XPost: rec.arts.tv, alt.tv.highlander   
   From: anim8rfsk@cox.net   
      
   In article ,   
    Ubiquitous  wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   And worse and worse and more nonsensical with each iteration.  The final   
   TV movie was CW bad.   
      
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