For purposes of this post, I will not quote in the regular style because there is too much work to be done.
(please don't delete this post "right away" as I worked hard on it and I think it points out what Ed did really vividly and not create the false hope he wanted to in the hopes of conversation and debate. he also has posted several times asking what were wrong with his spoilers)Ed the Spoiler challanges.....
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Please point out one thing I've said that has been proven to be wrong, because while I am curious, at least admit I could be incorrect about a couple of minor things>>
First, I'll point out that you didn't post any spoilers, untill Angel X's last big website update. You posted once and you said you really couldn't give out anything, but suddenly you are able to post spoilers and a great number of them and for episodes no one else spoiled to the extent you did.
Nearly everysingle spoiler you posted is basically tibits from Angel X's website reworded or tidbits from other spoilersites gathered on spoiler slayer.
these are used for your spoilers from a post in the last spoiler thread: >>
Episode 18
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Xander discovers a camera and has a run in with Spike.>>
From ANGEL X'S WEBSITE: After discovering the camera planted at Buffy's house, Xander suspects Spike is behind the spying and Buffy confronts him on the issue
Buffy defends him and this causes spike to demand that Buffy tell everyone about them.>>
FROM ANGEL X'S WEBSITE: Buffy seems to actually believe her friend over Spike (swithching to another tidbit..) Spike again raises the issue of Buffy confessing to her friends about her "relationship" with him
Anya ends up going to spike who's the only person she knows who "hates" xander, gets drunk and does sleep with him. he gang sees it>>
FROM ANGEL X'S WEBSITE: Unable to curse Xander with the help of other Scoobies, Anya goes to someone who actually hates Xander: Spike. Unfortunately though, her efforts to get him drunk and trick him into wishing Xander bodily harm take a turn for the twisted and the two very drunk demons end up trying to sooth their broken hearts by moving on...with each other. What the two don't realize though is that a hidden camera in the Magic Box catches the whole event on camera, allowing the entire rest of the gang and the Trio to witness it.
and Xander mentions breaking up with her over it.>>
I don't have any hard evidence about this one single tidbit being stolen or wrong. But it seems like this is a guess and a poor one at that because didn't they already break up? It's hard to believe that Xander would still consider them being boyfriend and girlfriend
Anya decides to return to being a vengence demon again after egged on by Halfrek and D'Hoffryn>>
FROM ANGEL X'S WEBSITE: Having accepted the offer to become a vengeance demon again
FROM THE SPOILER SLAYER VIA THESE VERY SAME KITTEN BOARDS: D'Hoffyn and Halfrek offer Anya her old job.
but there is a big condition attached to it.>>
YOU SAID after BBOVEN debunked you: No condition mentioned on her becoming a vengence demon, eh? I guess that means she becomes one. Thats one character down.
LOGICAL SPECULATION DEBUNKING: You seemingly brag that you were right about Anya becoming a vengeance demon and that somehow made up for you being wrong about the big condition. Everyone knew that Anya went vengance demon, so knowing that is no big detail.
The nerds discuss and begin their plan to kill Buffy (much to the horror of Jonathon).>>
We all knew they begin their plan (by stealing a disk) they need and we all knew or at least speculated that Jonathon started doubting the trio's actions. Nothing new hre..
The scoobs (including dawn) end up learning about Buffy's affair with spike and it leads to a huge arguement. >>
FROM ANGEL X'S WEBSITE: Buffy confesses to Dawn about her relationship with Spike and after an odd turn of events, Xander and Anya find out as well.
So out of all your episode 18 spoilers, all but 1 appear to be stolen and gathered and reworded from different websites. And that one new "spoiler" is doubtful at best.
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Episode 19
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Buffy breaks up the nerds plans and they summon a demon to try to distract her. Anya is almost killed by the demon but is saved by Xander and in a tender moment wonders whether or not he still loves her and is obviously worried about her recent choice (it doesnt end that way though because Xander is really vicious over the sex with Spike thing and she ends up granting WARREN'S wish).>>
Don't have any knowldege for or against this. But we know Buffy will break up the nerd's plans. You could easily have thrown in a few accuracies because of all your accuracy that is based on learning from other sites.
The nerds are arrested for theft and murder, but Warren escapes.>>
FROM ANGEL X'S WEBSITE: The Trio do something that leads to Jonathan and Andrew getting arrested. Warren on the other hand avoids being caught and instead begins his solo career. If
Willow and Tara decide that they have been apart too long and reconcile>>
FROM ANGEL X'S WEBSITE : After some sweet time spent together after class and a during coffee date, Willow and Tara do get back together and make with the major smoochies.
Thing is..that excert was from episode 18 spoilers from Angel X. you even misplaced what episode the reconciliation happens. A big spoiler that you got wrong
however, after willow leaves Tara in bed, a trap that Warren had lain for Buffy goes off and kills Tara while she's alone.>>
SPECULATION DEBUNKED?: See this implies some contraption or mechanism is responsible for Tara's death. There is no "Trap". Warren shoots Tara with a GUN as per Angel X.
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Episode 20
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After finding Tara dead, Willow loses it and goes to "Rack" for help in bringing Tara back to life, but there is no way>>
FROM ANGEL X'S WEBSITE: The return of (three) familiar face(s): Rack
So we knew from Angel X's website that would be returning. No surprise there. So natually everyone would assume that he meets with Willow and we all know that Tara isn't revied because Willow wouldn't go evil till she exhaustated that possibility.
But BBOVen pointed out: I haven't heard about Willow going to Rack for help. What I've heard is that Warren goes to Rack for help against Willow, and Rackk refuses.
I am sure that BBOven conferred with Angel X on that tidbit, even if oven didn't, oven has credibility and you don't have a trackrecord.
Willow decides that nothing and noone will stop her from killing Warren.>>
This is perhaps the most apparent brazen thievery...
FROM ANGEL X'S WEBSITE: No one (and as you'll see, nothing) is able to stop her.
Ed the spoiler basically used the exact same terminology to describe this paticular thing.
Buffy is worried that Dawn will get caught in the crossfire and tries to pawn her off on Spike, but she learns that he's left town.>>
FROM ANGEL X'S WEBSITE: With so much danger surrounding the gang, Buffy takes Dawn to stay with Spike, but instead encounters Clem crypt-sitting for the vampire and learns that Spike left Sunnydale for a while.
Willow goes on a rampage and ends up killing several innocent people (though Buffy and Xander both try to stop her) and ends up destroying Warren but find outs he's a decoy.>>
Willow's rampage is common knowledge and it's obvious that Buffy and Warren would try and stop their friend. So no spoilers there. The Decoy Warren was first discussed in Spoiler Thread 9 in this very forum.
Spike has his chip removed in an attempt to prove to Buffy that he can redeem himself and be good WITHOUT the use of it. But, can he?>>
FROM ANGEL'S WEBSITE: Spike wants to get the chip out to give Buffy a changed man. But I don't know whether that's is to get the chip out and prove that he can be good without it, or get the chip out and be bad.
Episode 21 is considerable harder to debunk, but remember at the time of your big spoiler post, Angel X didn't have hard info on it and she is credible and has access to the flow of information.
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Episode 21
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Buffy tries to stop Willow, but she has literally gone insane with power. >>
Again, nothing new.
Things in Sunnydale really begin to resemble hell on earth and Spike returns>>
Spike returns to Sunnydale? wow, what a shocking spoiler. Things are bad in Sunnydale when Willow goes on rampage? wow another huge spoiler.
BAD bent on killing Buffy for "castrating" him.>>
The castration theory has been widely disscussed here and on spoilerslayer as a reason why Willow would be mad at Buffy again, nothing new.
Buffy calls Giles, desperate for help with Willow and the Warren situation and he agrees to come back.>>
Giles has been spoiled (not necessarily correctly) to return for the final two eps way before you posted these. And It's obvious a possible motivation for his return would be Baddie Willow. Again, nothing new and that could easily be speculation based on the evidence refrenced.
Willow finds the real Warren and tortures him to the point he wishes he were dead.
You also said.. There is a big Warren death scene in 20, but its not Warren. Wait and see>>
Robot Warren dies (probably on a bus) in episod 20. You probably thought you were cool for hinting at something everyone knew already that a decoy would parish. But as Angel X puts it "Warren doesn't survive ep 20." He (REAL Warren) dies in the par like every confirmed reliable source says. If you don't even know which ep the Real Warren dies (A GIGANTIC SPOILER), how can you have any credibility.
From here on in, I can't attack anything with actual info. I will instead use logic...again. First, at the time of your big spoiler post, Angel X has no info on these episodes. why would you? second these episodes weren't even filming yet (at the time of your post), so its doubtful that you got info through call sheets or location report and I would speculate the script for 22 wasn't done yet at that time.
Now my theory is that you went to the trouble of rewording all the spoilers and mixing them with your own speculation, so you would appear credibile when posting the following episodes, but it reads like fanboy speculation and bad speculation to boot. It's the exact same scenario as the wish, right down to anya's pendant (what pendant anyway?) being broken....
Spike goes after Buffy thru the one person he can, DAWN, and vamps her.
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Episode 21 (you meant 22)
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Giles arrives and finds everything has gone to Hell. Willow's powers cause her to go supernova blowing out half the town, but she warns Buffy in time for her and giles to get far enough away.
Buffy learns of what happened with Spike vows to kill Spike, but begs Giles to deal with Dawn because she cant. Buffy confronts Spike. Giles dusts Dawn. Giles arrives during the battle between Buffy and Spike and ends up getting his neck broken, Buffy is mortally wounded but kills Spike. Xander lays bleeding to death as Anya goades him saying that all this happened because of him and Xander (who doesnt know that she accepted the Vengence Demon offer) sees what happened and that she's the cause of it all when she reverts to her true self. He tells her that he loves her, that she isnt a demon no matter what she looks like and dies. Anya destroys her pendant and the world shifts.>>
Again, this scene reeks of fanfic or Wish ripoff and all your other spoilers appear to be stolen and reworded from Angel X. Angel X has the trust of 90% of the posters here and she completely disavowed your spoilers to the extent of actually removing posts that contain them from her message board. BBoven, another reliable poster, has openly pointed out things you got wrong. That should be enough for everyone
P.S. I am sorry for this long post. But ir is spoiler related and I would have gladly emailed Ed, but he doesn't provide any means to reach him personally.
P.S. Saw Kissing Jessica Stein today. Very funny. Very spot on. Not sure I liked how it handled some things, but it made me laugh.
[This message has been edited by gf2020hotmail (edited March 22, 2002).]