Because I can do better than the snotty post I made on Tumblr.

[eilowyn]

Today, I made this post on Tumblr in response to a confession on the Buffy Confessions blog. I often do this to confessions I have feelings about. This one started with the snarky response, "Isn't it nice how people disregard season 7 in order to self-righteously get their Spike/Spuffy hate on?" but I expanded it. That post on Tumblr came from the

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[tennyo_elf]

The AR could have been left out. It could have been something different. I agree with you on that. I hate that it came to it and that I think it shouldn't have been done. Oddly enough though, I think the AR does make sense if you think about Spike's skewed morals at that point and the sexual relationship he had been in with Buffy. That sounds like rape apology but I don't mean it in that sense, just that it can be viewed as an organic come to point (which is pretty disgusting, because even though Spike did the AR I felt so much sympathy for both him and Buffy and then I felt ugly for having sympathy for Spike...but maybe that is what they wanted because so many fans liked Spike when they weren't supposed to or some such :rolls eyes:). Do I think it's good? Hell no, I think it was a really stupid thing to do while also filming it the way they did

[kwritten]

YOU.

[eilowyn]

which is pretty disgusting, because even though Spike did the AR I felt so much sympathy for both him and Buffy and then I felt ugly for having sympathy for Spike...but maybe that is what they wanted because so many fans liked Spike when they weren't supposed to or some such :rolls eyes:

Which is one of the major problems I have with the AR. We sympathize with Spike. It's all too forgivable because of his state of mind at the time. Lesson learned? It's okay to rape if you're having a mental breakdown, because whether or not we were *supposed* to like Spike, so many fans did, and would be approaching the AR from Spike's perspective, where it's easy to understand where he's coming from.

She kills vampires nightly and if they all could possibly be good her moral stance is darkened. Yes, she kills or slays vampires, but it's because they are evil. She is destroying the dark parts of human nature, which I find a better message (empowering me to do good even when life throws you lemons), than her being a killer of demons that could have

[tennyo_elf]

Which is one of the major problems I have with the AR. We sympathize with Spike. It's all too forgivable because of his state of mind at the time. Lesson learned? It's okay to rape if you're having a mental breakdown, because whether or not we were *supposed* to like Spike, so many fans did, and would be approaching the AR from Spike's perspective, where it's easy to understand where he's coming from.

This is why I think the AR was something that really lacked foresight. They wanted people to view soulless Spike as evil and unlikable. But people loved his character already. You can't force feed your audience your will. You tell a story and hopefully the messages get across, but some people are going to see it completely different than how you intended.

Spike could continue to be soulless but specialI really don't like this personally. I hate the special snowflake mentality. Because who really in life is special? No one. No one is special, no one is different. We are all unique individuals with strengths and weaknesses. And that

[kikimay]

Your opinion is great.