First she insists that she knows what she wants and, as soon as Spike takes her up on it, we see her begin to slither away.... She always seems a bit shamefaced when she does this but doesn't seem able to help it.
I love your description of that "End of Days" scene - that always infuriated me, the way she ranted about "mixed messages," and then proceeded to act as confusing as possible. In some ways, I see them as still playing out that door scene, where Spike throws up his hands on the whole thing after she can't give him a straight answer, tells her "let's just go be heroes." I think their relationship- at this point, anyway - is stuck in that moment.
They did seem to make some progress though, poor babies, and I do love the angst. You are torturing us in a very Joss-like way (that's intended as a compliment). :)
I thank you for the compliment. : ) And it won't all be torture - for the next part I've planned some more upbeat moments.
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Date: 2004-12-19 01:54 am (UTC)I love your description of that "End of Days" scene - that always infuriated me, the way she ranted about "mixed messages," and then proceeded to act as confusing as possible. In some ways, I see them as still playing out that door scene, where Spike throws up his hands on the whole thing after she can't give him a straight answer, tells her "let's just go be heroes." I think their relationship- at this point, anyway - is stuck in that moment.
They did seem to make some progress though, poor babies, and I do love the angst. You are torturing us in a very Joss-like way (that's intended as a compliment). :)
I thank you for the compliment. : ) And it won't all be torture - for the next part I've planned some more upbeat moments.