SpikeObsession!

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First, due to circumstances beyond my control, I didn't get to watch tonight's new ep. Sigh. I mean, okay, I should stop trying to catch S7 when I haven't seen S4, S5, or S6, but still.

So, as I was saying earlier, I rewatched the S2 two-part ender, all about Angel's past and stuff, and now I know that he survived on very little blood for quite a long time. I mean, I'm sure Whistler was being facetious when he said, "a rat a month" but certainly we were to understand Angel was on the verge of starvation for a long, long time.

I'm not sure about the whole soul thing, though. I mean, can the soul control the demon? Is that why possession of same made Angel willing to starve for decades? Or does he do it from sheer strength of will because of the memory of the horrors he'd committed? That's a lot of willpower. I'm not sure, if I was starving, if I'd have been able to resist getting a decent meal for decades on end, okay? Maybe I would have, I don't know, but still. That whole Donner party thing comes to mind and yes, apparently the buffet was deceased in that case, but….

The whole soul thing is a mystery to me. I like the idea that a vampire can get their soul back, though. It opens up potential.

And, of course, rewatching these episodes and less distracted by Spike's beauty, I listened more closely to what he was saying. That whole speech about how most vampires are all "big talk" but don't really want Armageddon made sense. Fits in with the whole "lost boys" mythos that so much of this version of vampirism seems to be based on.

Plus which, Spike looked prrretty while he was saying it all. Heh. I liked him when he was whomping on Drusilla, too. I wonder if she shows back up again?

I think Spike and Buffy are cute together, but it's more of a "traditional" pairing than Spike with the psychotic Drusilla, so consequently a less-interesting pairing dramatically.

As I said before, I didn't get to see/tape this week's episode, but I did see most of last week's and I noticed two things.

#1 - Spike. Pretty.
#2 - Spike. Doing very little except staring moon-eyed at Buffy and watching her back. Lap dog. Borrring.

I do fear seeing how they go about leashing Spike. Seems to me that the show can't but get more "ordinary" if all of the "bad guys" are either killed or have their rough edges smoothed over so that they can join the white-hats, you know?

And this thing of everyone falling in love with Buffy got old by S3. I can't believe they're still doing it in S7.

Someone sent me a link to a site that appears to have a lot of backstory, discussion, and links to other BtVS sites on it. I bookmarked it but haven't had time to read yet. Actually, I looked, but the first thing I found was a discussion board that seemed to be more involved with saying, "hi! I'm post number fifteen!" than with discussion the show, so I decided it would have to wait until I had more time.

In any case, now that I have access to the information I requested, I'm remarkably reluctant to go ahead and dig into it. Maybe I'm happier speculating in a vacuum? Ignorance is bliss when you're in my brain. Maybe I'm sort of afraid to see what's been happening for the last season or two?