No, you have to create a universe that operates differently on some scientific issue. Thus xenobiology - demons, etc., a past (what you claim as mythology) which was completely different than our own but was considered real, and the use of magic.
I am not convinced. :- )
If you follow your way of think–– that is xenobiology allowing us to say it's "science", it applies to fairies, gods, sirens, centaurs, angels etc (all mythical and fantasy beings that exist in religions and foklores)so it works for all Mythology books and fairytales. It's a bit too stretching for me.
It makes sense for Doctor Who that is based on the idea of xenobiology (The Doctor himself belongs to another species) and time travel, but not for Buffy. The shadowmen weren't scientists when they made up the first slayer. Vampires aren't aliens, they aren't another "race", they are basically magically-animated corpses of former human beings that a demon got to possess. Demons and old ones like Glory, the key itself, refer to the origins of the verse, before the rule of mankind, which is exactly what Mythology means. It's very close to what Tolkien did when he created Middle Earth and told the story of the first ages in The Silmarillion.
But I concede that BtVS flirted with sci-fi a few times (Ted, the Initiative storyline, Warren's robots), and that Ats, and now the comics, seem to mix genre up more and more...
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Date: 2010-09-15 10:51 am (UTC)I am not convinced. :- )
If you follow your way of think–– that is xenobiology allowing us to say it's "science", it applies to fairies, gods, sirens, centaurs, angels etc (all mythical and fantasy beings that exist in religions and foklores)so it works for all Mythology books and fairytales. It's a bit too stretching for me.
It makes sense for Doctor Who that is based on the idea of xenobiology (The Doctor himself belongs to another species) and time travel, but not for Buffy. The shadowmen weren't scientists when they made up the first slayer. Vampires aren't aliens, they aren't another "race", they are basically magically-animated corpses of former human beings that a demon got to possess. Demons and old ones like Glory, the key itself, refer to the origins of the verse, before the rule of mankind, which is exactly what Mythology means. It's very close to what Tolkien did when he created Middle Earth and told the story of the first ages in The Silmarillion.
But I concede that BtVS flirted with sci-fi a few times (Ted, the Initiative storyline, Warren's robots), and that Ats, and now the comics, seem to mix genre up more and more...