From: liam@valentijn.nu   
      
   Op 9-11-2016 om 04:10 schreef Madlove:   
   > On 11/08/2016 03:10 PM, Wouter Valentijn wrote:   
   >> Op 6-11-2016 om 18:00 schreef Madlove:   
   >>> "Madlove" wrote:   
   >>>> Thnx! Something about "Chosen" ... when they activated all of the   
   >>>> Slayers at once it didn't make sense to me. Aren't the girls chosen   
   >>>> individually and randomly thus insuring a steady supply? Instead we   
   >>>> get a fixed number of activated Slayers.   
   >>>   
   >>> "David" wrote:   
   >>>> ***        Looked like all the 'of age' Potentials were activated all   
   >>>> at once.   
   >>>   
   >>> I'm assuming "potential" refers to any girl who is athletic, mental   
   >>> stability   
   >>> doesn't seem to play a part. After the Slayer falls the next athletic   
   >>> girl is   
   >>> activated. IE, she suddenly has super strength and reflexes. Riley did   
   >>> say   
   >>> that Buffy was, "Spider-Man strong." :-D   
   >   
   >> I think that potential is something that was never fully analyzed. But I   
   >> don't think it could be 'any' girl. Otherwise there would have been many   
   >> millions in stead of just thousands.   
   >   
   > The movie Buffy was not the same as the TV Buffy. The movie one seemed to   
   > be little more than a well trained combatant while the TV one had super   
   > powers.   
   > What made them "potential" is debatable.   
   >   
   > Course you can't be sure since almost everyone is a liar... and in some   
   > cases a killer.   
   >   
   >>> "David" wrote:   
   >>>> ***        But I guess they have to be a minimum age - early teens.   
   >>>> Maybe   
   >>>> once a preteen reaches that 'magic age' her powers activate, assuring a   
   >>>> steady supply of Slayers..   
   >>>   
   >>> Obviously it could not be only reaching a certain age (16?). There must   
   >>> be a   
   >>> need for a Slayer otherwise there would be many Slayers. And there is   
   >>> only   
   >>> one at a time... which makes zero sense in the real world.   
   >   
   >> Indeed. I think in the show they explained it that with only one at the   
   >> time she could be better controlled by the council.   
   >   
   > Since when does the council have anything to do with who becomes a Slayer?   
   > They didn't make them, the Shadow Men did. And they did not control Faith   
   > very well.   
      
   I said 'controlled', not 'made by'. :-)   
   And yes, Faith went south very fast.   
   The Shadow Men were the forerunners of the Council.   
   The Council, as we knew them, were able to somehow find a certain number   
   of the potentials. Whence located they would appoint a Watcher to train   
   the potential. Just in case that potential would be activated.   
   That didn't always work out.   
      
   >   
   >>> "Madlove" wrote:   
   >>>> And did they ever explain how the Watchers find the current Slayer?   
   >>>   
   >>> "David" wrote:   
   >>>> ***    This never was addressed. Possibly the Council's resident   
   >>>> Witch's Coven found them magically.   
   >>>   
   >>> That was my thought, also. They would need magic to locate them. And   
   >>> it's   
   >>> odd they couldn't handle a rogue Slayer like Faith since they can use   
   >>> magic.   
   >   
   >> That was the old council back then. The one that was destroyed by the   
   >> First Evil. They weren't that much in favor of using magic I thought.   
      
   Otoh... Wes wasn't a complete stranger to magic either.... Maybe they   
   did learn some basic magic 101.   
   But nowhere near the level of a coven. Or Willow.   
      
   >   
   > Giles had no problem using it and there are other groups who can use magic,   
   > the council could have used their services. The Buffy saga is good but   
   > there   
   > are many details left out.   
      
   I think 'Ripper' was considered somewhat of a rogue.   
   They didn't think much of the way he handled Buffy.   
      
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