Have you read issue #12 yet for season eight of Dark Horse’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer yet?!

So what do you think about the scuttlebutt going on over Buffy’s lesbian encounter with fellow slayer Satsu? My initial reaction (when I couldn’t stop myself from clicking on the spoiler, before I read the issue) mirrored the comment of “noonien” on whedonesque.com:

I’m a little shocked and disappointed (and then shocked that I’m disappointed)… I suppose I should reserve judgment but it does sound a bit like a sweeps stunt they’d pull on The O.C. or something.

And, boy howdy, are Buffy fans riled up. So far whedonesque.com is clocking in 146 comments about Buffy diving into bed with Satsu.

After reading the issue, which was written by Drew Goddard, screenwriter of Cloverfield, I personally liked the storyline.

Check out the issue, OR if you’re really into spoilers, get a load of Joss Whedon’s interview with the NYT. The spoiler article was in yesterday’s issue—the same day issue #12 came out. (Anyone getting flashbacks of the NYT’s Harry Potter spoiler that came out days before the Deathly Hallows release date?)