Really? It took a long time for Buffy to move past what Spike did in SR. And it took Spike making an incredible life-changing act of amends before she truly accepted him back into her life.
Buffy also understands intinctively that Spike is a good man inside without needing to be walked through it step by step. :-)
Again see above by how long it took Buffy to return to accepting Spike. And no, no one led her step by step except the writers who slowly and carefully showed her reemerging trust in Spike step by slow step.
I love how the AR means Spike/Buffy sex was a no-go in Season 7, but Angel putting on a mask and terrorizing Buffy, demoralizing her with the deaths of her followers means OMG THEY SHOULD SPACEFRAK.
Your two examples are not the same. And the glaring differences are exactly why fans are balking. Because of 1) the immediacy of Buffy jumping Angel's glowstick and 2) the lack of action to prove Angel's version (as compared to the actions of Spike fighting and winning back his soul). Buffy forgiving Spike took time and his demonstration of penance--neither of which are evident in #34 when Angel is unmasked and Buffy goes wild and sexcrazy.
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Date: 2010-08-29 05:31 pm (UTC)Buffy also understands intinctively that Spike is a good man inside without needing to be walked through it step by step. :-)
Again see above by how long it took Buffy to return to accepting Spike. And no, no one led her step by step except the writers who slowly and carefully showed her reemerging trust in Spike step by slow step.
I love how the AR means Spike/Buffy sex was a no-go in Season 7, but Angel putting on a mask and terrorizing Buffy, demoralizing her with the deaths of her followers means OMG THEY SHOULD SPACEFRAK.
Your two examples are not the same. And the glaring differences are exactly why fans are balking. Because of 1) the immediacy of Buffy jumping Angel's glowstick and 2) the lack of action to prove Angel's version (as compared to the actions of Spike fighting and winning back his soul). Buffy forgiving Spike took time and his demonstration of penance--neither of which are evident in #34 when Angel is unmasked and Buffy goes wild and sexcrazy.