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A review by selfwinding
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 9 Volume 4: Welcome to the Team by Andrew Chambliss, Joss Whedon
3.0
ILLYRIA!
I have some feels about the demon smurf, so seeing her show up in this storyline and literally hijack Buffy is pretty fantastic. I'm really enjoying all the magical fallout and seeing how other mystical beings are coping with the lack of magic in the land. "The Council" being associated with something other than "Watchers" was also a nice change of pace. (Though why Buffy didn't make a joke about how demons are totally unoriginal in their naming conventions, I don't know.)
I do have one question: How did it take this long for anyone to put together that Dawn is made of magic? I mean, as soon as Buffy smashed the seed, I thought about Dawn. I'm just saying!
And with that… I really did not appreciate the way Xander's storyline turned. Like, a lot. I did not appreciate it a lot.
I have some feels about the demon smurf, so seeing her show up in this storyline and literally hijack Buffy is pretty fantastic. I'm really enjoying all the magical fallout and seeing how other mystical beings are coping with the lack of magic in the land. "The Council" being associated with something other than "Watchers" was also a nice change of pace. (Though why Buffy didn't make a joke about how demons are totally unoriginal in their naming conventions, I don't know.)
I do have one question: How did it take this long for anyone to put together that Dawn is made of magic? I mean, as soon as Buffy smashed the seed, I thought about Dawn. I'm just saying!
And with that… I really did not appreciate the way Xander's storyline turned. Like, a lot. I did not appreciate it a lot.