Re: SPOILERS ENSUE

[JDMeans@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 1/22/2003 11:24:28 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
slyfox_kitkat@xxxxxxxxx writes:

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> Ok...Well, not only is it rumor, its fact that Angelus is returning 
> to combat the big bad on Angel. But what has me irked is the whole 
> Soulful Spike and Buffy coupling, WHICH I HATE, and if Angelus ever 
> found out about it, how would he react to his childe boinking his ex 
> lover? We all know that what Angel and Buffy had was a great love. 
> And even in his Angelus form, he still wanted Buffy. That was his 
> main target. I mean am I the only one who'd love to see a Soulful 
> spike take on the Soulless Angelus?
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Man, I haven't seen a mismatch like that since the Rose Bowl! (And I was 
routing for WSU!:( ) Angelus would mop the floor with the current-model 
Spike.

Which in a roundabout way leads up to my main beef with the whole Buffy/Spike 
thing. One of Joss's favorite themes in his shows is redemption. Angel 
seeks it every week. Faith chose to serve her sentence in order to achieve 
it. In the Gospel According to Buffy, redemption costs. And this is a good 
message to get across on the show. 

But Spike? He hasn't done anything major since getting his soul back to 
merit redemption since he got his soul back, but it looks like he's getting 
redemption(in the form of Buffy's love) handed to him on a silver platter! 
Where's the price? Why do Angel and Faith have to struggle to atone for 
their misdeeds while Spike gets a free ride? Just because he's hot? I made 
that comment to Shyfox the other day, and she answered, "Yeah, so was Jeffrey 
Dahmer from what I heard, but I wouldn't want to meet him either!"

My prediction for the end of this season on Buffy is as follows(this assumes 
that this is the last season); Spike will realize that there is a price tag 
for his soul, that he must make a personal sacrifice of some kind. At the 
end of the final battle, Buffy will prepare to sacrifice her life(again!) to 
defeat the First Evil, but Spike will end up taking the killing blow meant 
for Buffy. Thus Spike is redeemed in death, is given a hero's salute and 
Buffy mourns. Buffy, Giles, Willow and Dawn then relocate to England where 
they become the core of the new Watcher's Council, while Faith, Xander and 
the surviving SITs remain in Sunnydale to form a new Scooby Gang to patrol 
the Hellmouth, leading to a new series; "Slayers".

Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.

Kirayoshi
who thinks that Spike would currently lose a bout to Spike the bulldog from 
the Tom and Jerry cartoons!