Buffy the Vampire Slayer Officially Names Its Multiverse
Feb 10, 2022 17:09:23 GMT -5
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Post by Trinity on Feb 10, 2022 17:09:23 GMT -5
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Officially Names Its Multiverse
Buffy the Vampire Slayer has finally named its multiverse, establishing an idea that could have huge implications for the inevitable TV reboot.
he multiverse of Buffy the Vampire Slayer officially has a name! For years, there's been chatter about the possibility of a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot, but Disney doesn't seem to be in much of a hurry. It's fallen to Boom! Studios' Buffy comics to show how to reboot the franchise, by unveiling its own version of the multiverse. Technically Buffy has always had other dimensions, but the comics have woven this idea into the heart of the fantasy series, revealing Hellmouths can be used to access parallel worlds.
Multiverses are all the rage right now, but Buffy's is a terrifying one; she's been facing a monstrous being called the Worldeater who consumes entire dimensions and claims he's doing so for their own benefit, because without his intervention realities would collide. Fortunately, Buffy isn't without allies. With Anya and Willow figuring out how to traverse dimensions and recruit Slayers from other worlds, Buffy has assembled her own Guardians of the Multiverse.
The story builds to a head in Buffy the Vampire Slayer #34 by Jeremy Lambet and Marianna Ignazzi, with the Slayers finally defeating the Worldeater - a being who has destroyed countless Earths, but has now met his match. In the wake of the victory, Buffy finally gives this multiverse its official name; she calls it "the Slayerverse." It's seemingly an amusing pun on Marvel's Spider-Verse, perfectly reflecting the influence comic book superhero stories have always had on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer saga.
The interesting question is whether the Slayerverse is stable. It's tempting to discount the Worldeater's claims as self-justification, but in reality he could well be telling the truth. Multiverses aren't necessarily inherently stable, and the Worldeater could well have been serving a crucial purpose in keeping the dimensions from colliding. If that is indeed the case, then Buffy and the Scoobies could soon be living in a world that's gone insane. The multiversal adventures have likely only just begun.
Multiverses are all the rage right now, but Buffy's is a terrifying one; she's been facing a monstrous being called the Worldeater who consumes entire dimensions and claims he's doing so for their own benefit, because without his intervention realities would collide. Fortunately, Buffy isn't without allies. With Anya and Willow figuring out how to traverse dimensions and recruit Slayers from other worlds, Buffy has assembled her own Guardians of the Multiverse.
The story builds to a head in Buffy the Vampire Slayer #34 by Jeremy Lambet and Marianna Ignazzi, with the Slayers finally defeating the Worldeater - a being who has destroyed countless Earths, but has now met his match. In the wake of the victory, Buffy finally gives this multiverse its official name; she calls it "the Slayerverse." It's seemingly an amusing pun on Marvel's Spider-Verse, perfectly reflecting the influence comic book superhero stories have always had on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer saga.
The interesting question is whether the Slayerverse is stable. It's tempting to discount the Worldeater's claims as self-justification, but in reality he could well be telling the truth. Multiverses aren't necessarily inherently stable, and the Worldeater could well have been serving a crucial purpose in keeping the dimensions from colliding. If that is indeed the case, then Buffy and the Scoobies could soon be living in a world that's gone insane. The multiversal adventures have likely only just begun.
