Originally posted by: ShiftyEyes

Originally posted by: lordjedi

Originally posted by: ocpmovie
>>I always wondered why Joss killed two leads in what most considered the start of a new franchise.

For him it was and is probably the end of a franchise .... also, Joss Whedon can be very mean to his characters. Cordelia, Anya, and Tara, anyone?

=(

He responds in kind to the way he's treated. Seth Green anyone?

Hmm?

Before Willow went gay, Seth had complained to Joss about his character not having much to do. Joss was going to give him more, but didn't get the chance since Seth just decided to take off. So Seth goes off to find a way to keep from going all wolfy (read: leaves the show for a while). Then, Seth decided he wanted to be back on the show for a few episodes. So Joss brought Seth back ("I found the cure!"), but made Willow gay so she wouldn't want him. That, in turn, made Seth's character obsolete (he now gets angry when he smells Tara on Willow).

Granted, most of this is on the commentary (I think) of the Buffy DVDs and I don't have Seth's side to compare against, so I have no idea if this is how it really went down. If you watch the show with a careful eye though, it all kind of fits. Joss might be willing to kill you off on a project, but he'll also remember you and call you up the next time he needs you. Look at FireFly. Gina Torres and Mel were both on shows of his (Gina was on Angel, Mel was in the finale of Buffy).

I don't know much about the Cordelia thing other than that whatever she did, it really screwed up the story and they just had to write her out. Whatever else happened probably wasn't helped by WB pulling the rug out from under them. Everywhere I read and heard, their ratings were fine, WB just didn't want the show anymore. I fully expected Smallville to get the axe next with the way things were going. It's the only show left on "The CW" that isn't "teen angst drama".

As for Joss talking a lot, that's probably dead on. I think the problem is that he has a lot of ideas and wants to do a lot of things all at once, but there just isn't enough time. It took him a year just to get the last issue of Fray out simply because he had too many other things going on (Buffy, Angel, and one other I can't remember). It wasn't really until toward the end of Buffy that Fray finally came out. It seems like he can really only handle 1 or 2 projects at a time. As soon as you add a 3rd project (tv show, comic, movie script, etc, etc) things start either getting delayed or turn crappy.