XPost: rec.arts.tv, alt.tv.highlander
From: weberm@polaris.net
liam@valentijn.nu wrote:
>Op 27-7-2018 om 15:55 schreef anim8rfsk:
>> Ubiquitous wrote:
>>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>>>> Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>>> At what point in fetal development does Slayer potential kick in?
>>>>
>>>> It's always there. They're "potentials" until activated. There are
>>>> hundreds, maybe thousands, of potentials waiting to be called, almost
>>>> all of which won't even ever know about it. The mechanism that chooses
>>>> the next successor is unknown, although it does have set rules - when
>>>> Buffy died (she got better) her death called Kendra, and Kendra's death
>>>> called Faith the Lovely. But when Buffy died *again* she didn't call a
>>>> new slayer, as the line of succession (apparently) passed to Faith (this
>>>> was never tested). All this changed in the last horrid season as the
>>>> mythos was destroyed by the incompetence and uncaring of Marti Noxon.
>>>> All Slayers were activated (although the show was so stupid at that
>>>> point that most of them seemed to be in their 20s); the comics follow
>>>> the adventures of this army, which really shouldn't have a lot of
>>>> trouble keeping the demons at bay.
>>>
>>> I thought it was like Highlander where suddenly one day you're immortal.
>>
>> Well, no. First, in Highlander, you have to get killed and come back to
>> be immortal, so you kind of notice something. :)
>
>And /before/ you turn actually immortal, another immortal can notice you
>are/have that potential.
I always hated Highlander b/c it's one of those cool movies whose premise
quickly falls apart if you give it any thought. That they made sequels and TV
shows makes it worse.
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