Well, I can certainly understand why you are upset, sweetie. I'd hate to fork over the money for a con and have James spout off about how, essentially, there's nothing worthwhile in Spike.
OTOH, I agree with kellyhk in that there are probably some other issues affecting his words. It's my personal opinion that James is quite upset with a lot of the Spike/Buffy story. The attempted rape is still obviously affecting him, and not in a very healthy way. He made numerous comments before that event about how Spike is a ruthless killer who is good to the people he loves, and used to joke around quite a bit about being Buffy's "boy toy". So I feel that he is massively overcompensating.
Yeah, a fair amount of young girls turn up to see him at conventions, and he's taking responsibility upon himself here. I get the impression that he thinks that if he played Spike just a little bit more Eeeevil, the attempted rape wouldn't have happened, and he probably wouldn't have had to parade around naked so much.
Oh yeah, the shirtless thing. Something else that never seemed to bother him too much until after the attempted rape. Probably because he feels it's sexualizing someone who is capable of such an act. Hell, the guy won't even sign pictures of himself shirtless anymore.
Buffy loves Angel and not Spike? Again, he's commented that Buffy should never, ever be with Spike because of the attempted rape. It's an emotional reaction, and no story about souls is going to change that feeling for him. it's different for us, but he's the one who had to play it - and he's mentioned many, many times how he feels about characters who resort to rape or domestic violence.
The down side of all this, of course, is that he's insulting fans who love Spike in the process. I highly doubt that it's intentional, and again, this is all just my interpretation based upon comments that he's made in the past.
I agree that the best thing is to pose some positive, thoughtful questions at the conventions that get our point across.
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Well, I can certainly understand why you are upset, sweetie. I'd hate to fork over the money for a con and have James spout off about how, essentially, there's nothing worthwhile in Spike.
OTOH, I agree with
Yeah, a fair amount of young girls turn up to see him at conventions, and he's taking responsibility upon himself here. I get the impression that he thinks that if he played Spike just a little bit more Eeeevil, the attempted rape wouldn't have happened, and he probably wouldn't have had to parade around naked so much.
Oh yeah, the shirtless thing. Something else that never seemed to bother him too much until after the attempted rape. Probably because he feels it's sexualizing someone who is capable of such an act. Hell, the guy won't even sign pictures of himself shirtless anymore.
Buffy loves Angel and not Spike? Again, he's commented that Buffy should never, ever be with Spike because of the attempted rape. It's an emotional reaction, and no story about souls is going to change that feeling for him. it's different for us, but he's the one who had to play it - and he's mentioned many, many times how he feels about characters who resort to rape or domestic violence.
The down side of all this, of course, is that he's insulting fans who love Spike in the process. I highly doubt that it's intentional, and again, this is all just my interpretation based upon comments that he's made in the past.
I agree that the best thing is to pose some positive, thoughtful questions at the conventions that get our point across.