They went out of their way to show Spike loving Buffy, helping her, protecting her family and friends when really, he could have just walked away.
Yeah, that did rather take Buffy's own relative goodness down a notch, the fact that he was outperforming his vampire mandate just by not doing bad things, let alone doing active good, while Buffy was shown consciously stooping to doing hurtful things instead of... well, not. Made for a confusing morality play, at the very least.
I think the whole 'love' thing was so overrated, anyway - i mean, she was like 22!! She didn't need a 'soulmate' or anything else!! Crazy stuff.
A very good point, and why I was boggled to see the Angel lurve resurrected so late in the game. Like, wtf?
I'm not a believer in soulmates, myself. I think any number of people can be happy with any number of other people, depending on their needs at the time... right now, I'm interested in the reasons why Buffy and Spike might need each other (or not, as the case may be).
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Date: 2005-02-16 07:39 pm (UTC)Yeah, that did rather take Buffy's own relative goodness down a notch, the fact that he was outperforming his vampire mandate just by not doing bad things, let alone doing active good, while Buffy was shown consciously stooping to doing hurtful things instead of... well, not. Made for a confusing morality play, at the very least.
I think the whole 'love' thing was so overrated, anyway - i mean, she was like 22!! She didn't need a 'soulmate' or anything else!! Crazy stuff.
A very good point, and why I was boggled to see the Angel lurve resurrected so late in the game. Like, wtf?
I'm not a believer in soulmates, myself. I think any number of people can be happy with any number of other people, depending on their needs at the time... right now, I'm interested in the reasons why Buffy and Spike might need each other (or not, as the case may be).
And yeah, the ranting does help. ; )