XPost: rec.arts.tv, alt.tv.highlander   
   From: liam@valentijn.nu   
      
   Op 29-7-2018 om 03:19 schreef Ubiquitous:   
   > 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?   
   >   
      
   Who?!?   
      
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