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** Interestingly, the cover for issue 24 implies that Rose is apparently an AlternateUniverse version of Tara.

*** {{Lilith}} is the mother of demonkind who has grown disappointed with her creations. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Introduced]] when she informs Angel that one of his friends is dying at that moment, Lilith reveals that a great evil intends to prevent his heroic mission before it begins, guiding him towards Fred in the process. Revealing that she has been coaching Fred for a large portion of her life to perfect her magic abilities, Lilith [[SanityStrengthening clears her insanity]] so that she can be a better aid for Angel, then gives her a hint that points them towards Charles Gunn. Taking control of the team while Angel is in Sunnydale, she forcefully recruits Spike, then brings LAPD detective Kate Lockley to Angel's side by reminding her of her childhood fear. Informing Angel that Kate is the reincarnation of Angelus' victim Mara, she then reminds Angel that he can only either redeem himself or her, not both, reminding him that her job is to give him [[BrutalHonesty the harsh truths he refuses to accept]].

* CompleteMonster:
** [[OmnicidalManiac Drusilla]], reimagined here as both more intelligent and [[AdaptationalVillainy far more brutal]], is an ancient vampire who seeks to cause as much destruction as she possibly can. Arriving in Sunnydale looking for a way to become invulnerable, Drusilla quickly abandons this goal in favor of emotionally breaking Buffy as much as possible. [[spoiler:Catfishing Xander into believing he's going on a date with Buffy, she mentally breaks him until he agrees to be sired, ultimately leaving him to die on Giles's doorstep. Seeking to open the Hellmouth, Drusilla threatens an entire room full of innocents to receive the necessary tools, then [[DomesticAbuse stabs Spike]] in order to open the Hellmouth with his blood. After draining another innocent girl to finalize the ritual, she is betrayed and imprisoned by the Hellmother, yet still takes the time to [[ManipulativeBitch turn Angel and Buffy against each other]],]] willing to doom all of Earth [[ForTheEvulz just because she can]].
** ''Hellmouth'': [[GreaterScopeVillain The Hellmother]] is the [[GodOfEvil Goddess of the Hellmouth]] who seeks to escape her confinement so as to destroy Earth. [[spoiler:After Drusilla opens the Hellmouth, the Hellmother repays her by imprisoning her and using her as a puppet,]] drawing Angel and Buffy into the Hellmouth to utilize them in her escape. [[MindRape Mentally tormenting them]] with change demons to show them the friends they've failed to save in their journeys, the Hellmother also attempts to make the benevolent demon Augie kill Angel, mentally torturing him and breaking her promise to stop when he complies. Possessing Angel's body and attempting to drain Buffy's blood to escape, the Hellmother reveals that she has [[OmnicidalManiac already destroyed multiple other dimensions]] before, reacting to her impending loss by trying to [[TakingYouWithMe take Buffy with her]].
** ''Angel''[=/=]''Angel + Spike'':
*** [[AxCrazy Angelus]] is once again shown to be an utterly vile creature. Upon being sired [[TeensAreMonsters at the age of 18]], Angelus became a one-man scourge of humanity, traveling around Europe with the express purpose of killing everyone and everything he came across. Along the way, he sired dozens of convents around the continent, converting them into asylums for innocent girls to be thrown in and fed on in his name. In one specific instance, Angelus [[TheCorrupter corrupted the noble demon hunter Mara]] into his greatest weapon, first by making her beg to be sired, then torturing her into accepting the thirst and then christening her Marius, his axe, so that they could [[KillAllHumans destroy humanity]] together for another century. Not limiting himself to humanity, Angelus killed other demons as well, believing that the planet exists only for vampires to live on and ultimately seeking to [[OmnicidalManiac wipe every other species off of the planet]].
*** [[SoftSpokenSadist Amarkax]] is a demon that thrives off of human vanity. After spending centuries lurking in mirrors and paintings, Amarkax moves on to [[SocialMediaIsBad social media]], tricking his victims into opening a link that makes them bring death to themselves and others. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Introduced]] when he takes advantage of a young girl's self-esteem issues to make her burn her house down with herself and her parents inside, he goes on to possess Brewster, attempting to make her kill Fred to prevent Angel from forming the team he needs. When Angel enters Amarkax's dimension, he's found using [[AtopAMountainOfCorpses dozens of his previous victims]] as a throne, sending apparitions of Angel's previous victims and dead friends to [[MindRape mentally torment]] the vampire into giving up and staying in his hell for all eternity.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Spike suddenly starts screaming his [[{{UsefulNotes/BDSM}} safeword]] ("Lemon!") at some attacking werewolves in an attempt to get them to back off. [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext It Makes Just As Much Sense In Context.]]

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Spike suddenly starts screaming his [[{{UsefulNotes/BDSM}} safeword]] ("Lemon!") at some attacking werewolves in an attempt to get them to back off. ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.

** [[OmnicidalManiac Drusilla]], reimagined here as both more intelligent and [[AdaptationalVillainy far more brutal]], is an ancient vampire who seeks to cause as much destruction as she possibly can. Arriving in Sunnydale looking for a way to become invulnerable, Drusilla quickly abandons this goal in favor of emotionally breaking Buffy as much as possible. [[spoiler: Catfishing Xander into believing he's going on a date with Buffy, she mentally breaks him until he agrees to be sired, ultimately leaving him to die on Giles's doorstep. Seeking to open the Hellmouth, Drusilla threatens an entire room full of innocents to receive the necessary tools, then [[DomesticAbuse stabs Spike]] in order to open the Hellmouth with his blood. After draining another innocent girl to finalize the ritual, she is betrayed and imprisoned by the Hellmother, yet still takes the time to [[ManipulativeBitch turn Angel and Buffy against each other]],]] willing to doom all of Earth [[ForTheEvulz just because she can]].
** ''Hellmouth'': [[GreaterScopeVillain The Hellmother]] is the [[GodOfEvil Goddess of the Hellmouth]] who seeks to escape her confinement so as to destroy Earth.[[spoiler: After Drusilla opens the Hellmouth, the Hellmother repays her by imprisoning her and using her as a puppet,]] drawing Angel and Buffy into the Hellmouth to utilize them in her escape. [[MindRape Mentally tormenting them]] with change demons to show them the friends they've failed to save in their journeys, the Hellmother also attempts to make the benevolent demon Augie kill Angel, mentally torturing him and breaking her promise to stop when he complies. Possessing Angel's body and attempting to drain Buffy's blood to escape, the Hellmother reveals that she has [[OmnicidalManiac already destroyed multiple other dimensions]] before, reacting to her impending loss by trying to [[TakingYouWithMe take Buffy with her]].

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some of the characters having AdaptationalPersonalityChange resulted in fans feeling like this, especially in regards to Willow, Cordelia, Drusilla and Spike.

** [[OmnicidalManiac Drusilla]], reimagined here as both more intelligent and [[AdaptationalVillainy far more brutal]], is an ancient vampire who seeks to cause as much destruction as she possibly can. Arriving in Sunnydale looking for a way to become invulnerable, Drusilla quickly abandons this goal in favor of emotionally breaking Buffy as much as possible. Catfishing Xander into believing he's going on a date with Buffy, she mentally breaks him until he agrees to be sired, ultimately leaving him to die on Giles's doorstep. Seeking to open the Hellmouth, Drusilla threatens an entire room full of innocents to receive the necessary tools, then [[DomesticAbuse stabs Spike]] in order to open the Hellmouth with his blood. After draining another innocent girl to finalize the ritual, she is betrayed and imprisoned by the Hellmother, yet still takes the time to [[ManipulativeBitch turn Angel and Buffy against each other]], willing to doom all of Earth [[ForTheEvulz just because she can]].
** ''Hellmouth'': [[GreaterScopeVillain The Hellmother]] is the [[GodOfEvil Goddess of the Hellmouth]] who seeks to escape her confinement so as to destroy Earth. After Drusilla opens the Hellmouth, the Hellmother repays her by imprisoning her and using her as a puppet, drawing Angel and Buffy into the Hellmouth to utilize them in her escape. [[MindRape Mentally tormenting them]] with change demons to show them the friends they've failed to save in their journeys, the Hellmother also attempts to make the benevolent demon Augie kill Angel, mentally torturing him and breaking her promise to stop when he complies. Possessing Angel's body and attempting to drain Buffy's blood to escape, the Hellmother reveals that she has [[OmnicidalManiac already destroyed multiple other dimensions]] before, reacting to her impending loss by trying to [[TakingYouWithMe take Buffy with her]].

** [[BewareTheNiceOnes Xander Harris]], upon losing his soul, shows himself to be a devious mastermind with a surprising sense of morality. Utilizing his [[BatmanGambit deep knowledge of the Scoobies]] in order to split them apart at the seams, Xander takes advantage of Buffy and Kendra's differing methods by sending a demon to attack them and while they argue, Rose is injured, destabilizing their friendship. Taunting Buffy by revealing his survival, Xander then kidnaps Jenny Calendar to force her to brew him a love potion, intending to make Willow stay by his side so as to repair his fractured being. When Willow meets him, he [[FriendlyEnemy greets her as a friend]], making it clear that he still cares about her despite his lack of a soul and releases Jenny when she asks, wanting to stay on good terms with her. When confronted with all three Slayers at once, he holds his own for a brief time, yet when it becomes clear that he is going to die, he takes the time to [[DefiantToTheEnd taunt Faith]] with the knowledge that once she’s no longer useful to them, they’ll cut her loose just like they did with him.

* TheScrappy: Original character Rose, for some, who see her as "[[SpotlightStealingSquad taking the spotlight]]" away from established characters like the Scooby Gang (and Cordelia).

** Another common complaint about the series is that [[FourLinesAllWaiting the pacing is very frustrating]], [[https://bleedingcool.com/comics/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-19-review-nothing-here-for-longtime-fans/ and the changes]] that have been made from the original television and comic series have been very unwelcome. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and they also don't like the change in artists for either series.]]
-->'''Bleeding Cool:''' To call this a step down from what Dark Horse was doing with their long-running, engaging, and yes, flawed but always daring ''Buffy'' comics is an understatement. Increasingly, it's not only the timeline that has been changed but the core of the characters, the values of the series, the universality of the themes, and, most of all, the quality of the storytelling. It's not just that this doesn't work as a ''Buffy'' comic. It's just not a good comic. The Slayer deserves better than BOOM! Studios is offering with this reboot, and, with the highly enjoyable ''Willow'' spinoff wrapping up, there's not much left here for Whedon fans to enjoy. The odd character-focused issue (the last one being ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' #17, which focused on Wesley Wyndam-Pryce) is entertaining, but it's the main arc that shows how little the creative team has a grasp on the ensemble cast.

-->'''Comic Watch:''' Lacking in destiny, though – or genuine purpose as a castmember in this book – is Rose, who gets a brief moment to shine by stumbling onto Cordelia’s kidnapping at the hand of another student. Unfortunately, it comes completely out of left field, throwing a spotlight on a character Bellaire has done nothing to justify earning it. I wasn’t exaggerating when I said she’s just been a token character so far. Throwing her into the spotlight – to the detriment of the book’s actual supporting characters, Xander and Willow and Giles – just doesn’t work. There’s no reason for readers to care about her. Maybe if Bellaire and Boom had taken more time to establish these characters and their world before leaping into the event crossover fray, it could have worked. As it stands, though – it’s the opposite of too little, too late. It’s too little too soon. Similarly, the subplot with her stumbling onto the kidnapping of Cordelia comes utterly out of nowhere, and ultimately contributes nothing to either character. It’s the women-in-peril trope for the sake of it.

** Another common complaint about the series is that [[FourLinesAllWaiting the pacing is very frustrating]], [[https://bleedingcool.com/comics/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-19-review-nothing-here-for-longtime-fans/ and the changes]] that have been made from the original television and comic series have been very unwelcome.[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and they also don't like the change in artists for either series.]]

** Another common complaint about the series is that [[FourLinesAllWaiting the pacing is very frustrating]], [[https://bleedingcool.com/comics/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-19-review-nothing-here-for-longtime-fans/ and the changes]] that have been made from the original television and comic series have been very unwelcome.[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and they also don't like the change in artist.]]

-->'''Bleeding Cool:''' To call this a step down from what Dark Horse was doing with their long-running, engaging, and yes, flawed but always daring ''Buffy'' comics is an understatement. Increasingly, it's not only the timeline that has been changed but the core of the characters, the values of the series, the universality of the themes, and, most of all, the quality of the storytelling. It's not just that this doesn't work as a Buffy comic. It's just not a good comic. The Slayer deserves better than BOOM! Studios is offering with this reboot, and, with the highly enjoyable ''Willow'' spinoff wrapping up, there's not much left here for Whedon fans to enjoy. The odd character-focused issue (the last one being ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' #17, which focused on Wesley Wyndam-Pryce) is entertaining, but it's the main arc that shows how little the creative team has a grasp on the ensemble cast.

-->'''Bleeding Cool:''' To call this a step down from what Dark Horse was doing with their long-running, engaging, and yes, flawed but always daring ''Buffy'' comics is an understatement. Increasingly, it's not only the timeline that has been changed but the core of the characters, the values of the series, the universality of the themes, and, most of all, the quality of the storytelling. It's not just that this doesn't work as a Buffy comic. It's just not a good comic. The Slayer deserves better than BOOM! Studios is offering with this reboot, and, with the highly enjoyable Willow spinoff wrapping up, there's not much left here for Whedon fans to enjoy. The odd character-focused issue (the last one being ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' #17, which focused on Wesley Wyndam-Pryce) is entertaining, but it's the main arc that shows how little the creative team has a grasp on the ensemble cast.

* TheScrappy: Original character Rose, for some, who see her as a SpotlightStealingSquad member for "taking the spotlight" away from established characters like the Scooby Gang (and Cordelia).

** Another common complaint about the series is that [[FourLinesAllWaiting the pacing is very frustrating]], and the changes that have been made from the original television and comic series have been very unwelcome.[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and they also don't like the change in artist.]]

** Another common complaint about the series is that [[FourLinesAllWaiting the pacing is very frustrating]], and the changes that have been made from the original television and comic series have been very unwelcome, with more people complaining with each issue. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and they also don't like the change in artist.]]

* TheWoobie: Four issues in, you'd really want to give Xander a hug.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: A major draw of the comic is seeing storylines from a 1997-2003 TV show retold using modern technology that didn't exist at the time like high-speed wireless internet, smartphones, social media, etc.

* FunnyMoments: Drusilla's opinion regarding cell phones in Issue #4.

* FunnyMoment: Drusilla's opinion regarding cell phones in Issue #4.