simonf: Angel: After The Fall

Simon (

simonf) wrote,
@ 2007-04-27 09:32:00

Angel: After The Fall - the poll
Based on a new interview with Joss at Newsarama about the Angel season 6 comic books, I decided to do a poll (huzzah!). I know that the whole comic book canon issue is causing debate at the moment so I'm interested in knowing what people think. And if you want feel free to pimp the poll about the place, as I'd be very grateful.

Link to the new Joss interview

Poll #974230 Angel season 6 comic book poll
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

Will you read the Angel season 6 comic books?

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Hell yes! - I want to know what happens next
182 (91.0%)

Oh god no! The finale was perfect
18 (9.0%)

Do you see the Angel season 6 comics as official canon?

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Yes. Joss says it's canon.
164 (80.8%)

Nope. Only the tv series is canon
39 (19.2%)

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	abbylee 2007-04-27 09:52 am UTC (link)
	I'm a "yes, it's canon" but that doesn't mean I think it's the same canon :) (Reply to this)

	demoniodehiel 2007-04-27 10:58 am UTC (link)
	Hi :D I vote not...the canon finished in 2004, in the end of the series with NFA. Comics is only another type of fanfics And the question 1...not vote, sorry. I dont love comics really. A greeting and sorry by my little english :) (Reply to this)

ruuger
2007-04-27 12:02 pm UTC (link)

I didn't particularly like NFA (or a lot of AtS S5 for that matter), but I adored Spike: Asylum, so it's a definite yes for the first question and since my main fandom is Babylon 5 where canon is what the Great maker says is canon, it's a yes for the second question as well (even when talking about something the S8 comics which has been quite disappointing so far).

(here via

sueworld3002, btw)

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shapinglight
2007-04-27 12:36 pm UTC (link)

Also here via

sueworld2003. I'll be reading. I loved the way NFA ended. I don't think of it as a cliffhanger. On the other hand, BtVS ended. It came to an end and we all knew it was going to end. AtS on the other hand was cancelled before its time (I reckon it had another year in it) and we already know some of what ME had planned for that year.

The comic may not follow that plan exactly but it'll probably be along the lines of what was planned.

I'm looking forward to it, especially now I know Brian Lynch will be 'showrunning.' Spike: Asylum was far and away the best thing IDW have produced so far in the Angel franchise.

As for whether it's canon - yes it is, though I think I have it in a separate compartment in my head to show canon. Whether they'll ever link up, I'm not sure. It depends.

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	ponygirl2000 2007-04-27 01:45 pm UTC (link)
	I'm going with "of course it's canon, unless I don't like it." (Reply to this)

	catalyst2 2007-04-27 03:26 pm UTC (link)
	It is Joss' creation. If he says it is canon, it is canon imo. Will I read - it is Joss writing so of bloody course I will! Joss for frak's sake! (Reply to this)

	wondersheep 2007-04-27 04:09 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, and you and b!x aren't allowed to email each other any more, that makes my fadom world just way too incestuous. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	wondersheep 2007-04-27 04:10 pm UTC (link)
	As for the canon debate: sheeit, when have I everl let canon get between me and my fic? SPIKE/XANDER 4-EVAAA!!!!!!!! P.S. tell your wife that it's my turn, she'd better send ASH back tout suite. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rleyser 2007-04-27 05:21 pm UTC (link)
	But, but, but you said I could keep him until I return to the States in June! You promised! Really you did! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	wondersheep 2007-04-27 05:23 pm UTC (link)
	sigh fiiiine. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	orangerful 2007-04-27 04:55 pm UTC (link)
	I usually decide if something is canon after i experience it...and decide if I like it haha. (Reply to this)

	ozlady 2007-04-27 04:58 pm UTC (link)
	wavies Hi Simon! :-) (Reply to this)

	laz75 2007-04-27 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	I don't really get this. Of course it will be canon, it's not open to debate, it's a fact... why a poll? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	simonf 2007-04-27 06:44 pm UTC (link)
	The fandom does not sing with one voice. Some fans will not see it as canon. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	laz75 2007-04-27 06:48 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, and some people might think that Earth is flatand vote so in a pll... that doesn't make it true 8-) Anyway, your lj, you can do whatever you want! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	brianrubin 2007-04-27 09:58 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes, and some people might think that Earth is flatand vote so in a pll." HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	nikkisixul 2008-07-16 05:55 pm UTC (link)
	Some will not even agree that that is an element of canon, but for me it is. Some of the other canon issues I can be a little more lenient on, since it has been pointed out that some canon things were inconsistent even within the series. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sp23 2007-04-27 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	I was all prepared to be grumpy about the S8 comics, but then I read them and it's so obviously Joss that since he's declared them canon and the Angel S6 comics canon, then I accede to my Master's voice and accept them as canon. And I can hardly wait for the S6 Angel comics. (Reply to this)

	ladybrick 2007-04-27 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	Troublemaker! (Reply to this)

	brianrubin 2007-04-27 09:57 pm UTC (link)
	Are you TRYING to be an instigator? ;) If it comes from Joss, it's canon, as simple as that. ;) (Reply to this)

	green_tara76 2007-04-28 04:36 am UTC (link)
	My hybrid answer: The finale was perfect, but hell yes, I want to see what happens next. And as always, in Joss I trust. (Reply to this)

	thedothatgirl 2007-04-28 08:16 am UTC (link)
	I loved NFA (eventually when the veil of tears lifted) but if Joss is involved I want to know what happened next. Hell I'm just greedy. (Reply to this)

	cursedfire 2007-04-28 08:35 am UTC (link)
	I don't think I would consider them canon because Joss is not writing it. In Buffy S8, mostly Buffy writes are writing it. (Reply to this)

	moscow_watcher 2007-04-28 11:55 am UTC (link)
	I will definitely read season 6. But I'm not sure I can accept comics as canon. Because tomorrow Joss will say it's not canon - and?.. He has already said that he could make comics storylines non-canon if the movie happens. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	simonf 2007-04-28 11:57 am UTC (link)
	Out of interest, where did he say that? I've seen this referenced elsewhere and I've been trying to find the relevant interview. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

moscow_watcher
2007-04-28 02:21 pm UTC (link)

http://www.vh1.com/movies/news/articles/1551700/20070206/story.jhtml

MTV: Is there ever a danger in creating these new storylines that you paint yourself into a corner if or when you do a "Buffy" movie?

Whedon: At some point you have to let go of that fear. The movie audience is going to be different. In terms of a Buffy movie, both David [Boreanaz] and Sarah [Michelle Gellar] have pretty much got swinging careers and have never really wanted to revisit the characters anyway. It's doubtful that would happen. I never say never, and it would be fun to do it with them. I would be willing to overlook certain discrepancies. Ultimately, a movie would have to pick them up later in their lives anyway. I would have to fudge it with David, like "He got his mortality back for five years and then he lost it again," or something like that. I don't think anybody's going to mind that much if they get a movie.

I think it's a diplomatic version of "canon is what I want it to be at this particular moment" declaration. :)

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	sueworld2003 2007-04-29 08:30 am UTC (link)
	"I think it's a diplomatic version of "canon is what I want it to be at this particular moment" declaration. :)" Aha! You should post that on the thread on Whedonesque, and see what they all have to say. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	moscow_watcher 2007-04-29 05:13 pm UTC (link)
	Hee! I think the discussion there was heated enough even without this quote. :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	catalyst2 2007-04-29 02:38 pm UTC (link)
	I think the only discrepancy Joss is talking about is that Angel will have visibly aged despite vampires not aging. I don't think the discrepancies meant "Oh and I will completely disregard everything written in the comics". (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	moscow_watcher 2007-04-29 05:10 pm UTC (link)
	Not sure about it. He was answering the question about storylines. I think he mentioned Angel's aging as an example because he clearly don't want to give away his secrets. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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