OH! No, never gave up on Buffy, but ME made her - extremely unlikable and, in my opinion, really took away her dignity and her self-respect. If you free Buffy from the frame-work of the Joss-verse in small ways, you get a MUCH better character who has tons less 'baggage'. They just dropped the ball on her, big time, and the whole of season six seemed like 'let's kick Spike a lot AND make Buffy a psychotic bitch'. They just left NOTHING of her there for me to like by the final ep.
I have, however NEVER thought that Spike needed redemption, and ME's whole deal with THAT pissed me off, as well. I LIKE Demon!Spike! I like Spike without a chip and without a soul and guilt-free. And personally, i think he could have lost the damn thing any time in season five and been fine vis a vis helping out the Scoobies and whatnot. *sigh* Sorry. No rants. :) I'm enjoying the story!
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Date: 2005-02-16 12:31 pm (UTC)I have, however NEVER thought that Spike needed redemption, and ME's whole deal with THAT pissed me off, as well. I LIKE Demon!Spike! I like Spike without a chip and without a soul and guilt-free. And personally, i think he could have lost the damn thing any time in season five and been fine vis a vis helping out the Scoobies and whatnot.
*sigh*
Sorry.
No rants.
:)
I'm enjoying the story!