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'''''Turbulence''''' is the thirty-first issue and a one-shot issue of the '''''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight]]''''' series of comic books, a continuation from the [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|television series of the same name]].
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'''''Turbulence''''' is a one-shot and the the thirty-first issue of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight]]''
   
 
== Synopsis ==
 
== Synopsis ==
At sunset, Buffy flies high over Tibet, reflecting on the fact that she can fly, and how it used to scare her, but now she is becoming used to it, has better control over landing and taking off, and how she also wants to, despite her better judgment, keep her newfound powers a secret.
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At sunset, [[Buffy]] flies high over Tibet, reflecting on the fact that she can fly, and how it used to scare her, but now she is becoming used to it, has better control over landing and taking off, and how she also wants to, despite her better judgment, keep her newfound powers a secret.
   
Outside the monastery, Willow and Oz are in mid conversation, with Willow telling Oz that after they deal with the giant goddesses, heal their wounded as well as Twilight's wounded and get their powers back, they will leave Tibet. Willow apologizes to Oz for bringing war to his peaceful home, but Oz reminds her that everyone, including Bay, will be okay and that she is not the first person to bring war to a peaceful place. Willow muses on how he always knows just what to say to make her feel better. As she smiles, she asks if he has any ideas on how she can get her powers back really fast. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Willow is hit by a big green cloud of magical energy, which knocks her off her feet. As Oz watches, Willow is suddenly filled with magicks, her eyes glowing white, she notes that he didn't kid around when it came to returning her magic, to which he responds that her being hit with the magic had nothing to do with anything he did. Soon, Willow realizes the same thing, and notes that the magic came to her as fallout from some cataclysmic mystical event. Oz asks her if she knew which event it was, she responds that she doesn't....because it has not happened yet. Suddenly, Xander and Dawn come running to Oz and Willow, informing them that six of their Wiccans have endured the same burst of magical energy as Willow, resulting in two of them vomiting in the process. Willow says that the magic came from a temporal ripple and that something powerful is coming and it will be coming soon. She then asks if the Slayers had any signs of their magic being returned, to which Xander replies they haven't yet, but marvels at the fact that now with magic on their side, they can now deal with the goddesses. Willow takes flight and plans to subdue the goddesses underground in the hopes that doing so will bring everybody back to full power again.
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Outside the monastery, [[Willow]] and [[Oz]] are in mid conversation, with Willow telling Oz that after they deal with the [[Wrathful goddess|giant goddesses]], heal their wounded as well as [[Twilight|Twilight's]] wounded and get their powers back, they will leave Tibet. Willow apologizes to Oz for bringing war to his peaceful home, but Oz reminds her that everyone, including [[Bayarmaa|Bay]], will be okay and that she is not the first person to bring war to a peaceful place. Willow muses on how he always knows just what to say to make her feel better. As she smiles, she asks if he has any ideas on how she can get her powers back really fast. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Willow is hit by a big green cloud of magical energy, which knocks her off her feet. As Oz watches, Willow is suddenly filled with magicks, her eyes glowing white, she notes that he didn't kid around when it came to returning her magic, to which he responds that her being hit with the magic had nothing to do with anything he did. Soon, Willow realizes the same thing, and notes that the magic came to her as fallout from some cataclysmic mystical event. Oz asks her if she knew which event it was, she responds that she doesn't....because it has not happened yet. Suddenly, [[Xander]] and [[Dawn]] come running to Oz and Willow, informing them that six of their Wiccans have endured the same burst of magical energy as Willow, resulting in two of them vomiting in the process. Willow says that the magic came from a temporal ripple and that something powerful is coming and it will be coming soon. She then asks if the Slayers had any signs of their magic being returned, to which Xander replies they haven't yet, but marvels at the fact that now with magic on their side, they can now deal with the goddesses. Willow takes flight and plans to subdue the goddesses underground in the hopes that doing so will bring everybody back to full power again.
   
In the infirmary, Buffy talks with Riley, who is injured and surrounded by beds full of injured Slayers, Wiccans, and soldiers. Buffy jokingly refers to herself as General Custer for leading the charge against Twilight's army and causing so many to be injured or killed, and without a triumph to show for it. Riley reminds her that in war, nobody really wins, but in Buffy, he saw courage, intelligence and compassion for the mere fact that she is treating the enemy soldiers. After telling her how proud he is of her, Buffy asks him if he received a lot of morphine for his pain, which he admits he did in addition to a few shots of Jack Daniels. Buffy urges him to rest and she walks amongst the injured.
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In the infirmary, Buffy talks with [[Riley]], who is injured and surrounded by beds full of injured Slayers, Wiccans, and soldiers. Buffy jokingly refers to herself as General Custer for leading the charge against Twilight's army and causing so many to be injured or killed, and without a triumph to show for it. Riley reminds her that in war, nobody really wins, but in Buffy, he saw courage, intelligence and compassion for the mere fact that she is treating the enemy soldiers. After telling her how proud he is of her, Buffy asks him if he received a lot of morphine for his pain, which he admits he did in addition to a few shots of Jack Daniels. Buffy urges him to rest and she walks amongst the injured.
   
At Twilight's base, he is speaking to Giles, Faith, and Andrew, each laying on the ground and who are being held hostage and are barely conscious. He notes that among the mass destruction and with all the people that have fallen from the battle, in addition to a confusion spell sent out onto the battlefield by his team of Wiccans, he tells the trio that it will be hours before they will be missed and days before anybody comes looking for them. The three prisoners do not buy this however and each believe that Buffy will be driven to find them when she realizes they are missing. Twilight says that soon everything will happen as he wants it to, and that Buffy will finally be able to see the manifest truth to his beliefs.
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At Twilight's base, he is speaking to [[Giles]], [[Faith]], and [[Andrew]], each laying on the ground and who are being held hostage and are barely conscious. He notes that among the mass destruction and with all the people that have fallen from the battle, in addition to a confusion spell sent out onto the battlefield by his team of Wiccans, he tells the trio that it will be hours before they will be missed and days before anybody comes looking for them. The three prisoners do not buy this however and each believe that Buffy will be driven to find them when she realizes they are missing. Twilight says that soon everything will happen as he wants it to, and that Buffy will finally be able to see the manifest truth to his beliefs.
   
Back at the monastery, four wiccans stand in a circle trying to locate those who are not accounted for among their ranks. The wiccans are having trouble finding anyone, and Dawn guesses they may not be able to locate the missing because of the mountains surrounding them, and Satsu notes that a bunch of the survivors scattered into the woods and that it may take days for them to find their way back to the monastery, Xander has the idea to send out a mystical way to help the lost return, but quickly takes it back, citing that the missing will find the way back on their own.
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Back at the monastery, four wiccans stand in a circle trying to locate those who are not accounted for among their ranks. The wiccans are having trouble finding anyone, and Dawn guesses they may not be able to locate the missing because of the mountains surrounding them, and [[Satsu]] notes that a bunch of the survivors scattered into the woods and that it may take days for them to find their way back to the monastery, Xander has the idea to send out a mystical way to help the lost return, but quickly takes it back, citing that the missing will find the way back on their own.
   
 
Meanwhile, out on the mountains, Willow battles the goddesses, she worries about what will happen if they reach a populated area, and though she has her magic back, the goddesses are still much stronger than she. She tries many attempts to foil them, including trying to bind them at the feet with a magical lasso in the hopes of making them fall back into the earth. The goddesses retaliate these attempts with them kicking Willow through the air, but as she can fly, these attacks do not harm her.
 
Meanwhile, out on the mountains, Willow battles the goddesses, she worries about what will happen if they reach a populated area, and though she has her magic back, the goddesses are still much stronger than she. She tries many attempts to foil them, including trying to bind them at the feet with a magical lasso in the hopes of making them fall back into the earth. The goddesses retaliate these attempts with them kicking Willow through the air, but as she can fly, these attacks do not harm her.
   
Back in the infirmary, one of Twilight’s wounded converses with Buffy, asking her what she is, if she is a witch. She responds she is a Vampire Slayer, to which the soldier is confused by this, as he had never heard this term before. He then talks of how Twilight warned his soldiers that if they were captured, Buffy and her group would use magic to torture them. Buffy responds that if they had magic on their side, he as well as the other wounded would have been healed by this point. Suddenly, the soldier begins to rant about being in love and talks about a girl from his youth he loved, but he never told her, he expresses his regret at this as he slowly dies. Xander comes up to Buffy and they begin to talk. Buffy tells Xander she is tired of seeing death, dying and her friends being hurt, and she is also tired of causing the pain she is witnessing.
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Back in the infirmary, one of Twilight’s wounded converses with Buffy, asking her what she is, if she is a [[witch]]. She responds she is a [[Vampire]] [[Slayer]], to which the soldier is confused by this, as he had never heard this term before. He then talks of how Twilight warned his soldiers that if they were captured, Buffy and her group would use magic to torture them. Buffy responds that if they had magic on their side, he as well as the other wounded would have been healed by this point. Suddenly, the soldier begins to rant about being in love and talks about a girl from his youth he loved, but he never told her, he expresses his regret at this as he slowly dies. Xander comes up to Buffy and they begin to talk. Buffy tells Xander she is tired of seeing death, dying and her friends being hurt, and she is also tired of causing the pain she is witnessing.
   
 
As they walk out into the garden, Xander reminds Buffy that this is a war, one she did not start, so she is not at fault, but Buffy is not so sure. Xander switches the subject to Willow getting her powers back, and Buffy wonders if it is possible that like her, Willow received many more unusual powers then before. Xander says that her power returned all of a sudden, and that she did not go dark, but is now out there fighting the goddesses alone.
 
As they walk out into the garden, Xander reminds Buffy that this is a war, one she did not start, so she is not at fault, but Buffy is not so sure. Xander switches the subject to Willow getting her powers back, and Buffy wonders if it is possible that like her, Willow received many more unusual powers then before. Xander says that her power returned all of a sudden, and that she did not go dark, but is now out there fighting the goddesses alone.
   
Xander tells Buffy how proud he is of her, and she tells him of the conversation between her and Riley. When Xander begins to praise Riley, Buffy wonders when he became a fan of Riley. Xander replies he has always been a fan of Riley (as Riley was Buffy’s only other relationship that did not end with the guy turning psychotic).
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Xander tells Buffy how proud he is of her, and she tells him of the conversation between her and Riley. When Xander begins to praise Riley, Buffy wonders when he became a fan of Riley. Xander replies he has always been a fan of Riley - as Riley was Buffy’s only other relationship that did not end with the guy turning psychotic.
   
 
Soon, the conversation changes as Buffy begins to express her regret at missing her chance with Xander, now that he is with Dawn. Xander walks away and tries to ignore Buffy’s prying, and Buffy jokes with Xander and calls him names. He stops and Buffy bluntly asks “What about me?” Xander asks Buffy if she has feelings for him, she admits she does and Xander said those words would make a difference if it were said a long time ago and if she actually meant it. Buffy seems hurt by this and tells him that feelings change and develop as people change, but Xander reminds her that he finally made the list of romantic interests after her lesbian tryst with Satsu, so it is hard to take what she is saying seriously, and how it suddenly comes about right at the moment him and Dawn begin their relationship. Buffy continues to deny what he is saying, but cannot do that for long and she loses her tough exterior. Xander talks of how weird it is being with Dawn, seeing as how he has known her since she was a child, and talks about how she has changed into a great woman that he is in love with.
 
Soon, the conversation changes as Buffy begins to express her regret at missing her chance with Xander, now that he is with Dawn. Xander walks away and tries to ignore Buffy’s prying, and Buffy jokes with Xander and calls him names. He stops and Buffy bluntly asks “What about me?” Xander asks Buffy if she has feelings for him, she admits she does and Xander said those words would make a difference if it were said a long time ago and if she actually meant it. Buffy seems hurt by this and tells him that feelings change and develop as people change, but Xander reminds her that he finally made the list of romantic interests after her lesbian tryst with Satsu, so it is hard to take what she is saying seriously, and how it suddenly comes about right at the moment him and Dawn begin their relationship. Buffy continues to deny what he is saying, but cannot do that for long and she loses her tough exterior. Xander talks of how weird it is being with Dawn, seeing as how he has known her since she was a child, and talks about how she has changed into a great woman that he is in love with.
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Buffy begins to cry, and gives Xander and Dawn her blessing. They hug, and Dawn shows up, looking jealous at seeing the hug, despite both Xander and Buffy proclaiming the innocence of the hug. Buffy tells Dawn she approves of her and Xander, but Dawn quickly changes the subject, about how Willow is having trouble containing the goddesses. Buffy formulates an idea and the three head inside.
 
Buffy begins to cry, and gives Xander and Dawn her blessing. They hug, and Dawn shows up, looking jealous at seeing the hug, despite both Xander and Buffy proclaiming the innocence of the hug. Buffy tells Dawn she approves of her and Xander, but Dawn quickly changes the subject, about how Willow is having trouble containing the goddesses. Buffy formulates an idea and the three head inside.
   
Back where the wiccans have gathered, Willow has been magically summoned and she communicates her distress with stopping the goddesses. Buffy tells Willow to not focus on the goddesses, but instead just dig a big hole. Kennedy questions Buffy’s order, and then follows Buffy, Xander, and Dawn outside. Buffy tells the trio of something that can help stop the goddesses, and it was something she had been keeping secret up until this point. Xander, Dawn, and Kennedy all take guesses at what this secret is, and all Buffy says is to be quiet and turn their eyes to the sky. Buffy takes flight, Kennedy notes that seeing Buffy fly is kind of hot, but Xander and Dawn do not agree as they both stand there, mouths wide open and eyes glued to the skies.
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Back where the wiccans have gathered, Willow has been magically summoned and she communicates her distress with stopping the goddesses. Buffy tells Willow to not focus on the goddesses, but instead just dig a big hole. [[Kennedy]] questions Buffy’s order, and then follows Buffy, Xander, and Dawn outside. Buffy tells the trio of something that can help stop the goddesses, and it was something she had been keeping secret up until this point. Xander, Dawn, and Kennedy all take guesses at what this secret is, and all Buffy says is to be quiet and turn their eyes to the sky. Buffy takes flight, Kennedy notes that seeing Buffy fly is kind of hot, but Xander and Dawn do not agree as they both stand there, mouths wide open and eyes glued to the skies.
   
 
Buffy comes upon Willow and the goddesses, just as Willow is magically opening a giant hole in the earth. With ease, Buffy tosses, punches, and stomps the goddesses one by one into the earth and with both Buffy and Willow in mid flight, Willow closes the earth. As they fly back to the monastery, Willow informs Buffy they need to run some tests on her, to see where she developed these powers from, and tells Buffy she is not so sure that the same event that re-empowered her is not the same one that empowered Buffy. As the issue closes, Buffy reveals Xander and Dawn’s being in love to Willow, which Willow only responds with revealing she had known about them being in love, even before they did.
 
Buffy comes upon Willow and the goddesses, just as Willow is magically opening a giant hole in the earth. With ease, Buffy tosses, punches, and stomps the goddesses one by one into the earth and with both Buffy and Willow in mid flight, Willow closes the earth. As they fly back to the monastery, Willow informs Buffy they need to run some tests on her, to see where she developed these powers from, and tells Buffy she is not so sure that the same event that re-empowered her is not the same one that empowered Buffy. As the issue closes, Buffy reveals Xander and Dawn’s being in love to Willow, which Willow only responds with revealing she had known about them being in love, even before they did.
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*[[Season 8 Library Edition, Volume 4]]
 
*[[Season 8 Library Edition, Volume 4]]
 
*''[[Twilight (story arc)|Twilight]]''
 
*''[[Twilight (story arc)|Twilight]]''
 
==Canonical Issues==
 
:See also: [[canon]]
 
 
This series has been described as 'canon' by both Whedon and various commentators. As the creator of ''Buffy'', Joss Whedon's association with Buffyverse story is often linked to how canonical the various stories are. Since Whedon is writing this story, it will be seen as a continuation of the official continuity established by ''Buffy'' and ''Angel''.
 
 
This may mean it contradicts information given in the previously released non-canonical ''[[Queen of the Slayers]]'', and it could potentially contradict the novel ''[[Dark Congress]]''.
 
   
 
==Variant Covers==
 
==Variant Covers==

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Turbulence is a one-shot and the the thirty-first issue of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight

Synopsis

At sunset, Buffy flies high over Tibet, reflecting on the fact that she can fly, and how it used to scare her, but now she is becoming used to it, has better control over landing and taking off, and how she also wants to, despite her better judgment, keep her newfound powers a secret.

Outside the monastery, Willow and Oz are in mid conversation, with Willow telling Oz that after they deal with the giant goddesses, heal their wounded as well as Twilight's wounded and get their powers back, they will leave Tibet. Willow apologizes to Oz for bringing war to his peaceful home, but Oz reminds her that everyone, including Bay, will be okay and that she is not the first person to bring war to a peaceful place. Willow muses on how he always knows just what to say to make her feel better. As she smiles, she asks if he has any ideas on how she can get her powers back really fast. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Willow is hit by a big green cloud of magical energy, which knocks her off her feet. As Oz watches, Willow is suddenly filled with magicks, her eyes glowing white, she notes that he didn't kid around when it came to returning her magic, to which he responds that her being hit with the magic had nothing to do with anything he did. Soon, Willow realizes the same thing, and notes that the magic came to her as fallout from some cataclysmic mystical event. Oz asks her if she knew which event it was, she responds that she doesn't....because it has not happened yet. Suddenly, Xander and Dawn come running to Oz and Willow, informing them that six of their Wiccans have endured the same burst of magical energy as Willow, resulting in two of them vomiting in the process. Willow says that the magic came from a temporal ripple and that something powerful is coming and it will be coming soon. She then asks if the Slayers had any signs of their magic being returned, to which Xander replies they haven't yet, but marvels at the fact that now with magic on their side, they can now deal with the goddesses. Willow takes flight and plans to subdue the goddesses underground in the hopes that doing so will bring everybody back to full power again.

In the infirmary, Buffy talks with Riley, who is injured and surrounded by beds full of injured Slayers, Wiccans, and soldiers. Buffy jokingly refers to herself as General Custer for leading the charge against Twilight's army and causing so many to be injured or killed, and without a triumph to show for it. Riley reminds her that in war, nobody really wins, but in Buffy, he saw courage, intelligence and compassion for the mere fact that she is treating the enemy soldiers. After telling her how proud he is of her, Buffy asks him if he received a lot of morphine for his pain, which he admits he did in addition to a few shots of Jack Daniels. Buffy urges him to rest and she walks amongst the injured.

At Twilight's base, he is speaking to Giles, Faith, and Andrew, each laying on the ground and who are being held hostage and are barely conscious. He notes that among the mass destruction and with all the people that have fallen from the battle, in addition to a confusion spell sent out onto the battlefield by his team of Wiccans, he tells the trio that it will be hours before they will be missed and days before anybody comes looking for them. The three prisoners do not buy this however and each believe that Buffy will be driven to find them when she realizes they are missing. Twilight says that soon everything will happen as he wants it to, and that Buffy will finally be able to see the manifest truth to his beliefs.

Back at the monastery, four wiccans stand in a circle trying to locate those who are not accounted for among their ranks. The wiccans are having trouble finding anyone, and Dawn guesses they may not be able to locate the missing because of the mountains surrounding them, and Satsu notes that a bunch of the survivors scattered into the woods and that it may take days for them to find their way back to the monastery, Xander has the idea to send out a mystical way to help the lost return, but quickly takes it back, citing that the missing will find the way back on their own.

Meanwhile, out on the mountains, Willow battles the goddesses, she worries about what will happen if they reach a populated area, and though she has her magic back, the goddesses are still much stronger than she. She tries many attempts to foil them, including trying to bind them at the feet with a magical lasso in the hopes of making them fall back into the earth. The goddesses retaliate these attempts with them kicking Willow through the air, but as she can fly, these attacks do not harm her.

Back in the infirmary, one of Twilight’s wounded converses with Buffy, asking her what she is, if she is a witch. She responds she is a Vampire Slayer, to which the soldier is confused by this, as he had never heard this term before. He then talks of how Twilight warned his soldiers that if they were captured, Buffy and her group would use magic to torture them. Buffy responds that if they had magic on their side, he as well as the other wounded would have been healed by this point. Suddenly, the soldier begins to rant about being in love and talks about a girl from his youth he loved, but he never told her, he expresses his regret at this as he slowly dies. Xander comes up to Buffy and they begin to talk. Buffy tells Xander she is tired of seeing death, dying and her friends being hurt, and she is also tired of causing the pain she is witnessing.

As they walk out into the garden, Xander reminds Buffy that this is a war, one she did not start, so she is not at fault, but Buffy is not so sure. Xander switches the subject to Willow getting her powers back, and Buffy wonders if it is possible that like her, Willow received many more unusual powers then before. Xander says that her power returned all of a sudden, and that she did not go dark, but is now out there fighting the goddesses alone.

Xander tells Buffy how proud he is of her, and she tells him of the conversation between her and Riley. When Xander begins to praise Riley, Buffy wonders when he became a fan of Riley. Xander replies he has always been a fan of Riley - as Riley was Buffy’s only other relationship that did not end with the guy turning psychotic.

Soon, the conversation changes as Buffy begins to express her regret at missing her chance with Xander, now that he is with Dawn. Xander walks away and tries to ignore Buffy’s prying, and Buffy jokes with Xander and calls him names. He stops and Buffy bluntly asks “What about me?” Xander asks Buffy if she has feelings for him, she admits she does and Xander said those words would make a difference if it were said a long time ago and if she actually meant it. Buffy seems hurt by this and tells him that feelings change and develop as people change, but Xander reminds her that he finally made the list of romantic interests after her lesbian tryst with Satsu, so it is hard to take what she is saying seriously, and how it suddenly comes about right at the moment him and Dawn begin their relationship. Buffy continues to deny what he is saying, but cannot do that for long and she loses her tough exterior. Xander talks of how weird it is being with Dawn, seeing as how he has known her since she was a child, and talks about how she has changed into a great woman that he is in love with.

Buffy begins to cry, and gives Xander and Dawn her blessing. They hug, and Dawn shows up, looking jealous at seeing the hug, despite both Xander and Buffy proclaiming the innocence of the hug. Buffy tells Dawn she approves of her and Xander, but Dawn quickly changes the subject, about how Willow is having trouble containing the goddesses. Buffy formulates an idea and the three head inside.

Back where the wiccans have gathered, Willow has been magically summoned and she communicates her distress with stopping the goddesses. Buffy tells Willow to not focus on the goddesses, but instead just dig a big hole. Kennedy questions Buffy’s order, and then follows Buffy, Xander, and Dawn outside. Buffy tells the trio of something that can help stop the goddesses, and it was something she had been keeping secret up until this point. Xander, Dawn, and Kennedy all take guesses at what this secret is, and all Buffy says is to be quiet and turn their eyes to the sky. Buffy takes flight, Kennedy notes that seeing Buffy fly is kind of hot, but Xander and Dawn do not agree as they both stand there, mouths wide open and eyes glued to the skies.

Buffy comes upon Willow and the goddesses, just as Willow is magically opening a giant hole in the earth. With ease, Buffy tosses, punches, and stomps the goddesses one by one into the earth and with both Buffy and Willow in mid flight, Willow closes the earth. As they fly back to the monastery, Willow informs Buffy they need to run some tests on her, to see where she developed these powers from, and tells Buffy she is not so sure that the same event that re-empowered her is not the same one that empowered Buffy. As the issue closes, Buffy reveals Xander and Dawn’s being in love to Willow, which Willow only responds with revealing she had known about them being in love, even before they did.

Continuity

  • When Xander expressed his disbelief that Buffy had actually developed feelings for him, he referenced her lesbian stage in "Wolves at the Gate, Part One".
  • Buffy had earlier rejected Xander's feelings for her in "Prophecy Girl". He returned the rejection in this issue.


Appearances

Individuals

Organization and Titles

Species

Events

Locations

  • China
    • Tibet
      • Oz and Bayarmaa's monastery

Weapons and Objects

Death Count

  • One soldier who succumbs to his wounds.

Behind the Scenes

Collections

Variant Covers