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[botias]

I often read sympathy for Spike about the way others treat him without any reference as to why the Scoobies or Buffy might reasonably find him disgusting, like the fact that he is a sadist, rapist, liar, stalker, drunkard, thief and murderer.

I often read about how Spike 'fixes' broken people who then abandon him. Spike is seemingly attracted to the broken, yet another less then stellar quality and with predictably poor results, but I've not known him to fix anyone.

I encounter Spuffy fans who are actually just Spike fans. They hate, hate, hate Buffy for abusing Spike, but Spike wants her, therefore he shall have her. I've definitely gone through my own phases where I wanted to feed our heroine to the pretty vampire.

Why am I a Spike fan? Why do I ship Spuffy? Some days I'm not sure. But I have dark suspicions.

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[appomattoxco.livejournal.com]

I have my doubts that that Spike is really the first two on your list I don't doubt he tried them as part of his big badness I just think in the end he found other sorts of evil more fun.

My Seasonal Spuffy fic asideI don't think Spike fixes broken people, if that were true Buffy and Dru would both be in much better shape. I think what he does do is see that they are broken. He even saw it in Willow. That's something the Scoobies would ignore in each other. In fic this perception can be the first step to making things better. That's what people need from from fic. I love bad rude Spike but I'm an old school redemptionist. In my mind, it's himself Spike really works the hardest to fix. Even when he was fixing to be the Big Bad.

[botias.livejournal.com]

In my mind, it's himself Spike really works the hardest to fix. Even when he was fixing to be the Big Bad.

I like that. You're absolutely right.