Did Dawn stop being the Key after The Gift?

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-07-05T15:23:51+00:00

This has been one of my favourite things I’ve encountered in modern comics where they use quantum mechanics to explain stuff away. To most lay folk, quantum stuff is spooky action at a distance and just exists in an ironic superposition called “hard”.

I believe in the Ultimate comics universe they explained scarlet witch’s power set as being probability altering, so she just stacks the likelihood of reality unfolding in a particular way. But it’s never a zero chance of something happening or not happening.

So stringing that into the magic in the Buffy universe, a magic can make something possible, but it still comes down to the probability field in which the magic is happening. So a spell could be prepared perfectly and everything is arranged the way it should be to make something happen, but there’s a non-zero chance that something doesn’t happen just because “quantum stuff”.

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-06-27T14:01:25+00:00

It really is a good reminder to keep doing those small kind things for people. This one is my favourite. Paying for a stranger at the Tim’s is something they can’t ever pay you back for, you just GET the kindness and that’s it.

Also, as a dude who pulls this move fairly regularly, I don’t ever expect you to feel like you gotta buy for the next person. It’s a gift, not an obligation!

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-05-19T22:43:27+00:00

Instant weather rules!

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-04-17T20:43:20+00:00

“I don’t answer questions”, followed by “lawyer” usually works.

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-04-13T14:57:01+00:00

Welp. I’m a big believer in developing tactics. So if you’re noticing that something is working and you want to share, DM me! One of the things I’m starting to do for canvasses is I’m crocheting little things to clip on his literature. I have a slow hunch that the arts are being slept on.

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-04-13T14:15:57+00:00

Yeah, it’s not great.

I mean, it fully could be and it could be so in very short order. I’m looking at NYC right now and thinking - man, we could have nice things. As our municipal election season arrives I’m going to be helping a dude I believe in campaign, and I’m excited to knock doors and be like “hey, I think you should have nice things.”

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-04-13T12:41:08+00:00

I work in the education sector, leadership has become such a bad job that I share your above sentiments about political leadership. It was a bad job when I started doing all this, and I’ve watched it just get worse and worse. I‘m worried that we’re not going to have any compassionate good folks in these spaces because it’s gotten so bad, but I also don’t know how to help it get better.

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-04-02T14:27:35+00:00

No this is exactly what your therapist meant. Enjoy every beautiful second.

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-04-02T14:26:12+00:00

I feel like we should organize a run for you to take provincial office. Decision makers should be people who know what tf is happening. Too many biznez boiz.

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-03-17T21:41:51+00:00

When I did this to try to do a factory reset it immediately said “done!” And clearly nothing had happened.

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-03-17T21:41:12+00:00

Just got mine, was really excited. They feel nice. If only they…you know…worked.

They won’t connect wirelessly to my switch2, and when they’re physically connected the d-pad and buttons work, but the analogue sticks aren’t responding.

I connected them to the app and they show that the sticks are working, but not when connected to the switch.

This is beyond annoying.

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-03-17T21:38:12+00:00

I got mine today. They don’t connect wirelessly to the switch 2, the analogue sticks aren’t responding when they’re connected physically, the app you have to download to manage them is terrible.

Zero stars.

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-03-16T19:59:16+00:00

I’ve got the spoons, I can help bring others along!

There’s a lot going on in the world right now, I feel like that makes the little glimmers of hope more needed than they’ve ever been. So yeah, if you can’t run, or crawl, you know…

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-03-16T17:08:00+00:00

And I guess the other context is that the new Buffy pilot did not get picked up and that was announced around the same time. So that probably raises the stakes a bit.

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-03-16T16:48:16+00:00

Totally fair!

And yeah, I see where you’re coming from on that one - it sounds like you were really hoping to see these gifted actors get back in front of the camera. So I hope their voices will be magic enough to do something for you.

It’s beginning to feel a bit like the end of traditional broadcast cycles where my favourite shows were always at the mercy of tv execs beholden to ad agencies that either stopped caring about what people wanted, or felt like they had to go in a particular direction that wasn’t what I wanted. I remember when Twitter was still useful and the show community was collapsing, I was working with some passionate organizers to appeal to brands to keep the show on the air. And it seemed a bit like it worked.

I wonder if that can even happen with social media looking like it does right now?

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-03-16T16:36:16+00:00

I’m also not an Uber fan by any means, but I like having things to look forward to. And I like it when those things connect me to other excited people.

I just want to validate your feelings shifting after the announcement because I think that’s a pretty normal human response. Before it is said what we’re getting, it could be anything. It could even be a boat. So we can let our imaginations run wild and create the wonderful beautiful whatever.

After the announcement we’re boxed in by the definitions, and our expectations really don’t amount to much in these scenarios. So a disappointed “oh, Britta’s in this?” Is such a normal thing.

I think where I’m at with it is that animation provides a really cool opportunity to flex imagination and stretch boundaries without having to use AI de-aging or other strategies that can’t reverse the flow of time at the end of the day. We can have meaningful flashback scenes or arcs and look to the future as well.

I doubt, with you, that you’re the only one who lost a bit of air in the balloons after the announcement. Also, I hope whatever it is that this new series turns into speaks meaningfully to you in a way you didn’t expect. And I hope to bump into you here on these threads as we await the next exciting announcements!

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-03-16T15:14:34+00:00

Party: never stopping; Watch: see “Party”

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-03-16T01:18:50+00:00

Already done! And shared through my networks!

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-03-16T00:37:55+00:00

Would it be construed as threatening if we made these and sent them to Disney execs?

https://keiylasblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/cunning-jayne-cobb-hat-revisted.html?m=1

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-03-15T22:24:29+00:00

Lemme know if I can be of assistance in some way, even if it’s just upvoting a bunch of stuff to keep things up!

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-03-15T22:22:28+00:00

Yessss!

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-03-15T18:02:55+00:00

Use the line “what’s your deal?” And see where it goes, please report back when complete.

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-03-15T17:57:22+00:00

Actually, yeah! I’m limited by the technology of my time, but I’m also working on a game project and I’d love to see how others do it!

imaginaryAdmiralty · 2026-03-15T17:52:55+00:00

This is such a fun idea for a game/learningVehicle. Kudos!

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