Mine is not a visual brain. I always miss, or misinterpret stuff in the pictures. Without reading the posts above me (don't want spoilers yet), I'm going to let you read this issue along with me, if you'd like, so you can fix my mistakes.
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* First of all - psyched - I've been waiting for this one.
* The Cover - Faith is chesty. Giles has a scar on his forehead (I think). I'm getting a Pygmalion feel, like Faith as cultured woman is a Giles creation.
I like the variant here too. Doesn't it seem like Jeanty's characters always have a bit of chub to their faces. I don't mind that.
* I'd already read the Dark Horse preview from a couple of weeks back, of the first 6 pages, but I was only confused by it. I'd missed this bit. It's important.
Before I saw that, I wasn't even sure who the narrator was. I get it now though. Although is that in-mind narration, or is she actually speaking those words to Giles? I ask that, because of this.
When I previously read the 6 page preview I wondered if they weren't offering up some sort of bisexual sub-text on the Buffy/Faith thing. They totally decieve you in the preview though. They go from the narration behind the Buffy/Faith flashback directly to this.
So were they just being intentionally deceptive in the preview to get you interested, or were they pointing out subtext? It interests me, because of the bit in issue 6 where Faith says she doesn't swing that way.
But back to the comic. Loving the art. He's caught Faith better this time, I can really feel the emotional nuisances.
I can almost hear Faith doing the faux nobility thing. I'm glad Faith is questioning the morality of what she's there to do. I didn't want them to breeze over that. That Roden is a snake. He needs his ass kicked.
Great Dawn/Willow stuff. Jeanty has those two down pat. My favorite line so far
Renee makes another appearance. She's going to be a major character, no doubt. And they're foreshadowing the inevitable battle with the Twilight to come. Too cool.
Ah Ha. I knew Faith was going to connect with Lady G's humanity, and complicate the purpose of her mission with questions of what's right. Not to pat myself on the back too hard. Is there anyone who didn't know that?
Best fight ever. Loved it. Faith versus the gargoyles. I got so into into it I forgot to copy something from it. My photobucket account has frozen on me anyway, so I guess that's that for that.
OK, so it's starting to look like Gigi (she's becoming Gigi for me now, because I'm starting to like her) is wanting to be "Queen of the slayers". Saw that coming of course, but again, who didn't? Doesn't matter. I like it.
Why does Roden carry the book with him wherever he goes? Is that his weakness? My money's still on Giles to take him out.
Gigi wears a navel ring.
And I get the narration about friendship at the beginning now. There's more to it than Faith/Buffy. It's Hope/Gigi now.
Great issue. I'm going to read it again right now.
