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<blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 1528323" data-attributes="member: 8158"><p>I see your point, but it's part of the very nature of the buffyverse to introduce long-lived characters that are major players, yet have somehow managed to fly under our radar for years prior to their appearance. How many times did Giles speak in bated breath of some primeval, antediluvian, unspeakably evil BBEG that pops into Sunnydale out of nowhere, only to be glibly and unceremoniously gacked by Buffy towards the end of the same episode it was introduced in? And it works on a certain level, as an immortal could very well keep a low-profile for a decade or two...or three or four...or twelve...</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong: The Immortal was a blatantly contrived mcguffin...but Whedon intentionally played up that blatancy. The point of the character is his inapproachability, at least as far as Angel and Spike are concerned. Since Gellar wasn't showing up for that episode, it's questionable what exactly "good writing" could do to create truly seamless closure, other than by having her killed off (off-screen). Then again, I suppose that begs the question of whether or not we really needed closure. The slayer goes on a grand slaying world tour, nuff said. Heck, I'm curious to know what a non-super guy like Xander's up to. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Felon, post: 1528323, member: 8158"] I see your point, but it's part of the very nature of the buffyverse to introduce long-lived characters that are major players, yet have somehow managed to fly under our radar for years prior to their appearance. How many times did Giles speak in bated breath of some primeval, antediluvian, unspeakably evil BBEG that pops into Sunnydale out of nowhere, only to be glibly and unceremoniously gacked by Buffy towards the end of the same episode it was introduced in? And it works on a certain level, as an immortal could very well keep a low-profile for a decade or two...or three or four...or twelve... Don't get me wrong: The Immortal was a blatantly contrived mcguffin...but Whedon intentionally played up that blatancy. The point of the character is his inapproachability, at least as far as Angel and Spike are concerned. Since Gellar wasn't showing up for that episode, it's questionable what exactly "good writing" could do to create truly seamless closure, other than by having her killed off (off-screen). Then again, I suppose that begs the question of whether or not we really needed closure. The slayer goes on a grand slaying world tour, nuff said. Heck, I'm curious to know what a non-super guy like Xander's up to. :) [/QUOTE]
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