o the question is, does she really have independence yet, or are we still defining her by her relationship to Spike?
Buffy might be.
We don't know what she knows about Spike and Angel's team (I assume she does know because one, I don't think Andrew could really keep that secret, and two, the threesome fantasy she had of herself and Spike at the beginning of the comics...I don't know, I guess I just don't see someone imagining a threesome of one guy who's allegedly dead, even if he is your ex. It's kind of ooky IMHO). Even if she doesn't know, the fact that Spike essentially chose to die instead of leave with her, and not believe her "I love you," can't really be so great to someone who has abandonment issues. And if she does know that Spike was alive, and decided to not come find her, and more importantly, decided to stay with Angel no less, who Spike "hates" (I put that in quotes cause I'm sure Buffy would see it that way, though that isn't the case), that doesn't say very good things about her. And though this is all from a potentially selfish point of view, it's one that makes sense (to me).
That would explain the experimentation, because human or vampire--soulless or souled, she can't seem to keep a man. Or maybe Joss just thought it would heighten his whole "girl power" thing by having her sleep with one. At any rate, if there were to be a slayer equal for Buffy, it'd have been Faith and not Satsu, who hasn't been in the game a fraction as long as they have. I just don't see "slayer status" meaning equal. If that's the case, if it weren't for the spell in "Chosen," she never would have found an equal in her life (cept for Faith).
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Buffy might be.
We don't know what she knows about Spike and Angel's team (I assume she does know because one, I don't think Andrew could really keep that secret, and two, the threesome fantasy she had of herself and Spike at the beginning of the comics...I don't know, I guess I just don't see someone imagining a threesome of one guy who's allegedly dead, even if he is your ex. It's kind of ooky IMHO). Even if she doesn't know, the fact that Spike essentially chose to die instead of leave with her, and not believe her "I love you," can't really be so great to someone who has abandonment issues. And if she does know that Spike was alive, and decided to not come find her, and more importantly, decided to stay with Angel no less, who Spike "hates" (I put that in quotes cause I'm sure Buffy would see it that way, though that isn't the case), that doesn't say very good things about her. And though this is all from a potentially selfish point of view, it's one that makes sense (to me).
That would explain the experimentation, because human or vampire--soulless or souled, she can't seem to keep a man. Or maybe Joss just thought it would heighten his whole "girl power" thing by having her sleep with one. At any rate, if there were to be a slayer equal for Buffy, it'd have been Faith and not Satsu, who hasn't been in the game a fraction as long as they have. I just don't see "slayer status" meaning equal. If that's the case, if it weren't for the spell in "Chosen," she never would have found an equal in her life (cept for Faith).