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Why is everybody in such a rush to think that Spike is always right?!
Seriously I mean, Spike says something and we believe him. What IS THAT?! That bit in Wrecked:
BUFFY: (walks alongside him) That might be how you get off, but it's not my style.
SPIKE: (scoffs) No, it's your calling.
It’s her calling? What the hell does THAT mean? Nothing, that’s what. Her calling? Does anybody stop to ask this… what does Spike know about anything? As a man, he was a geek, a bad poet and it seems.. Lets face it a bit of an idiot. As a vampire he was a great villain, has some of the best one liners I’ve ever heard and Giles dream in Restless where he’s hired himself out as an attraction? HILARIOUS! James Marsters is a bloody amazing actor. But as a character I couldn’t give a jack crap about Spike if he was covered with puppies and chocolate. I have no compassion for him and if I had a choice between developing a good solid Xander/Anya arch or hearing more about Spike, there is no choice!
It seems to me that they could have taken a different angle with his character and saved him a little. Every time I start gaining a little respect for him, he does something and I’m back to square one. In his song Rest In Peace, there are a couple of excellent lines and he’s basically telling her to leave him alone. I was like “thank you” then two minutes later he’s following her around weeping again. As a bad guy he’s all about pride - being the big bad - taking no crap. Now suddenly he’s Mayor Crap Taker!
I don’t think he’s good at all. He shows no remorse for the terrible things he’s done and when he thought the chip had broken the first thing he did was go out and try and kill a girl! He feed off a girl at the bronze with Dru! HELLO! He always wants the unattainable! Buffy hit the nail on the head the other day in Smashed:
BUFFY: Me? I'm lost? Look at you, you idiot! (Spike getting up) Poor Spikey. Can't be a human, can't be a vampire. Where the hell do you fit in?
BUFFY: Your job is to kill the slayer. But all you can do is follow me around making moon eyes.
SPIKE: I'm in love with you.
BUFFY: (still advancing) You're in love with pain. Admit it. (Spike gets up) You like me ... because you enjoy getting beat down. So really, who's screwed up?
Yeah, u huh. I think what she said is a lot more likely. Come on people call it what it is. Spike doesn’t know anything about Buffy. Not really. He thinks what? Because she confided in him about being expelled from heaven. Because he helped her out a few times. It’s amazing how he doesn’t seem nearly as concerned about Dawn now that Buffy’s back. He played the parent while she was dead because it tormented him. Now he’s back to his regular torment, so it’s bye bye Dawn I don’t care if you all live or die.
Man, that felt good to vent
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