Honestly, I think that S8 would have been infinitely better if we'd known who Twilight was early on. The suspense would have been in characters like Giles trying to find out if there was any way to prevent the prophecy, and Buffy torn between her own mission with the Slayers and the desire for the paradise Twangel promised. While on the other side we could have had Angel convinced he was doing the right thing, and trying to minimize losses as he played all these factions against one another. That could have been awesome.
Perhaps licensing concerns would have prevented that, but I find it hard to imagine that if Joss had let the IDW people in on it from the beginning, they wouldn't have wanted to play ball in order to get the Joss stamp of approval.
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Date: Aug. 19th, 2010 03:27 pm (UTC)Perhaps licensing concerns would have prevented that, but I find it hard to imagine that if Joss had let the IDW people in on it from the beginning, they wouldn't have wanted to play ball in order to get the Joss stamp of approval.