Okay, you made a lot of really, really good points in your post, which have helped me put a lot of what we're hearing in perspective. It still bothers me, however, and not at all because Spike is being sexual-- because hey, the faster he moves on from Buffy, the better.
And I agree, I don't believe they're planning on a Spike/Harmony relationship, and I think the people freaking out about Spike being accused of domestic violence for slugging Harmony as she's attacking him need to sit down and take a deep breath.
My problems lies in that it feels (only IMO, of course) like it's the writers throwing them together, because they're thinking, "Hey, we need to take Spike's shirt off so that all of the Spike fans will watch! They're only drooling fangirls anyway, so I bet this'll work!" They did it a ton in season seven too, and I just don't find it cute or funny. Give me Spike being sexual, fine, but give me a reason, give me a real story, not just a pointless fuck with the dumb blonde.
I really hope I'm overreacting, and I really hope that more is revealed soon that'll qualm my issues with this episode. Like you said, we don't have the entire script, so I realize it could change my perspective.
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Date: 2003-10-03 04:31 pm (UTC)Okay, you made a lot of really, really good points in your post, which have helped me put a lot of what we're hearing in perspective. It still bothers me, however, and not at all because Spike is being sexual-- because hey, the faster he moves on from Buffy, the better.
And I agree, I don't believe they're planning on a Spike/Harmony relationship, and I think the people freaking out about Spike being accused of domestic violence for slugging Harmony as she's attacking him need to sit down and take a deep breath.
My problems lies in that it feels (only IMO, of course) like it's the writers throwing them together, because they're thinking, "Hey, we need to take Spike's shirt off so that all of the Spike fans will watch! They're only drooling fangirls anyway, so I bet this'll work!" They did it a ton in season seven too, and I just don't find it cute or funny. Give me Spike being sexual, fine, but give me a reason, give me a real story, not just a pointless fuck with the dumb blonde.
I really hope I'm overreacting, and I really hope that more is revealed soon that'll qualm my issues with this episode. Like you said, we don't have the entire script, so I realize it could change my perspective.