Brain overthinking on Mars, eh? Hehe. Overthinking is always encouraged!
No one really has any clue how much of the show is significant and what is coincidence, since RT really doesn't speak too much about it, but we all have fun putting puzzle pieces together anyway. Though I'm not sure about the Logan origin, I'm pretty sure the naming of Kane has to do with Abel Koontz. Cain and Abel? In the original script of the pilot, RT had spelled Kane as Cain and it works pretty nicely in context. So I'm pretty sure that's where it came from. As far as Mars and Neptune? Have you read any of ohimesamamama's essays yet? She did a pretty good number of them last year, including an analysis on the pilot, as well as two photoessays that are just excellent. (Water metaphors! Yay!) I've collected a bunch of hers and others' analysis in my memories if you ever feel like overthinking about VM again. ;) BTW, you do know that Spring Summers reviews VM eps, right? Highly recommended, especially the later in the season reviews. Hey, I'm nothing if not a VM analysis enabler! :D
Fun Buffy thoughts. I've always wondered how much the Scoobies knew about Spike. Because who would tell them the whole story except Buffy. Somehow I can't see her dispelling everything about goiing to Africa just to find a soul for her and all that. She hardly let herself believe it. Why weren't they more interested to know the details, considering it's not exaactly a common thing to come by, I'm not sure. But one of the little aspects of S7 that I love is how the Scoobies trend so lightly on the Spike subject. None of them really want to push the subject too much and so it's kind of cute to watch them dance around it all season. And I think that the reason behind them trending lightly, perhaps their concern for Buffy's mental and emotional health after last year, might answer the whole thing best.
Still think it would have been awesome to watch Giles studying Spike for his thesis. Hehe.
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No one really has any clue how much of the show is significant and what is coincidence, since RT really doesn't speak too much about it, but we all have fun putting puzzle pieces together anyway. Though I'm not sure about the Logan origin, I'm pretty sure the naming of Kane has to do with Abel Koontz. Cain and Abel? In the original script of the pilot, RT had spelled Kane as Cain and it works pretty nicely in context. So I'm pretty sure that's where it came from. As far as Mars and Neptune? Have you read any of
Fun Buffy thoughts. I've always wondered how much the Scoobies knew about Spike. Because who would tell them the whole story except Buffy. Somehow I can't see her dispelling everything about goiing to Africa just to find a soul for her and all that. She hardly let herself believe it. Why weren't they more interested to know the details, considering it's not exaactly a common thing to come by, I'm not sure. But one of the little aspects of S7 that I love is how the Scoobies trend so lightly on the Spike subject. None of them really want to push the subject too much and so it's kind of cute to watch them dance around it all season. And I think that the reason behind them trending lightly, perhaps their concern for Buffy's mental and emotional health after last year, might answer the whole thing best.
Still think it would have been awesome to watch Giles studying Spike for his thesis. Hehe.