Ah, thanks! I didn't join the online fandom til Wolves at the Gate so it's fun to look back at older discussion of these issues.
I had a thought today about one of the greatest weaknesses of Season 8. The format doesn't allow time to linger on a intensely emotional moment. My fanfic, Heartbent, was an effort to let one of those intense emotional moments breath a bit more, exploring the connection between Buffy and Xander as he's grieving over Renee. It was only given one panel in WatG 4 where he drops to his knees hugging her and it was the most emotional moment of the season so far IMO.
Season 8 requires more active involvement from the audience in recreating the characters in our minds. Using our imagination to hear the characters' voices and extend the action suggested by the art of the panels. To fill in the blanks between panels and imagine all the things that didn't happen on the page.
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I had a thought today about one of the greatest weaknesses of Season 8. The format doesn't allow time to linger on a intensely emotional moment. My fanfic, Heartbent, was an effort to let one of those intense emotional moments breath a bit more, exploring the connection between Buffy and Xander as he's grieving over Renee. It was only given one panel in WatG 4 where he drops to his knees hugging her and it was the most emotional moment of the season so far IMO.
Season 8 requires more active involvement from the audience in recreating the characters in our minds. Using our imagination to hear the characters' voices and extend the action suggested by the art of the panels. To fill in the blanks between panels and imagine all the things that didn't happen on the page.