Re: Shipping at length(slight spoiler for Charmed)

[JDMeans@xxxxxxx]

I never saw the 'I like the world' speech as the truth, Dan, but even if it 
is, it isn't a sign that Spike is a 'nice guy'. Only a sign that Spike is 
self-centered. He didn't want to stop Angelus out of the goodness of his 
heart, but out of a desire to screw Angelus and get Dru back. He succeeded 
in one and failed in the other. As Buffy said in that same scene, "Let me 
take this opportunity to not care!"

Let's face it, pals and gals, the only reason that anyone, Joss included, 
wants to see Buffy and Spike together is that Sarah Michelle Gellar and James 
Marsters have a volatile on-screen chemistry. Of course, so did Bruce Willis 
and Cybil Sheppard in 'Moonlighting', and the moment they got into bed 
together, the show fell apart before our eyes! There is romantic chemistry, 
and there is adversarial chemistry. Bruce and Cybil had the latter more than 
the former. Same goes with Sarah and James. Get them together and the whole 
idea is lost. 

The only way that Joss can salvage this situation is for Spike to lose his 
soul at the first possible opportunity and, to paraphrase the Beatles, get 
back to where he once belonged. Personally I don't see him as wanting 
redemption, let alone receiving it.

You know the show's in trouble when Charmed is covering similar territory and 
handling it better. In Charmed's season premiere at least, Phoebe told Cole 
in no uncertain terms that it's over between them.

Kirayoshi