I don't think it'll be the second, because it's Angel who's the romantic soulmate/tall dark stranger/dashing hero who therefore has to be knocked off his pedestal and undermined or subverted at every opportunity. Spike wouldn't get on a pedestal if you paid him, so there's no need to knock him off it.
I hope you're right. Because, in season 8, when Spike arrived to the rescue, Joss did everything to avoid turning him into a Marty-Stu, but it was close.
I suspect your #3 will be closer to it.
Yes, I think that Joss wouldn't keep Spike in the picture just as a window dressing. If Spike hasn't left in his pretty bug ship, then Joss has plans for him. He loves Spike - and the more he loves the character, the more he tortures him.
As for Severin (assuming it is him), I don't think the gender of his victims is meant to be particularly significant. It's only an assumption that the previous bodies found were all female; when the detective says, "That's the third one this month" she might mean "Third body with no visible cause of death" rather than "Third female body with no visible cause of death."
"She's the third one this month".
Then again, maybe Cheung meant "she's the third locked room mystery" rather than "the third girl". (As usual, Joss leaves a lot to speculate about :))
I do wonder, though, if Severin is only slowly developing his powers: he's moving from being able to kill only one vampire at a time to whole groups of them.
Or maybe he becomes bolder. Or wanted to impress Buffy.
I hope you're right. Because, in season 8, when Spike arrived to the rescue, Joss did everything to avoid turning him into a Marty-Stu, but it was close.
I suspect your #3 will be closer to it.
Yes, I think that Joss wouldn't keep Spike in the picture just as a window dressing. If Spike hasn't left in his pretty bug ship, then Joss has plans for him. He loves Spike - and the more he loves the character, the more he tortures him.
As for Severin (assuming it is him), I don't think the gender of his victims is meant to be particularly significant. It's only an assumption that the previous bodies found were all female; when the detective says, "That's the third one this month" she might mean "Third body with no visible cause of death" rather than "Third female body with no visible cause of death."
"She's the third one this month".
Then again, maybe Cheung meant "she's the third locked room mystery" rather than "the third girl". (As usual, Joss leaves a lot to speculate about :))
I do wonder, though, if Severin is only slowly developing his powers: he's moving from being able to kill only one vampire at a time to whole groups of them.
Or maybe he becomes bolder. Or wanted to impress Buffy.
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