Justification for the craziest plot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is very reasonable

By Chris Snelllgrove | Published 23 seconds ago

When Buffy The Vampire Slayer is one of the biggest performances ever made, it is filled with crazy plot points like the character building Star Trek -style Android and even revive Dead to Life in episodes such as “some assembly needed.” Finally, the author David Fury asked Joss Whedon how Sunnydale residents could do extraordinary achievements. In turn, runners told Fury that “Hellmouth must be able to give us whatever we want to do; the energy that comes out of it makes scientists crazy out of humans who then continue and create something evil.”

Some assembly is needed

What makes Fury ask this question is that “some assembly is needed” display the plot point where a character managed to revive his died brothers and sisters. The author can understand strangely that the lonely city residents can do scientific achievements (including making robots as sophisticated as the commander data from Star Trek: Next Generation) That the most veteran medical and scientific professional in our own world can never be achieved. Whedon explained that everything returned to the influence of Hellmouth’s corruption, who was brilliant for explaining that almost every inconsistency in this crazy show.

In this world Buffy The Vampire SlayerDetails about Hellmouth are relatively rare … What we really know is to connect Sunnydale to other dimensions, attract demons, and affect the local population with mystical energy. This event is always unclear about how this energy works, but we have seen it turn on the nightmare, making girls invisible, and even make residents (in the words willow) “pray harder” because many people who are religious can feel their cruel influence. However, all of these things seemed relatively miraculous, and David Fury was more interested in how (as in “some assembly needed”) the population still suddenly could become a genius scientist, practical overnight.

Joss Whedon’s answer was quietly brilliant, because it changed the question in his head to ask why we accepted Hellmouth had a certain power and not someone else. If that can turn on a nightmare, why can’t it help strange children to turn on his dead brother? If that can make a girl invisible just because no one has ever realized it, then why can’t it help local residents build robots that will even impress Captain Picard?

A number of Buffy Fans (and especially haters) may say that Whedon’s explanation is a bit too easy … After all, this means that the program writer does not need to worry about breaking the rules about what can and cannot occur because there are no firm rules. However, we see that as one of the biggest strengths of the event: There are no two episodes Buffy The Vampire Slayer Same because the writers have creative Blanche Carte. In the end, it will always Be more interesting than a sagging show under the weight of dusty rules themselves.

“Some assembly needed” is great Buffy Episode, but we always share the curiosity of David Fury about how a random high school student suddenly has medical knowledge and skills Dr. Frankenstein. Thanks to Joss Whedon, we now know that Hellmouth is able to turn people into crazy scientists on other magical nature. For old fans, it is more than contextualizing a one -time criminal … it also explains the resurrection and fall of Dr. Walsh, who died in the hands of Adam, the badness of his own science.