Tea Time

The subject of this article is of alternative canonicity.
While created as part of licensed material, it is not part of the original Buffyverse, but its own developed story.

Tea Time is a one-shot graphic novel of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic book series. Written by Mirka Andolfo and illustrated by Siya Oum, it was originally published on June 30, 2021 by Boom! Studios.

Synopsis[]

Who watches the Watcher?

Best-selling creator, Mirka Andolfo (Mercy, Unnatural) along with artist Siya Oum, present a story of everyone's favorite Watcher like you've never seen him before!

Rupert Giles has been many things — Sunnydale's foremost occult expert, high school librarian, mentor, and father figure — but Buffy and the Scooby Gang are totally unprepared for... Giles the vampire.

With the Watcher's cunning, experience, and intimate knowledge of the Slayer — will Evil finally prevail?^[1]

Continuity[]

The story takes place in an unknown alternate universe, in which Xander is alive (contrary to the timeline in issue #24), Willow is engaged to Tara (contrary to "Seeing Red"), Sunnydale High School is intact (contrary to "Graduation Day, Part Two"), Buffy is a Slayer (contrary to Hellmouth, Part Five) and has a boyfriend (contrary to "Where All Paths Lead"), Giles is an active Watcher (contrary to "The Wish"), etc.
The Scooby Gang reflect on what would happen if Giles became a vampire; the non-canon novel series The Lost Slayer has Buffy traveling to an alternate future in which Giles is a vampire King who took over Sunnydale.

Summary[]

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Appearances[]

Individuals[]

Rupert Giles
Alexander Harris
Tara Maclay (Only mentioned)
Willow Rosenberg
Buffy Summers
Hank Summers (Only mentioned)
Joyce Summers (Only mentioned)

Organizations and titles[]

The Dream Catchers (Only in visions)
Slayer
Watcher
Witch

Species[]

Demon (Only mentioned)
Human
Vampire (Only in visions)

Locations[]

England (Only mentioned)
Sunnydale
- Bronze (Only in visions)
- Revello Drive (Only mentioned)
  - 1630 Revello Drive (Only mentioned)
- Sunnydale High School
  - Sunnydale High School library

Objects[]

Blood (Only in visions)
Cross
Stake

Rituals and spells[]

"Incendere" (Only in visions)

Behind the scenes[]

Distribution[]

Tea Time was ranked the 195th best selling comic issue in its published month, with estimated 11,388 sales for June 2021 at comic specialty stores.^[2]