I was watching the first half of season 4 a while back and I was just shocked at how many times there were details that foreshadowed that Buffy was going to end up with Spike, or that suggested that we should view Spike and Riley as rivals.
"It's okay. You did a good thing for your friend. Did uh, you and he use to go out...?"
:)
I just remembered this quote, by the way, which would seem to suggest that Buffy hasn't bridged the gap between her human side and her demonic side (hence the "I'll be gentle this time. I can be gentle", I guess):
Interviewer: After Buffy slept with another slayer [in Season 8] who had feelings for her despite knowing she couldn't return those feelings, some fans have commented this seems strange because Buffy has had so many bad experiences with being used or using someone for sex (such as Spike). What do you say to that? Joss Whedon: It's something she's suffered from for a long time. Being a slayer and having sort of a bad run of it, she's the sort of person who has trouble connecting with people. [Her encounter with the slayer] wasn't abusive and twisted the way the Spike thing was, and actually it was quite sweet -- but ever since Angel turned on her, she's never really been the same. But it isn't just that. It's also who she is, her relationship with her father and the fact of finding out she was a slayer when she was 15. She just feels a separateness from the people around her that she hasn't been able to overcome.
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"It's okay. You did a good thing for your friend. Did uh, you and he use to go out...?"
:)
I just remembered this quote, by the way, which would seem to suggest that Buffy hasn't bridged the gap between her human side and her demonic side (hence the "I'll be gentle this time. I can be gentle", I guess):
Interviewer: After Buffy slept with another slayer [in Season 8] who had feelings for her despite knowing she couldn't return those feelings, some fans have commented this seems strange because Buffy has had so many bad experiences with being used or using someone for sex (such as Spike). What do you say to that?
Joss Whedon: It's something she's suffered from for a long time. Being a slayer and having sort of a bad run of it, she's the sort of person who has trouble connecting with people. [Her encounter with the slayer] wasn't abusive and twisted the way the Spike thing was, and actually it was quite sweet -- but ever since Angel turned on her, she's never really been the same.
But it isn't just that. It's also who she is, her relationship with her father and the fact of finding out she was a slayer when she was 15. She just feels a separateness from the people around her that she hasn't been able to overcome.