Joss Whedon is an amazing writer/producer/director. Those of you that don’t think so, try to find anything you can about his Alien: Resurrection draft (superior) and what he did on Toy Story (all the stuff you liked).

As much as we used to be in the camp of “Buffy is cheap TV,” we were converted after being forced to watch season five. It blew us away.

What we haven’t been following is the 8th season of Buffy, taking place exclusively in Dark Horse comics (we’re revisiting Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing right now on the comics front). It seemed like an ingenious way to get to the Whedonites and give them more Buffy without continuing to stunt the career growth of the show’s cast.

We used to think keeping the cast out of it was a good idea as a way to continue the story in a visual form. Now, after reading a New York Times article, we’re kind of wishing Sarah Michelle Gellar was filming this scene. Because Cruel Intentions was hot for her girl-on-girl action, and we’d like to see that again.

[Whedon] has written several stories for [the comic], including an opening arc that introduces Satsu (pronounced SOUGHT-sue), one of nearly 2,000 slayers activated in the television show’s finale. One of Buffy’s prized disciples, she ends up sharing her bed.

Mr. Whedon has developed their liaison over several issues. In No. 3 Buffy is overcome by a “Sleeping Beauty” spell undone only by a kiss from someone who loves her. In No. 4 Buffy realizes that Satsu saved her. Last month the pair discussed Satsu’s feelings. Buffy, although flattered by Satsu’s attentions, said the risks of involvement were too great.

“People who love me tend to … oh, die,” she said. Or, she added, they leave, because “sooner or later everybody realizes there’s something wrong … something wrong with me, or around me.”

The matter seemed resolved, but in the newest issue, No. 12 — written by Drew Goddard, the screenwriter of “Cloverfield” — Buffy and Satsu are in bed, naked under the sheets. “It puts the reader in this ‘Oh my God’ moment,” Mr. Whedon said during a telephone interview. “And it puts Buffy in an ‘Oh my God, what did I just do?’ moment.”

But before fans start blogging frantically, they should know that Mr. Whedon is clear where this is headed. “We’re not going to make her gay, nor are we going to take the next 50 issues explaining that she’s not. She’s young and experimenting, and did I mention open-minded?”

Joss, you dog. First, you gave us everything we wanted with red-head Alyson Hannigan’s turn to lesbianism in the original Buffy series, now you’re bringing the girl-on-girl action to you titular character who usually has sex with demons and vampires.

And, technically, Buffy has died once, so we’re really looking at gay zombie sex here.

Which might be the most overlooked sub-genre of erotica known to man.