A review by taskir
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine, Volume 2: On Your Own by Andrew Chambliss, Joss Whedon, Scott Allie

1.0

AUGH. So frustrating. The ending of Season 9 #1, Freefall, made me extremely excited to read this volume. The idea of Buffy being pregnant was, I thought, a great direction to take the character in. When Buffy was speaking with Robin and puzzling over her options and trying to decide what was best for both her and a child, I was fascinated. "Finally," I thought, "for the first time in a long time I feel as though there are some actual stakes here, some real drama and something that will actually affect all of the characters!"

Then.

Then she's a robot.

Ha ha, all that dramatic stuff, the possible abortion, the emotional and mental fallout from this very difficult decision, the stuff that could make Buffy somewhat relatable and remind the audience, "Oh yeah, she's human too" -- undone. Completely.

After that, the rest of the book is just pointless. The conflict with Simone is resolved far too easily (how long was she supposed to have been holding Buffy's body if she had enough time to dye her hair and completely convince her that Buffybot is right?), and the rest is needless Spuffy drama, and stuff with Detective Downing of Useless Squad.

Don't even get me started on how apparently the xenomorphs are vampire -- excuse me, 'zompire' (blargh) -- bugs.