And Buffy's line "No, Spike, it's going to hurt a lot"? Sends chills down my spine every time I hear it.
Angel telling us that Spike's primary trait is that he doesn't give up.
The first thing we learn about Spike is that he's an unsouled demon who can love. Contrasts with the Angelus we're going to meet in mid-season.
And all the stuff you say.
And that's just School Hard.
Skip ahead to Becoming: How is it not total foreshadowing of my theory that Spike is the one who helps Buffy stop the apocalypse that Angel started? And there's plenty between those two episodes. And that's just season two.
But my official position is just that however it came about the text can be read as though this were intended -- not that it was actually intended.
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Date: 2009-01-30 07:01 pm (UTC)Angel telling us that Spike's primary trait is that he doesn't give up.
The first thing we learn about Spike is that he's an unsouled demon who can love. Contrasts with the Angelus we're going to meet in mid-season.
And all the stuff you say.
And that's just School Hard.
Skip ahead to Becoming: How is it not total foreshadowing of my theory that Spike is the one who helps Buffy stop the apocalypse that Angel started? And there's plenty between those two episodes. And that's just season two.
But my official position is just that however it came about the text can be read as though this were intended -- not that it was actually intended.