XPost: rec.arts.tv, alt.tv.highlander   
   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   liam@valentijn.nu wrote:   
   >Op 27-7-2018 om 17:08 schreef Ubiquitous:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >The early seasons were cool and Vandernoot was hot. But then they killed   
   >off Vandernoot! :-(   
      
   Wait, are you talking about Hairy Pooter?   
      
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