User talk:Aoba47

Buffy revival

Since I know you're interested in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I'm sure you'll be happy to know a revival is in the works!!! PanagiotisZois (talk) 00:26, 4 February 2025 (UTC)

@PanagiotisZois: Thank you for the message. I am always cautiously optimistic when it comes to these things. I am glad that it is a sequel series, rather than a reboot, and that Sarah Michelle Gellar is back. I have always enjoyed her as an actress. Buffy is one of my favorite shows, and it influenced me a lot growing up. I would probably bring Buffy back either as a Watcher or some sort of mentor figure for a new Slayer. I think that would the most organic way to keep her while still moving forward with new characters and new stories. I'd probably avoid everything from the comics and set this in a separate continuity from that.

As you can probably already tell, I have spent way too much time thinking about this lol. We will just have to wait and see what happens. On a related note, I am going back to rework Satsu (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) for a potential FAC (depending on how it all goes of course). It has been ages since I have really looked through the article, but it would be fun to revisit regardless. I have always had a soft spot for this character for some reason. It would be fun to work on other Buffy articles in the future. What have you been up to lately on Wikipedia? Aoba47 (talk) 04:17, 4 February 2025 (UTC)

I agree. Bringing Buffy back as a mentor figure seems like the best outcome. We get to have Buffy back, while also focusing on a new generation of Slayers. This would also make sense behind-the-scenes-wise, as I doubt Sarah Michelle Gellar would be up to performing the stunts she did more than 20 years ago. (Not that she couldn't if she didn't want to.)

This is probably delusional on my part, but I really hope they also bring back Amber Benson. After all these years, I'd be nice if Tara's death was undone. I know some people would complain about deaths being undone, but if almost every other (male) character in the Buffyverse has died and been resurrected, I don't see why she can't come back.

As for Satsu, I would like to see how you're able to further improve the article. It is a bit surprising that so much information exists on a character that had relatively few appearances in comics, that acted as a sequel to a TV show. If all goes well and I also have the time, I'd love to help with the peer review/FAC. Sidenote: did you read the Buffy comics when they were coming out?

To answer your question, I haven't been very active on Wikipedia lately, mostly due to work. I'm also trying to dedicate some of my free time to reading novels or watching TV, XD. But there are definitely a few pages I'd like to work on at some point. Getting the X-Man Morph to FA in the future would be pretty swell, but I'll probably wait until season 2 of X-Men '97 is out. Working on something relating to The Handmaid's Tale would also be fun. But I think for now, it will be easier for me to act as a reviewer and help others with their articles instead; especially with "Reception" sections, which I'd say has become kind of my specialty. XD PanagiotisZois (talk) 12:11, 4 February 2025 (UTC)

I would love to see Amber Benson come back, even if it was just as a guest appearance in a dream sequence or as some sort of magic or spirit guide. They did revive Spike after his death in the series finale, and he was caught up in a magical explosion so anything is possible in the Buffyverse. I'd honestly love to see something with Kendra, but I doubt that would ever happen.

I was also surprised by the amount of coverage for a side character in a comic book adaptation, but I think that for better or for worse, most of the attention was from her crush and her brief sexual relationship with Buffy. I would greatly appreciate your help in the future. I hope a FAC is possible, but I will be more certain about it either way once I have done more research and gathered the sources together. I enjoy the research process so I am having fun with that.

I read bits and pieces of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight around 2009-2010 so around the end of that "season". I mostly collected it in trade paperback form. "Anywhere but Here" might have been the first single issue comic book that I ever read. I even kept up with the SlayAlive forum. I used some of the panels and covers for inspiration for drawing, which I keep meaning to restart. I fell off with Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine, but I do still have an eclectic collection of Buffy comics from different eras. It's interesting to see how different writers and artists interpret these characters.

Best of luck with everything work-related. I would be more than happy to help with anything Wiki-related in the future. The Handmaid's Tale is one of my favorite books, and I have only heard positive things about X-Men '97. Did you enjoy the first season? I enjoy X-Men in general, but I haven't watched it yet. I can understand on wanting to wait with Morph as the show and things with the character progresses.

It is always great to help others, and I am glad that you are great with "Reception" sections. If I'm being honest, I still get a bit intimidated by those sections lol. I've also been dedicating more time to other things, which is why I've been slower with my own projects. I believe that I've gotten better with time management, especially when it comes to Wikipedia. Aoba47 (talk) 01:47, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

Any Amberon Benson in a project is always welcome. XD I'm glad to hear you're having fun researching stuff for Satsu. That can also be fun for me, but it can get overwhelming if there are TOO many sources to go through. That's the main reason I decided to not work on The Virgin Spring.

Funnily enough, the Buffy comics were some of the first trade paperbacks I ever bought. I think I might have actually bought almost all of the collections. Ironically, I still hadn't seen the whole show at the time. XD

Thank you for offering to help. :) I still need to finish Handmaid's Tale, and then I still have The Testaments, but I might read that at another point. As for X-Men '97, I DEFINITELy enjoyed it and would recommend watching it. I grew up with the 90s cartoon and binge-watched it just as season 1 was premiering, but I'd argue that even with little knowledge of either the cartoon or the X-Men mythos, it's still easy to understand.

As for "Reception" sections, I could give you some help or suggestions in the future if you need/want. I can understand they can be daunting if you have multiple potentials reviews to go through. PanagiotisZois (talk) 12:34, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

I completely understand that feeling. I also get overwhelmed when it comes to have a lot of sources. I have had a lot of false starts lately for that very reason, like when I thought about rewriting Private Practice season 1. I plan on taking things more slowly with the Satsu rewrite so I think that will take some of the pressure away from it. That and it is connecting back to a topic that meant a lot to me growing and still does now.

Amber Benson is great, and I really should check out more of her work. It is cool that we both had the same entry point into comics with Buffy. I have all of Season Eight, and I have been buying other trade paperbacks whenever I see them at used bookstores and such. I hope that you enjoy the rest of Handmaid's Tale. I love the ending. I get wanting to take a break before getting into the sequel for a lot of reasons. I have seen bits and pieces of the 90s cartoon and I enjoyed it. That show was probably one of the main reasons why Rogue is my favorite X-Men. Just out of curiosity, who are your favorite X-Men? I've always had a soft spot for Rogue, Jubilee, and Mystique (super random I know lol). Aoba47 (talk) 18:04, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

The Buffy comics were pretty great; at least season 8, as I haven't really read the rest. One thing I liked is that since they were comics that didn't have to worry about budget, we saw more fantastical elements and monster designs than the show, which was fun. On that topic, although it was kinda obvious from before, I can tell that Satsu is a bit of a passion project for you.

Concerning The Handmaid's Tale, I do know how most of the story goes down, as I've already caught up with the Hulu show. Throughout the whole thing, I've been taking notes about things that I find interesting. Although things like politics, women, women's roles, misogyny, Christian fundamentalist, and whatnot are very important and obvious topics, one theme I'd like to focus on (not on Wikipedia) is that of narration and narrative structure. I haven't read the ending yet, but from what I know about the "Historical Section" epilogue, the entire novel is essentially the stuff Offred recorded and left behind. That would be a very interesting thing to look into; a novel which acknowledges its status as a document of story-telling. I hope the sequel will prove as equally interesting.

As for the X-Men, firstly I have to say I understand your top three choices. I mean, Rogue and Mystique are adoptive mother and daughter, so it's not that random of a pairing. And Jubilee was kinda hot during the 90s and early 2000s, so I'm sure she amassed fans during that era. She also was the "kid-appeal character". As for me, growing up my favourite X-Man was Jean Grey. Redhead, telekinetic, the Phoenix Force and all that. But now, having actually read Uncanny X-Men up until the early 1980s, I'd have to say that my other favourite X-Men are Cyclops, Storm, and Nightcrawler. I do like Wolverine too, but his oversaturation and dudebro stans are things I don't like much. PanagiotisZois (talk) 23:01, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

I agree. I love that Buffy really embraced being a comic and just had fun with bigger and fantastical stories. I have a more mixed opinion on the season overall, but I still go back to read and enjoy it, so I think that says more than anything. It really did and still does capture my imagination. Maybe it is time for another re-read lol. Beyond that season, I have liked the bits and pieces that I read of the Angel & Faith comic. I would say that most of my Wikipedia work is like a passion project, starting with the FACs that I did on Passions characters, but I do agree that Satsu would definitely fall into that category for all the reasons we have discussed above.

I really enjoyed the ending for The Handmaid's Tale and found it to be very impactful. I also like that kind of meta quality in books in general. I have studied narrative structure as an English Literature student, and I agree that it is really interesting. I never could get into the television series since Elisabeth Moss is a lead as her connections with the Church of Scientology made me uncomfortable, but I do appreciate how the show, along the sequel, hopefully continues discussions on these ideas, because unfortunately, it is still very relevant. I hope that you enjoy the sequel.

Those are all excellent choices. I remember being in a bookstore in Washington, D.C. years ago and a kid was upset that there were so many Wolverine comic books and that he wanted to get one about Scarlet Witch and/or Vision. It is always a shame whenever a character gets oversaturated and draws a toxic fanbase. It is always a shame when stans or a fanbase in general turns more sour as these kinds of community can really bring people together to share differing opinions and to just have fun. Aoba47 (talk) 01:58, 6 February 2025 (UTC)