I'm actually more or less okay with it all as well. I may roll my eyes at it being Spike Torture... AGAIN. But all in all, I'm okay with it all.

And I'm where you are with Spred. I'm far from convinced they'll turn it into a ship but I'm happy with friends or ship. I just want someone to give a damn about Spike and Spike have someone to care about as well, so I'm glad they're developing a relationship of some sort. I can be happy with friendship and I wouldn't mind seeing it if the show decided to try for more.