Charmed Slayer Angel

Whether or not any of us have issues with the ship wasn't the point of that paragraph. It was to explain why it was poor writing on the part of the writers of the show, as they were trying to fit way too many things into the season as a whole. There was nothing wrong with Willow moving on with her life, but it was like many other things in the season; rushed in order to fit it in before the finale.

rossfangirl86

^ Very good points. I liked the BW scenes we got early in s7 but they were few and far between. I think s7 had too much going on and didn't make room for the important relationships that had been in place since the beginning. The Potentials were a good idea but also took too much time. I would've loved to see s7 focus more on the core scoobie group than anything else being the last season and all.

starryeyesxx

I agree with your issues with s7, & I don't think I'll ever forgive the writers for that.....I think all the actors contracts end after 7 seasons, so Joss should have known it was a possibility that some of the cast would want out & he might be forced to end it - I'd like to think that SMG gave him a head's up though

Either way, the priorities in s7 were completed skewed. It was the last season & there was nothing I want more than the see the show go back to the scoobies, they were the heart of the show & always had been

eternalfate

starryeyesxx

It was & it was such a shame that it had to be the last season too




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Just your usual girl talk

Charmed Slayer Angel

Oh Willow

FuriosityShell

The decision to end the series was actually Joss' as well as Sarah's. Alyson's comment about finding out through the magazine interview was very odd. You'd think Joss and the writers would have let her (and the rest of the cast) know that. The fact that they didn't was definitely a huge mess-up on their part. Aly and other cast members who didn't know could have turned down roles thinking they had another season of BtVS ahead of them. But Joss and the writers did know that S7 was going to be the final one. SMG was the one to announce it, but the decision had been made by JW as well as her.

Tara was mentioned heavily in "The Killer in Me". A lot of that episode was about Willow putting her grief for Tara behind her. Whether or not the writers did that well is definitely up to question, but Tara was mentioned.

The rest of your points are very good and you pretty much summed up what went wrong with S7.

One of the things I always loved about BtVS was how well-planned it was. The series was really great with foreshadowing and planning things ahead. But S7 was just so sloppily-done. There were so many plot holes, and it really felt like the writers were just tired. It's a shame BtVS had to go out with a whimper instead of the bang it deserved.

Charmed Slayer Angel

Ah, thanks for the corrections. I was going off my memory, since I didn't remember where I'd read those interviews before

I thought I'd included "Killer In Me" within those episodes mentioning Tara, but maybe I was just thinking we all knew what the episode was about, hence why I didn't mention it

FuriosityShell

Yeah, I think the article that SMG did when she announced the show ending was called "Buffy Quits", too. That, combined with Aly revealing she had no idea the show was ending, may have been the factor in the common misconception that SMG had decided to end the show right then and there, when really she was just announcing it.

I thought I'd included "Killer In Me" within those episodes mentioning Tara, but maybe I was just thinking we all knew what the episode was about, hence why I didn't mention it [/QUOTE]

I recall Anya also mentioning her in "Showtime", naming her, Tara, Willow and Xander as the ones who brought Buffy back during that sloppy "Buffy's resurrection is the reason The First manifested" explanation. But I don't blame you for forgetting "Killer in Me". It such a lame episode, I wish I could forget it myself.

Nicholas Brendon recently said in an interview that even he thought S7 spent too much time with the Potential Slayers, so it's comforting to know that even someone who was on the show weren't fully satisfied with the season.

Charmed Slayer Angel

"Killer In Me", as a Willow/Tara fan, is just way too painful for me I don't think I could watch that episode again

I don't think one notices it the first time they watch the show, but when you look back on it in hindsight, it really becomes noticeable

starryeyesxx

I think that Joss took a step back from the show in s6 & they had new writers so that he could work on the Angel series too, I'm not sure when Firefly started, but I wonder if he was involved in s7 as he wanted to be....I'm pretty sure that he was, but I just can't quite get my head around how he could get the final season so wrong

Charmed Slayer Angel

That's a possibility Maybe he was so concerned over the other shows that he kinda let stuff slide in Season 7

starryeyesxx

I definitely saw it happen on other shows that I watched where the creator pretty much left, but got involved in decisions every now & again. I don't know how involved he was in s7 compared to the previous seasons, but I think that one of the criticisms people have of him now is that he kinda has a short attention span & his projects suffer because he has too many of them....

Anyway




dont blame the movies

rossfangirl86

^ Aww, cute gif-set!

TV_Fanatic90

Hi, can I be added please?