[I’ve read recently that for years Jane Espenson had a note taped to her wall that said that Buffy has sex dreams about Spike.] That makes a lot of sense, and adds to the whole "protesting too much" we get in s4 and s5.
One example of many is Something Blue when it is exactly Buffy’s fear of being attracted to the dark Spike that moves her from utterly indifferent to Riley to thinking that’s a direction she wants to go. This too feeds into the "protesting too much--flee in the opposite direction out of desperation" deal.
Also, I don't remember where I read it, but for a show that didn't know what they were doing with Spike in s4, it's pretty interesting that we got "I Will Remember You" and "Something Blue" on the same night, where Angel has oodles of sex with Buffy and rejects that reality, and Spike gets the deep romantic love in SB and embraces it fully (an inverse of the two actual relationships--Angel got one night and a near three year romantic love, and Spike got one night of "being close" and oodles of sex). Another inverse upon many that was established early on.
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That makes a lot of sense, and adds to the whole "protesting too much" we get in s4 and s5.
This too feeds into the "protesting too much--flee in the opposite direction out of desperation" deal.
Also, I don't remember where I read it, but for a show that didn't know what they were doing with Spike in s4, it's pretty interesting that we got "I Will Remember You" and "Something Blue" on the same night, where Angel has oodles of sex with Buffy and rejects that reality, and Spike gets the deep romantic love in SB and embraces it fully (an inverse of the two actual relationships--Angel got one night and a near three year romantic love, and Spike got one night of "being close" and oodles of sex). Another inverse upon many that was established early on.
Great insights.