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Although this article is based on canonical information, the actual name of this subject is conjectural.

“In my world, there are people in chains and we can ride them like ponies.”

―Willow Rosenberg of the Wishverse^[src]

Sunnydale in the Wishverse

Wishverse, referred to as Bizarro Land by Cordelia Chase, was an alternate timeline created by Anyanka after Cordelia wished Buffy Summers had never moved to Sunnydale.

History

Background

In this new reality, while Angel and Rupert Giles did move to Sunnydale, Buffy Summers did not. With no one capable of preventing the Harvest, the Master succeeded in escaping from his mystical prison. The Order of Aurelius overran and took over Sunnydale.

Angel, considered a traitor, was captured and imprisoned, while others were killed or turned into vampires. Willow Rosenberg and Xander Harris were sired and acted as the Master’s leading acolytes.

In a town ruled by vampires, Sunnydale High School was lightly populated and held monthly memorials. Favoring the daytime, the school held a Winter Brunch (presumably in lieu of a dance), and students weren’t allowed to drive cars. The remaining human inhabitants of Sunnydale wore dimly colored clothing, as it was believed vampires were attracted to the bright and revealing clothing. A curfew for all townsfolk was set right after school hours.

In order to keep the vampires in check, Giles formed a team of vampire hunters formed by Larry Blaisdell, Oz and Nancy. However, they had few resources and were unable to actually affect the Order, who dubbed them the White Hats, and the Master considered them to be a minor nuisance and intended to deal with Giles at some point.

Meanwhile, Buffy and her mother had moved to Cleveland, where she met her new Watcher. However, this Watcher had no control over the actions of the Slayer, who, through the years, developed a tough, grim personality similar to Faith Lehane, shunning friends or family, living only to slay, like Kendra Young.

Final Fate

File:Willxandercordy.jpg

Cordelia is killed by Xander and Willow

When Cordelia found herself in this timeline, after learning what had become of Sunnydale in Buffy’s absence, she managed to make contact with the White Hats and explained to Giles what had happened. However, she was killed by Xander and Willow before she could give too much detail. As the Master began preparations to open a blood factory that would make feeding far easier, turning humans into little more than food, Giles contacted Cleveland and had Buffy sent down to provide assistance, although Buffy showed little interest in his talk of another world.

Buffy freed Angel from his bonds to provide her with aid in the assault, although she only believed that Angel wanted the Master dead for torturing him rather than that he was willing to help her. Buffy attacked the factory, staking Xander, and allowing Oz to kill Willow, although Angel was staked by Xander, and Buffy’s neck was subsequently broken by the Master, killing her. This shows that even in an alternative universe the Pergamum Codex always come to pass.

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Buffy faces the Master, who kills her

Realizing that destroying the amulet would negate Cordelia’s original wish, Giles performed a risky ritual to summon the vengeance demon Anyanka, subsequently removing her amulet. The demon asked him how he could be so certain that the other world was any better than this one, to which Giles stated “because it has to be.” He shattered the power center, erasing the timeline and all its consequences from existence — except for the continued destruction of Anyanka’s pendant and loss of power.^[1]

Anya, as a human, later attempted to reach into the past when this world existed to retrieve her amulet, but this effort only drew the vampire version of Willow into the main timeline from a point just before her demise. The doppelganger made a brief effort to re-establish her world, before consenting to be returned to her timeline, finding this world to be no fun. She was swiftly staked upon returning to her world, and the timeline unfolded as before.^[2]

Known Inhabitants

Appearances

"The Wish"
"Doppelgängland"

References

↑ "The Wish"
↑ "Doppelgangland"

[1] "The Wish"

[2] "Doppelgangland"

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+{{Quote|In my world, there are people in chains and we can ride them like ponies.|Willow Rosenberg of the Wishverse|Doppelgangland}}
-{{Quote|In my world, there are people in chains and we can ride them like ponies.|Willow Rosenberg of the Wishverse|Doppelgangland}}[[File:The_wishverse.png|thumb|The Wishverse]]
+[[File:The_wishverse.png|thumb|Sunnydale in the Wishverse|220x220px]]
-The '''Wishverse''' was an alternate timeline created by [[Anyanka]] after [[Cordelia Chase]] wished [[Buffy Summers]] had never moved to [[Sunnydale]]. It was referred to as '''Bizarro Land''' by Cordelia and as '''Bizarro World'''.<ref>''Slayer: An Unofficial and Unauthorized Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' by Keith Topping</ref>
+'''Wishverse''', referred to as '''Bizarro Land''' by [[Cordelia Chase]], was an alternate timeline created by [[Anyanka]] after Cordelia wished [[Buffy Summers]] had never moved to [[Sunnydale]].
-== Background ==
+==History==
+===Background===
-In this new reality, while [[Angel (Wishverse)|Angel]] and [[Rupert Giles (Wishverse)|Rupert Giles]] did move to [[Sunnydale (Wishverse)|Sunnydale]], [[Buffy Summers (Wishverse)|Buffy Summers]] did not, so there was no one capable of preventing the [[Harvest]]. Thus, [[The Master (Wishverse)|the Master]] succeeded in escaping from his mystical prison. However, the Master seemingly chose not to unleash hell on Earth but rather decided to have his acolytes take over the town.
+In this new reality, while [[Angel (Wishverse)|Angel]] and [[Rupert Giles (Wishverse)|Rupert Giles]] did move to [[Sunnydale]], [[Buffy Summers (Wishverse)|Buffy Summers]] did not. With no one capable of preventing the [[Harvest]], [[The Master (Wishverse)|the Master]] succeeded in escaping from his mystical prison. The [[Order of Aurelius]] overran and took over Sunnydale.
-With the Master free and no Slayer present to oppose him, the [[Order of Aurelius]] successfully overran and took over Sunnydale. In the process of conquering the town, Angel, considered a traitor, was captured and imprisoned, while others were killed or turned into [[vampires]]. [[Willow Rosenberg (Wishverse)|Willow Rosenberg]] and [[Xander Harris (Wishverse)|Xander Harris]] were sired and took the place of [[Darla]] and [[Luke]] as the Master's leading acolytes. In order to keep the vampires in check, Giles formed a team of [[vampire hunters]] formed by [[Larry Blaisdell (Wishverse)|Larry Blaisdell]], [[Daniel Osbourne (Wishverse)|Oz]] and [[Nancy (Wishverse)|Nancy]]. However, they had little resources and abilities to actually affect the Order, who dubbed them the [[White Hats]], and the Master considered them to be a minor nuisence and intended to deal with Giles at some point.
+Angel, considered a traitor, was captured and imprisoned, while others were killed or turned into [[vampires]]. [[Willow Rosenberg (Wishverse)|Willow Rosenberg]] and [[Xander Harris (Wishverse)|Xander Harris]] were sired and acted as the Master’s leading acolytes.
+[[File:Whitehats.jpg|thumb|The White Hats|left]]
-Meanwhile, after the fire in [[Hemery High]]'s Gym, [[Buffy Summers (Wishverse)|Buffy]] and her mother moved to Cleveland,where she met her new [[Watcher]]. However, this Watcher had no control over the actions of the Slayer, who through the years developed a tough, grim personality similar to [[Faith Lehane]], shunning friends or family, living only to slay, like [[Kendra Young]].
+In a town ruled by vampires, [[Sunnydale High School (Wishverse)|Sunnydale High School]] was lightly populated and held monthly memorials. Favoring the daytime, the school held a Winter Brunch (presumably in lieu of a dance), and students weren’t allowed to drive cars. The remaining [[human]] inhabitants of Sunnydale wore dimly colored clothing, as it was believed vampires were attracted to the bright and revealing clothing. A curfew for all townsfolk was set right after school hours.
-== Final Fate ==
-When Cordelia found herself in this timeline, after learning what had become of Sunnydale in Buffy's absence, she managed to make contact with the White Hats and explain to Giles at least some details of what had happened. However, she was killed by Xander and Willow before she could give too much detail. As the Master began preparations to open a blood factory that would make feeding far easier, turning humans into little more than food, Giles contacted Cleveland and had Buffy sent down to provide assistance, although Buffy showed little interest in his talk of another world. Freeing Angel from his bonds to provide her with aid in the assault, although she only believed that Angel wanted the Master dead for torturing him rather than that he was willing to help her, Buffy attacked the factory, staking Xander, and allowing Oz to kill Willow, although Angel was staked by Xander and Buffy's neck was subsequently broken by the Master and she died. This shows that even in an alternative universe the [[Pergamum Codex]] will always come to pass.
+In order to keep the vampires in check, Giles formed a team of [[vampire hunters]] formed by [[Larry Blaisdell (Wishverse)|Larry Blaisdell]], [[Daniel Osbourne (Wishverse)|Oz]] and [[Nancy (Wishverse)|Nancy]]. However, they had few resources and were unable to actually affect the Order, who dubbed them the [[White Hats]], and the Master considered them to be a minor nuisance and intended to deal with Giles at some point.
-Realizing that destroying the amulet would negate Cordelia's original wish, Giles performed a risky ritual to summon Anyanka, subsequently removing her amulet. As Anyanka asked him how he could be so certain that the other world was any better than this one, Giles grimly stated, "because it has to be" and shattered the amulet, erasing the timeline and all its consequences from existence (except for the continued destruction of Anyanka's amulet and loss of power).
+Meanwhile, [[Buffy Summers (Wishverse)|Buffy]] and her mother had moved to Cleveland, where she met her new [[Watcher]]. However, this Watcher had no control over the actions of the Slayer, who, through the years, developed a tough, grim personality similar to [[Faith Lehane]], shunning friends or family, living only to slay, like [[Kendra Young]].
-However, future evidence proves the Wishverse could still be reached, but this involves a time-shift too<ref>"[[Doppelgangland]]"</ref>; anyway [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Mechanics quantum mechanics] can lead to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many-worlds_interpretation many-world interpretation] like, for example, [[Shrimp Worlds]].
+===Final Fate===
-==Differences from [[Buffyverse]]==
+[[File:Willxandercordy.jpg|thumb|180x180px|Cordelia is killed by Xander and Willow]]
-*[[Sunnydale High]] was lightly populated (with humans), held monthly memorials for people killed by vampires, held a 'Winter Brunch' (presumably in lieu of a dance) and students weren't allowed to drive cars.
+When Cordelia found herself in this timeline, after learning what had become of Sunnydale in Buffy’s absence, she managed to make contact with the White Hats and explained to Giles what had happened. However, she was killed by Xander and Willow before she could give too much detail. As the Master began preparations to open a blood factory that would make feeding far easier, turning humans into little more than food, Giles contacted Cleveland and had Buffy sent down to provide assistance, although Buffy showed little interest in his talk of another world.
-*The [[human]] inhabitants wore dimly colored clothing as it was believed vampires were attracted to the bright and revealing clothing.
+Buffy freed Angel from his bonds to provide her with aid in the assault, although she only believed that Angel wanted the Master dead for torturing him rather than that he was willing to help her. Buffy attacked the factory, staking Xander, and allowing Oz to kill Willow, although Angel was staked by Xander, and Buffy’s neck was subsequently broken by the Master, killing her. This shows that even in an alternative universe the [[Pergamum Codex]] always come to pass.[[File:43 57.jpg|thumb|left|Buffy faces the Master, who kills her]]Realizing that destroying the amulet would negate Cordelia’s original wish, Giles performed a risky ritual to summon the [[vengeance demon]] Anyanka, subsequently removing [[Symbol of Anyanka|her amulet]]. The demon asked him how he could be so certain that the other world was any better than this one, to which Giles stated “because it has to be.” He shattered the power center, erasing the timeline and all its consequences from existence — except for the continued destruction of Anyanka’s pendant and loss of power.<ref>"[[The Wish]]"</ref>
-*A curfew for all townsfolk was set right after school hours.
-*[[Xander]] and [[Willow]] are vampires.
-*[[Larry Blaisdell (Wishverse)|Larry Blaisdell]] has possibly not come out of the closet yet because his confrontation with [[Xander]] in [[Phases]] never happened.
-*[[Rupert Giles]] and [[Jenny Calendar]] never met, because Jenny would have never come to Sunnydale to keep Angel and Buffy apart.
-*[[Moloch the Corruptor]] would probably have never have been scanned into the Internet (which happened in [[I Robot, You Jane]]).
-*[[Buffy Summers]] died facing the [[Master]] and was, presumably, not revived. So, either [[Kendra Young|Kendra]] or [[Faith Lehane|Faith]] were called upon.
+Anya, as a human, later attempted to reach into the past when this world existed to retrieve her amulet, but this effort only drew the vampire version of Willow into the main timeline from a point just before her demise. The doppelganger made a brief effort to re-establish her world, before consenting to be returned to her timeline, finding this world to be no fun. She was swiftly staked upon returning to her world, and the timeline unfolded as before.<ref>"[[Doppelgangland]]"</ref>
-==Inhabitants==
+==Known Inhabitants==
 *[[Buffy Summers (Wishverse)|Buffy Summers]]
 *[[Rupert Giles (Wishverse)|Rupert Giles]]
 *[[Willow Rosenberg (Wishverse)|Willow Rosenberg]]
 *[[Xander Harris (Wishverse)|Xander Harris]]
-*[[Daniel Osbourne (Wishverse)|Oz]]
+*[[Daniel Osbourne (Wishverse)|Daniel Osbourne]]
 *[[Larry Blaisdell (Wishverse)|Larry Blaisdell]]
 *[[Harmony Kendall (Wishverse)|Harmony Kendall]]
 *[[The Master (Wishverse)|The Master]]
 *[[Angel (Wishverse)|Angel]]
-*[[Nancy]]
+*[[Nancy (Wishverse)|Nancy]]
 *[[John Lee Walker (Wishverse)|John Lee Walker]]
 *[[Unidentified Cordette (Wishverse)|Unidentified cordette]]
-== Appearances ==
+==Appearances==
+*"[[The Wish]]"
-* "[[The Wish]]"
+*"[[Doppelgängland]]"
-* "[[Doppelgängland]]"
-==Gallery==
+==References==
+{{References}}
-{{User Gallery Box}}
+[[fr:Wishverse]]
-== References ==
-<small><references/></small>
 [[Category:Dimensions]]
 [[Category:Terminology]]
 [[Category:Wishverse| ]]
-[[Category:Anya Jenkins]]
-[[Category:Cordelia Chase]]