Joss (and others) Speaks!!! about S7 [Spoilers]

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SciFi.com's Weekly Interview is with Joss, Emma, Adam (Warren) Busch & Claire (Glory) Kramer. Spoilers are included.

Nothing really new, in fact, some of Joss' answers are starting to become so familiar I could give them. Many of the recent stories seem to be a re-hash of old press releases and interviews that are being recycled in preparation for the upcoming season.

Emma did confirmed that everyone except her and Sarah have signed for Season Eight. Emma seemed very clear that she was ready to move on.

The most interesting comments are Joss' description of how they began to form the philosophy for Season Seven:

Buffy ... goes through horrible pain every year. But last year, she really lost herself. And I think the audience felt that lack. They felt the lack of the strength ... of, you know, grabbing that sword when Angel's about to stab her and saying, "I've still got me." That thing that she had in season two. And I understand why they need that, and we are going to have that back, because I need it, too. And the interesting thing is, right when, you know, we were getting about two-thirds of the way through [last] season, I told Marti, "You know, I've been thinking, and I think next year we should go back to, like ... that very positive message that we had at the very beginning of the show, and really see Buffy empowered again, instead of seeing her at the mercy of her life." And the very next day, Sarah talked to Marti and said the exact same thing. And that's one of the great things about working with her, is that she's so in tune, not just with her character, but the show, that literally ... on the same day, we had both come to the same conclusion. Just, you know, it's time to take back the night.