Spiritualism

[thedeadlyhook]

Rewatching the first few eps of Season 5 Angel, a couple things occurred to me about the whole "ghost-Spike" arc. First, that the repeating image of him facing the wall is borrowed from Blair Witch, and second, that he becomes increasingly transparent until Fred takes a real interest in his cause, after which he comes back into focus. Thematically, this is quite a lot like the Marcy the Invisible Girl story from Buffy Season 1... or the way Tinkerbell's light fades when people stop believing in fairies. Huh.

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[thedeadlyhook.livejournal.com]

Isn't that one from The Wizard of Oz? ; )

Rewatching those eps is pretty illuminating. I'm going through them very slowly, playing them in the background while I'm supposed to be working. I was kinda surprised by the gruesomeness of the Nina ep - I'd kinda forgotten. Ew.

[magista.livejournal.com]

Isn't that one from The Wizard of Oz? ; )

Yeah, it's from there too - the Cowardly Lion, which Spike so isn't. But I'm just clapping my hands madly here in hopes of a corporeal Spike making a bit of an appearance...

A girl's got to dream, after all.