Depressed Spuffy fan here...

[francy_m79]

.. can someone explain to me why, after all these years, I keep reading fandom opinions on Spuffy, googling old and new discussions, while knowing perfectly fine that all I ever get from that is pain and depression and hopelessness, since 90% of the posts I find out there are negative, and tend to put down, denigrate and demeane the whole Spuffy

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[boot_the_grime]

No, I don't think that that many neutral viewers actually believe that Buffy just 'cared for Spike as a friend'. In fact, many haters of Spike and Spuffy who detest season 7 argue that Buffy loved Spike and prioritized him over everything else. I don't know about Buffy-boards, but on Buffyforums the majority opinion of non-Bangel, non-Spuffy fans seems to be that Buffy loved Spike. I also don't think that the comics support the idea that she didn't love him. There are people who think that, and there are people who think the exact opposite (at least one person who didn't believe she was in love with him has changed his opinion since season 8 and thinks she did). Opinions on the comics Spuffy are very split; but it seems to me that many Spuffy shippers in fact tend to be most negative about it, while many neutral fans believe that Spuffy is either the endgame, or at least the main ship for this and the next season

[francy_m79]

No, I don't think that that many neutral viewers actually believe that Buffy just 'cared for Spike as a friend'. In fact, many haters of Spike and Spuffy who detest season 7 argue that Buffy loved Spike and prioritized him over everything else. I don't know about Buffy-boards, but on Buffyforums the majority opinion of non-Bangel, non-Spuffy fans seems to be that Buffy loved Spike. I also don't think that the comics support the idea that she didn't love him. There are people who think that, and there are people who think the exact opposite (at least one person who didn't believe she was in love with him has changed his opinion since season 8 and thinks she did). Opinions on the comics Spuffy are very split; but it seems to me that many Spuffy shippers in fact tend to be most negative about it, while many neutral fans believe that Spuffy is either the endgame, or at least the main ship for this and the next season.BuffyForums is pretty Spuffy-friendly, though, more than other places. On general tv/reviews site (non-Buffy sites) most

[sueworld2003]

"Sometimes I'm hopeful and sometimes I see a huge Spuffy-killing conspiracy. We will see!! LOL"

Personally, I think you're very wise to take that under consideration as I think thats where all this is heading. A negative thing to say I know, but it would fit in with how the story seems to be unfolding imo.

[francy_m79]

Let's hope we are wrong!

[slaymesoftly]

What you said!