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Buffy and strange symbols in the background.

 
 
Tamayyurt
03:07 / 30.12.02
I just noticed today that there's a bunch of symbols chalked up on the wall of Buffy's training room at the Magic Box. And there's one in particular that gets a lot of camera time. Do any of you know what these symbols mean? Personal sigils perhaps, form someone on set? I don't know, have any of you even noticed these things?
 
 
cusm
03:31 / 30.12.02
They're alchemical, I believe. Though I'll have to get a closer look at 'em sometime to check. I'm pretty sure I spotted Essence as one of them, at least.
 
 
Bear
06:28 / 30.12.02
They look very similar to some Voodoo veve's I've seen, I don't imagine there's much to it though. Probably just a researcher flicking through an occult book. Or maybe that's just what they want us to believe

I have been noticing allot of 8 pointed stars in Buffy recently though, mirror or clocks in the background and also in the training room again Buffy's ninja stars have 8 points, maybe Joss has a secret!
 
 
cusm
06:57 / 30.12.02
Maybe this thread outght to bop over to TV, to let the videophiles have a crack at it. Then maybe move it back again later if anything cool is dug up.
 
 
Nietzsch E. Coyote
09:31 / 30.12.02
I also noticed sigilish things that were carved into Spike's chest in recent episodes. Those look even more interesting. Too bad there is no easy way to search the web for a symbol.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
11:18 / 30.12.02
Too bad there is no easy way to search the web for a symbol.

Ta dah! Symbols.com has a huge searchable database, and is pretty easy to use.
 
 
Tamayyurt
14:13 / 30.12.02
cusm, you can move this around as you see fit. Maybe people with the boxsets could be more helpful.

I was also thinking about those researchers (if not Joss himself). I'm sure they have to read up on a lot of occult stuff and eventually some of it is gonna stick. I thought maybe one of the was probably trying out a sigil or something on television (the number if people unconsciously charging it would make grant's wank-a-thon look like a small circle jerk!) Eight pointed stars. Last seasons trio of chaos magicians. I think someone on Buffy has gotten into Chaos but I have no way to know.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
14:17 / 30.12.02
Hmmm. Aside from the obvious pop-culture'n'RPG stuff, the trio didn't really seem that much like chaos magickians. All their spells and whatnot were apparently rooted in good old "match the Grimoire to the demon" tradition. I mean, you never saw them actually invoking Lex Luthor, did you?

Having said that, I wouldn't be surprised if someone involved with Buffy had come across CM.
 
 
Tamayyurt
14:25 / 30.12.02
No, I know, I saw them more as the techno-occult type. But I had read somewhere that they were supposed to be chaos magicians. Don't know where, though.
 
 
Tamayyurt
20:39 / 31.12.02
Alright, this thread is dying over here! Someone quick, beam it over to the Magick section before it drowns!
 
 
bjacques
12:34 / 01.01.03
I gather it's all mix and match, almost purposefully avoiding any known traditions or varieties, but they're making some attempt to make it consistent. Sort of like alternate physical laws, and they try not to break them too often, in order not to insult the audience. Fictional magic is probably best, since otherwise they'd get a lot of obsessive fans pestering them, like those people Mercedes Lackey had to tell off.
 
 
Trijhaos
14:06 / 01.01.03
I remember in an interview someone on the show said that they stopped using actual symbols, names, and the like and just started making stuff up. So someone probably just doodled a nifty looking design, said, "Hey! This looks cool" and used it.
 
 
Elijah, Freelance Rabbi
22:53 / 11.01.03
quote; "I gather it's all mix and match, almost purposefully avoiding any known traditions or varieties"

in the symbolizm i agree, but the over use of the term "wicca" has really pissed of some friends of mine who otherwise love the show.
wicca this, floating that, wicca this, bringing that bask from the dead.

that would be like if one of them said they were a very strong christian and fucked giles' woman and killed xander...
 
  
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