As news trickles in, we’ve come to find out that the Buffy reboot isn’t so
much a reboot, but the story of a new Chosen One with her own set of adventures. We’re more than fine with that - no need to redo the
perfection that was Buffy Summers. A script hasn’t been penned yet, so we
thought it might be fun to take this opportunity to make a Wish List of sorts.
Here are a few story ideas (out of a gazillion) that we came up with off the top of
our heads:
The Future Dystopia: What if our new slayer lived in a
dystopian future a la the Buffy episode “The Wish”? We could see a world
ravaged by climate change, making it fertile hunting grounds for nasty night
dwellers, demons, as well as desperate humans. Sounds like a perfect time for
Wolfram & Hart to enter stage left and take advantage of the situation.
The Metaphor: Buffy was known for the “high school is hell”
metaphor and since one thing we know for sure about the new slayer is that she
will be a person of color, it would make sense to use vampires as a metaphor
for white supremacy and racism. This could be a powerful telling of our present
state of affairs.
The Period Piece: Literally anytime in our past would make
for a great telling of a young girl’s story as she comes into her own power and
faces the resistance of the society around her.
The Crossover: Recently, SMG and David Boreanaz were asked
about the new slayer and both shot down the idea of appearing in it, but if you
read the articles here and here, I think you’ll see that they might be a little confused
(like we all were ) and think it’s a literal reboot of their characters. It’s
not and any and all guest appearances are welcome, even annoying Xander
(kidding, not really).
No matter what, I know we’re all looking forward to watching
this world come to life again. The possibilities are endless and that’s a good
thing.
