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botiasI know I’m so alone here, but I went through this phase where I was kind of cranky with the writers about Spuffy in S6. One of many such phases really. The theme of this particular phase was: Why the hell shouldn’t Buffy have Spike for a sex toy if she’s so inclined?
So he’s a bad (bad, very bad) boy. Of all the women in the world, Buffy would be The One who can have sex with anyone she wants without worrying about becoming a victim. I’ve never heard anyone express the notion that a guy should avoid bad girls because they might get raped or because it could all end with their bleached bones ruining some poor hunter’s afternoon. That ME contrived (and I do mean contrived) to make Buffy a victim anyway just tanned my hide that much more.
Spike cannot get her pregnant, he cannot give her any disease. He is piss-poor boyfriend material for Buffy, but is it, or is it not, OK for her to have sex with someone she’s attracted to just because it feels really good? Well, maybe it’s not OK in this case. I mean, there’s the whole he’s in love with her thing, and the stalking, and the pointy teeth and the accompanying bloodlust. So I haven’t a leg to stand on really. *shrug* But I was cranky just the same.
So he’s a bad (bad, very bad) boy. Of all the women in the world, Buffy would be The One who can have sex with anyone she wants without worrying about becoming a victim. I’ve never heard anyone express the notion that a guy should avoid bad girls because they might get raped or because it could all end with their bleached bones ruining some poor hunter’s afternoon. That ME contrived (and I do mean contrived) to make Buffy a victim anyway just tanned my hide that much more.
Spike cannot get her pregnant, he cannot give her any disease. He is piss-poor boyfriend material for Buffy, but is it, or is it not, OK for her to have sex with someone she’s attracted to just because it feels really good? Well, maybe it’s not OK in this case. I mean, there’s the whole he’s in love with her thing, and the stalking, and the pointy teeth and the accompanying bloodlust. So I haven’t a leg to stand on really. *shrug* But I was cranky just the same.
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Date: 2006-06-21 05:26 am (UTC)And then you get to the final battle where Spike, who's been her dark side, explicitly sacrifices himself so she can go live a normal life in the sun. (And you can say that by this Spike's been brought into the light and forgiven, but he must be utterly detroyed to do so.)
What you say here is very true. It's part of the whole Whedonverse philosophy that I find hard to deal with...I'm very tired and should have been in bed long ago, so this may be less than clear, but there's a punative, dare I say Puritanical, streak in Joss's world. It's disturbing, at least to me.