Everything that happens after Buffy in the canon comics the reboot sequel will have to deal with

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is coming BACK, and the reboot sequel series is even bringing back Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy. If Hulu go for the pilot, of course – but with all the hype surrounding the show right now why the hell wouldn’t they!? Everyone is gagging for it, but there is one big thing the show must tackle. And that is the fact that the canon storyline of Buffy has carried on for five seasons in comics after Buffy season seven ended. Buffy seasons eight to 12 are right now canon, and without the confines of TV the storylines truly went off the deep end in scope and became something barely recognisable to the TV show. Will the Buffy reboot sequel series veto this lore or acknowledge it? That remains to be seen. But you do need to know everything that happened in the Buffy comics the reboot sequel has to decide what to do with, because the plot lines have been wild.

And VERY divisive. You will see why.

Buffy season eight

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Buffy season eight takes place after the finale of the TV show saw Sunnydale destroyed and Buffy and Willow using the power of the scythe to activate Slayers everywhere. Most of the characters we know from the TV show lead armies of Slayers, with Buffy based in Scotland. The government fears that the Slayers and Buffy are terrorists and are seeking to stop her – using old foes of Buffy’s like Warren and Amy to try and stop her. Dawn’s been cursed with a spell that keeps turning her into various magical creatures – including a doll, a centaur, and a giant. Xander realises he’s in love with Dawn and they start dating – gross. Buffy has a fling with a Slayer named Satsu.

The villain is a masked foe known as Twilight, who at the end is unmasked as Angel who has basically been brainwashed by a higher being into thinking Buffy is going to be evil. Buffy and Angel then have sex in space – no, really – which breaks the walls of reality and they become a sort of Adam and Eve in a new dimension.

Spike returns in an, ahem, spaceship and tells everyone about something called the Seed of Wonder which is responsible for all magic in the universe. Twilight possesses Angel to get control of the Seed, who kills Giles. A furious Buffy then destroys the seed which saves the world but also changes it forever. Harmony also comes out to tell the entire world vampires are real, and becomes a celeb in the process.

The Buffy reboot sequel would have to deal with a lot from the comics in season eight alone. But it gets more daft.

Buffy season nine

Season nine is actually the best of the lot – it feels way more grounded. MOSTLY. After magic got destroyed from the universe, Buffy lives in San Francisco. Dawn and Xander are together and living together – double gross. Because of the Seed being destroyed, demons can’t possess humans and make conventional vampires so now they are known as mindless beings called zompires. Willow goes off on a quest to try and restore magic to the world.

Buffy meets a man called Severin, who can drain power from Slayers and demons. Severin aligns with a terrorist Slayer Simone, who hates Buffy and believes Slayers should rule over everyone. Angel and Faith resurrect Giles as… a 12 year old boy. Severin and Simone try and go back in time to get the power of the seed. Because Dawn was created from magic, she’s fading from existence – Xander betrays Buffy and tells Severin and Simone that they need to go the Deeper Well to get the power they seek.

Willow cracks a plan to get a new seed and there’s a big battle but eventually Simone is stopped and magic is restored – but it’s not the same as it was before.

Buffy season 10

The new magic Seed means new rules. The rules? Anything written in the Vampyr book Giles gave Buffy in the very first episode will come to pass. Obviously, everyone is seeking this power and Buffy aligns with D’Hoffryn and a demon council to try and protect it responsibly.

D’Hoffryn betrays everyone to take the power for himself. The ghost of Anya, originally working with D’Hoffryn saves the entire day when Buffy wishes D’Hoffryn no longer have any powers – which saves things but also gets rid of Anya’s existence for good. Buffy’s group take control of the Vampyr book and Buffy realises she’s in love with Spike and the two of them start a relationship. Andrew realises he’s gay – a billion years too late.

Buffy season 11

The Buffy reboot sequel can abandon the comics by this point because I don’t think anyone was reading them, but let’s plod along. This one was shorter than the three prior. A dragon has attacked San Francisco which means everyone is put into safe zones – the American government has forced all supernatural beings to be separate from humans.

The gang enact a prison break and learn the government organised the dragon attack – hoping to claim and control magic. Buffy and the gang thwart it and she strengthens her relationship with Spike.

Buffy season 12

Joss Whedon returned to write the final storyline in the official Buffy canon, and the reboot sequel can finally sigh a big sigh of relief the comics are over. In this final chapter, the twin brother of a future slayer Melaka Fray who Whedon had written about in comics years ago tries to steal all slayer powers and brings about a huge demon reckoning.

Buffy defeats him and retires as a Slayer. And, in the WORST plot ever, Buffy and Faith decide to become police officers. No, I’m not joking. Dawn and Xander have a baby and call her Joyce. Spike and Buffy break up at the start of season 12 but it’s left open for reconciliation, as well as maybe Angel. The final shot of them is all eating together in peace. Utter crap, sorry!

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