Whedonverse
Whedonverse proper noun: the loosely-defined fictional universe encompassing the worlds forming the setting for the television and film works of Joss Whedon, notably the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly, and the film Serenity.
Proper noun
the Whedonverse
- The loosely-defined fictional universe encompassing the worlds forming the setting for the television and film works of Joss Whedon, notably the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly, and the film Serenity.
- In the Whedonverse (among other places) institutions are dangerous; communities can be life-giving.2005, Rhonda Wilcox, Why Buffy Matters: the Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, page 159
- Neither Joss Whedon nor any other writer in the Whedonverse harbors the misogyny that drove and characterized texts like the Hammer of Witches.2009, AmiJo Comeford, “Cordelia Chase as Failed Feminist Gesture”, in Kevin K. Durand, editor, Buffy Meets the Academy: Essays on the Episodes and Scripts as Text, page 159
- Synonyms:
- Jossverse
Synonyms of Whedonverse
Origin of Whedonverse
From Whedon + -verse.
Questions about Whedonverse
- What does Whedonverse mean?
- Whedonverse means the loosely-defined fictional universe encompassing the worlds forming the setting for the television and film works of Joss Whedon, notably the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly, and the film Serenity.
- What part of speech is Whedonverse?
- Whedonverse is a proper noun.
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