of beings were locked up in the cellar besides Pavayne.
To see Angel shaving was nice and all but, hey, the Buffy vamps do have hair growth. We know that from Spike's dark roots in the S7's hair of guilt. It's also hard to picture Angelus getting a hair elongation every time the fashion changes.
I laughed so hard about the vampire glamour being deep inside Angel. He made it sound like it's a magic but plug. Pity that Spike wasn't around to help with that, I bet that would have been one of the still unfulfilled half of his wishes.
I liked to see Spike's girls dressed for a change. I seriously can't wait to read more about them in First night and Spike-AtF. I keep wondering about there intentions and about that panel in #4, where we see Spike standing over Spider's beheaded corpse with an axe in the flying car future (and there's that Buffy cover too, so could it be, that Buffy will run into him in the future??? Questions, questions...).
What's up with Illyria? Wes' death seems to have shaken her badly. I loved how caring Spike is with her, but I wonder what kind of help he expects Angel to give her. Especially if there is really a remnant of Fred left inside her and the Fred look isn't a mask she uses to show feelings that she otherwise can't handle.
A little thing a about the art here. Wow, Urru's women have improved a great deal! Fred and Illyria look very recognizable this time and Gwen is stunning too. He gets a big yay from me for working on this!
Wow,you really are his son, huh?
Heh, loved this line on Connor's pessimism. One of the biggest assets of AtF is how great the character voices are. I think comic Connor is my favorite version of him so far.
I really have a hard time sussing out what Gunn's up too. Dammit that character is so twisted it's utterly brilliant. I really can't tell on which side he's going to interfere. I wonder if he knows that Angel is human now. He might want to take that from him.
The big battle was made of comic awesomeness. I'm so joining Groo's fanclub for big monsters! And even if I didn't like the action at all, the scene between Spike and Angel was to die for.
He was right and I'm a champion and I-I-
Just awwwwwww! As long as nobody can prove me wrong, I 'll see that as a canon Spangel love declaration :).
The cliffhanger was of course mean to no end, but I love it how they can make me gnaw on my nails.
I also found it interesting that W&H was so peeved about the building, obviously Gunn has hit somewhere, where it hurt, which makes sense. Since he was the guy with the white room access in his living days, maybe he wanted to destroy something specific. And even if he just wanted to just wrack havoc, who knows what kind of beings were locked up in the cellar besides Pavayne.
To see Angel shaving was nice and all but, hey, the Buffy vamps do have hair growth. We know that from Spike's dark roots in the S7's hair of guilt. It's also hard to picture Angelus getting a hair elongation every time the fashion changes.
I laughed so hard about the vampire glamour being deep inside Angel. He made it sound like it's a magic but plug. Pity that Spike wasn't around to help with that, I bet that would have been one of the still unfulfilled half of his wishes.
I liked to see Spike's girls dressed for a change. I seriously can't wait to read more about them in First night and Spike-AtF. I keep wondering about there intentions and about that panel in #4, where we see Spike standing over Spider's beheaded corpse with an axe in the flying car future (and there's that Buffy cover too, so could it be, that Buffy will run into him in the future??? Questions, questions...).
What's up with Illyria? Wes' death seems to have shaken her badly. I loved how caring Spike is with her, but I wonder what kind of help he expects Angel to give her. Especially if there is really a remnant of Fred left inside her and the Fred look isn't a mask she uses to show feelings that she otherwise can't handle.
A little thing a about the art here. Wow, Urru's women have improved a great deal! Fred and Illyria look very recognizable this time and Gwen is stunning too. He gets a big yay from me for working on this!
Wow,you really are his son, huh?
Heh, loved this line on Connor's pessimism. One of the biggest assets of AtF is how great the character voices are. I think comic Connor is my favorite version of him so far.
I really have a hard time sussing out what Gunn's up too. Dammit that character is so twisted it's utterly brilliant. I really can't tell on which side he's going to interfere. I wonder if he knows that Angel is human now. He might want to take that from him.
The big battle was made of comic awesomeness. I'm so joining Groo's fanclub for big monsters! And even if I didn't like the action at all, the scene between Spike and Angel was to die for.
He was right and I'm a champion and I-I-
Just awwwwwww! As long as nobody can prove me wrong, I 'll see that as a canon Spangel love declaration :).
The cliffhanger was of course mean to no end, but I love it how they can make me gnaw on my nails.
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Date: 2008-03-20 01:14 pm (UTC)Just awwwwwww! As long as nobody can prove me wrong, I 'll see that as a canon Spangel love declaration :).
I know!!!!!! It was so awwwww!! He cares!! And he practically said he wants to do very naughty things with Angel... yeah... made out of Awesome! I think I feel a squeee coming! *squeeeeeee*
So loved the issue!!
xxx
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Date: 2008-03-20 02:52 pm (UTC)I loved it too. Actually I really like the whole series so far. I think it's awesome how many drastic changes Brian made to the setting and characters and yet he makes me feel so at home there.
I really hope the comic becomes popular enough for some merchandise to spawn. I'm thinking playboy spike here...
Loved to hear from you sweetie. I'm glad you're enjoying it so much.
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Date: 2008-03-20 01:36 pm (UTC)I love how Gunn's orchestrating everything, and how he was going to jump right in to save one human. Big hee! at "So how many civilians that we save can we eat? Like, can you give me a ratio?" *snicker* Also looking forward to seeing what his reaction to Wesley is.
Can I say how much I love Drunk!Lorne, his pimpin' suit and go lucky attitude? We all know he can't actually shapeshift or anything, but there he is, in the middle of the fight just chatting away and lying through his teeth. Ok, so kinda self-destructive in a way how he's all out in the open, but we're bound to see some of the darkness that cheer of his is masking soon enough me thinks.
As with Wesley, I don't know how much I liked the reveal that he isn't working with W&H, or was corrupted/not himself in some way. I didn't think he was, but there was always that small posibility. Seems they just brushed that under the rug with no payoff what so ever. Hm, though I guess the 'First Night' issues will blow that anyways...
As for the big cliffhanger, I saw that coming a mile away. What I was interested in was after, and now I have to wait all summer long *le sigh* Still, I love how concerned Spike is with Illyria/Fred. He really does love his women screwed up, doesn't he? Quite the caretaker.
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Date: 2008-03-20 02:59 pm (UTC)I totally agree and it was really a pleasant surprise. In the first few issues I was really unhappy with Illyria and Gwen but it seems that he's got the hang now. It's cool to see an artist improve in a running series.
Lorne was indeed brilliant in this issue. He is so right, no where in hell that anyone can keep track of all the demon species around in this place.
I liked the reveal that he isn't working with W&H
Wes obviously isn't totally under their control, but he still is pretty much wild card I think. I wonder how he will react to Illyria's ,uhm, labile state.
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Date: 2008-03-20 03:57 pm (UTC)I loved this issue a lot. It felt so true to the spirit of the show - not just in the characterisation (adored the Spike/Angel and Spike/Illyria and Gunn stuff to pieces) but in the many shades of grey, encapsulated in poor Wesley.
What is to become of him?
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Date: 2008-03-20 04:43 pm (UTC)I guess riding into battle in Malibu attire would have been too much, even for a comic book. They suddenly look a lot like the junior slayers.
It felt so true to the spirit of the show - not just in the characterisation (adored the Spike/Angel and Spike/Illyria and Gunn stuff to pieces) but in the many shades of grey, encapsulated in poor Wesley.
Oh yes! It feels so much like the show, despite all that large changes in the setting. I could marvel at it forever.
Wes really is in a horrible place. I'm glad he has control over his actions but I still think there is going to be a lot of creepy stuff in stock for him. Not to mention split personality Illyria.
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Date: 2008-03-20 10:05 pm (UTC)I really have a hard time sussing out what Gunn's up too. Dammit that character is so twisted it's utterly brilliant. I really can't tell on which side he's going to interfere.
I've got the impression that he wants to set all demon lords against each other and see them mutually exterminated. So that he could become the one and only lord of Hell-A.
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Date: 2008-03-22 07:54 am (UTC)I've got the impression that he wants to set all demon lords against each other and see them mutually exterminated. So that he could become the one and only lord of Hell-A.
Probably but I'm still not so sure what he would want to do with team Angel. I can't wait for him to meet them. There are several very interesting confrontations coming. First I think seeing Fred again might get to him. Then he's bound to hate that Angel regained his humanity. And then there is Spike, who tried to be a good guy without a soul quite long for himself.