This will be extremely spoilery, so HIGHLIGHT the text to read:
Wesley ain't gone. It seems as if he is somehow tied to Wolfram and Hart so, now that it's all sorts of blown to bits, he's disappeared. Thing is, though... what would be the reason of having him back and introducing the whole interesting "Should we trust Wes" plot line, just to have him *bloop* disappear after four issues. Wouldn't happen. My speculation is that when he does come back, he'll be corporeal. Wolfram and Hart learns from their mistakes, and keeping him linked so closely to the building--a finite thing, both Gunn and the Beast would testify to that--was a huge mistake.
It looks like those demons Lorne showed Angel are the champions that the Lords of LA chose. That means Angel is going to have to fight She-Skip (He-Skip was a badass, holy crap), a T-Rex, and some demon so strong that the Lord keeps it handcuffed.
Brian confirmed on the Dark Horse boards that Spike's weapon is NOT Fray's scythe. Could be that Spike fashioned a lookalike for himself. Thing does work damn well. About Spike time-slipping because of being all close to Illyria... I can't really comment, as I simply have no idea where that's going. Brian also said Illyria is going to be in #5, so maybe her time-slipping will help with the fight.
Spike will absolutely be the champion Illyria picks to "fight" Angel. It'll be the reason why they're fighting on the cover of #5. BUT... methinks Spike will--as he does--turn at the last moment, showing he was on Angel's side all along (sort of like Cartman in the Wal-Mart episode). So I'm guessing the fight will be Angel, Groosalug, Spike, and MAYBE GUNN (who wants to kill Angel himself) facing off against the LA Lord's champions. Big blowout, much?
Ah, speculation, I barely knew thee...
5 comments:
It seems likely that Groo and possibly Spike will help out in the fight, yes - but would they really be allowed? Would the demon lords stand for that? I don't see how him having co-fighters fit into the challenge Angel made in issue 3.
I don't think they'd be allowed. I think Groo would hop in if things look bad, and I think Spike would GO to the fight, looking like he's going to be Illyria's champion AGAINST Angel (check out the #5 Robinson cover), and then switch sides and fight on Angel's side, like he did in the "Just Rewards" episode.
I agree that they'd do that. Just don't see how it'd help. It'd forfeit the rules, giving an OK to the demon lords to send in entire squadrons of fiends to kill all three of them.
Our heroes are known for surviving entire squadrons of fiends. ;]
*laughs* There DOES seem to be a certain suspension of disbelief proportional to the number of heroes involved. Angel vs T-Rex? Maaaybe. Angel vs T-Rex, She-Skip and The Cuffed Cur (what? ;P)? Not bloody likely. Groo, Angel and Spike against twenty fiends each, on the other hand, no worries.
With the utter lack of sensemaking, but that's how the logic seems to work. ^^
Post a Comment