#Buffy and Spike

[sarcasmisfluffy]

#spike #buffy and spike #spike btvs #btvs #buffy summers #buffy the vampire slayer

[kryptiqa]

6x13 Dead Things

One of Spuffy’s most tender kisses <3 Buffy dreams of having Spike in her bed without the fear of her friends judging her for it. Spike may have not done the spell to physically resurrect her, but he was the only one who could resurrect her spirit, he gave her the *fire back*

#spuffy #spike and buffy #buffy and spike #buffy #buffy the vampire slayer #buffyverse #btvs

[littlenastieswewhispered]

#spuffy #btvs #embarrassing freak couple #buffy #buffy and spike #spike and buffy #btvs text post #my text posts #btvs memes #to be hers #he is in my heart #i believe in you spike #you’re the one buffy #btvs s7

[raisedbythetv89]

James Marster’s tv career is so hysterical to me. Like his goal was just like I NEED MONEY FOR MY CHILD I MUST PROVIDE FOR HIM. Like not caring what job he gets just as long as it’s a job that pays. He watches THE PACK of all episodes and is immediately like oh this show is brilliant I’m so excited for my audition. Gets it and then plays Spike more likable than written just to try and extend this paycheck for as long as he can and he ends up becoming one of the most developed and long running characters and a fucking world wide phenomenon that is still so beloved 20 years later 😹 like his goal was to make money to support his kid and he accidentally becomes an icon in the process 💀

#spuffy #spike btvs #buffy the vampire slayer #buffy and spike #james marsters

[killingyellow]

buffy's musical episode "once more, with feeling", premiered 22 years ago today. considered one of the best of the series, this episode is the reason why other shows have had musical episodes. iconic.

buffy the vampire slayer | 6x07 | once more, with feeling

#buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #once more with feeling #buffy the musical #buffy summers #buffy and spike #willow and tara #willow rosenberg #tara mclay #scooby gang #season 6 #dawn summers #spike btvs #spike #s06e07

[pmlrosenberg]

he’s so pathetic (i’m madly in love with him)

#buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #buffy #buffy and spike #spike and buffy #spike buffy #spike #william pratt #william the bloody #buffyverse #buffy fandom #buffy rewatch #spike btvs

[alfapratt]

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER | Season 10

Love Dares You (part 2) - #12

#btvs #spuffy #buffy the vampire slayer #buffy #william pratt #btvs comics #buffy comics #buffy summers #btvs spuffy #spuffy comics #spike #buffy and spike #buffy x spike #btvs spike #spike btvs #spike and buffy #spike buffy #spike x buffy #william the bloody #btvs season 10 #btvs s10 #mine

[desicat-writer]

Spike: *sipping out of a World's Greatest Brother mug*

Buffy: where did you get that?

Spike: Dawn gave it to me

Dawn: I did not

Spike *slamming his mug down*: I DESERVE IT

#buffy the vampire slayer #incorrect buffy #buffy and spike #spike and dawn #spike btvs #dawn btvs #buffy btvs

[spuffybot]

Crush is such a good episode. Like seriously…

1. The parallels between Dawn and Buffy are amazing. The way Dawns crush on Spike mirrors Buffy’s crush on Angel. Buffy was already a Slayer at Dawns age. By the time she met Angel she’d lost so much of her childhood. Falling in love with a 100+ year old vampire seems plausible. Dawn, not so much. We see her crush as amusing and cute but we know it’ll never happen. And not just because Spike is enamored with Buffy, but because Dawn gets to be a child. Dawns youth and innocence have been protected. It feels icky and wrong to think of her with this grown man. Buffy never had the luxury of being a child, of being protected.

2. The way Buffy genuinely has no idea Spike likes her. It’s so quintessentially Buffy. Her little “huh” when Dawn points it out is gold. Especially since this is AFTER Spike shows up at the Bronze just to “hang out”.

3. Spikes wardrobe. UGH. It’s perfect. The way he plays with lighter colors to show his commitment to the light. The way he puts his whole body into everything that he does. The way clothing is linked to identity for him. His entire look is crafted to express himself and he manipulates that expression to suit his needs and his feelings.

4. The dynamic between Spike / Dru / Buffy when he has them tied up in the basement. Honestly this is a top tier performance from Juliet Landau. Her comedic timing is on point. And James Marsters is giving it his all. He’s giving creepy stalker / deluded serial killer / “but I’m a nice guy” vibes and it is flawless.

5. Speaking of James’s performance, even though this is very much Spike at his most deluded and still mostly evil self, he gives us subtle glimpses at the true change that is to come. The way he softens with Dawn and Joyce. The genuine hurt on his face when he realizes Buffy has revoked his invitation. The way he immediately unchains Buffy and levels up at her side to fight the moment the danger to her becomes real. He never pushes it too far, you still read his crush as comical and absurd, you still know Spike is evil, but in the context of what is to come…these touches add so much depth.

6. “You were sleeping the sleep of the knocked unconscious” might be one of my most quoted lines in the entire series. I say this a lot because it’s just such a good line.

7. HARMONY. Ugh the way she comes in and shoots Spike and cat fights him. She never fails to make me laugh.

8. The moment where Buffy and Spike stand side by side, allies again, ready to take on Dru and Harmony if need be. It’s so perfect. This is their relationship at its core. From the end of season 2 to the end of season 7. Hate or love, friends or enemies, these two will stand together and fight.

9. Xander laughing about Spikes crush. This moment of lightness from Xander broke my heart a little bit. Buffy’s death breaks everyone but it steals Xanders joy and belief that everything will be ok. Season 5 Xander is still capable of seeing the funny in Spike loving Buffy. Season 6+ Xander can only see the danger.

I could go on and on but these are probably my top moments.

#buffy the vampire slayer #spuffy #spike #btvs #buffy #spike and buffy #buffy summers #crush #buffy season 5 #vampire #buffy and spike #william the bloody

[spuffyalways94]

100% true spuffy always

#btvs #spuffy #buffy #angel #riley #buffy the vampire slayer #buffy spike #spike #buffy and spike

[buffylife]

#spuffy #btvs #buffy the vampire slayer #buffy and spike #buffygifs #spuffygifs #spike #james marsters #my:gifs #sarah michelle gellar #btvsgifs

[sarcasmisfluffy]

#spike btvs #btvs spike #spike #buffy and spike #james marsters

[kryptiqa]

their journey >>>

#buffy the vampire slayer #spuffy #btvs #buffy summers #spike btvs #buffy and spike #buffy x spike #spike x buffy #enemies to lovers

[littlenastieswewhispered]

#embarrassing freak couple #spuffy #buffy and spike #spike and buffy #btvs #my text posts #btvs text post #to be hers #he is in my heart #you’re the one buffy

[raisedbythetv89]

Ok ooooook OK SO.

Spike was literally made for Buffy because he was made for and by Drusilla, and Buffy and Dru are the same person:

Innocent, kind-hearted young girls, with special gifts that cause them to carry more guilt/burden than others and they are used/abused/traumatized by angelus/angel, then neglected and abandoned, with Spike being there to pick up the pieces and nurture, care for, and love them the best he can to help them move past their angel trauma (which is actually an impossible task with Drusilla because of the sire aspect but isn’t with Buffy)

WHICH is why I believe William’s first act as a vampire was to try and save his mother. He was literally created to be Dru’s knight. Not only her protector but her healer. Which is why his first instinct when it should be all about blood lust is instead, to heal his mother who he still loves even as a vampire. I mean even Dru, a certified nutcase, is like you wanna do WHAT?!?! When Spike tells her his plan to save his mom😹

This is also why I believe angel trying to mold Spike into his image never really took or rather Spike was able to break free from it. Angel was created by darla for the intent of death, torment and destruction.

Spike was created to care for and love Dru. Which required an OBSCENE amount of patience, determination, humility, and love of a challenge. Which is why he was so intrigued by slayers, another seemingly impossible task - but the joy/fun was in the TRYING, the thrill of the unknown and the unpredictability of it all. Which are all the traits he needed to be there for both Dru and Buffy while also ensuring he never gives up on them as long as they want him there, and then some lol.

IM FREAKING OUT ABOUT THIS

Because also this is soooooo not where I planned on going with this but “I was made to love you” episode title is now drawing in the connection of, is this why Spike didn’t initially see the problem with the Buffy-Bot until he saw the reaction of Buffy herself who often acts as his moral compass as he relearns what is “good” after 100+ years living by vamp code because him AS A HUMAN, in his vulnerable, dejected and devastated state was killed and made into a vampire for the sole purpose of loving and caring for Drusilla selflessly, without regard for himself, much like the bots were!! So why would he see the harm in creating something like that for himself when no one was going to die in the process and it meant he could stop fixating in the real buffy? Both of which to a vamp who’s only been trying to live by human morals again for like 14 episodes vs 120 years with NO help just trial and erroring his way through becoming a white hat which his starting point is “I would like credit for not taking advantage of bleeding disaster victims” and “what do you mean building a shrine to show how deep my devotion is and chaining you up, offering to kill my ex, and forcing you to talk to me and admit your feelings aren’t the way to do this??” 😹😹😹 like he gets it so wrong, it’s comical in season 5 because he truly is so earnest about all of it because while yes it is all for a chance with Buffy, he genuinely wants to be better for her so he can earn that chance. As he says to Riley “a fellas gotta try” after saying he doesn’t think he has a chance with her.

He was an Eleanore who desperately needed his Chidi. Which Buffy is his moral compass but she ends up being a “let them fail/push them into the deep end” kind of guide. So he makes A LOT of mistakes along the way as many of us often do in general but especially those of us who were raised by abusive parents; who in our adulthood, have to learn to discern what is healthy vs abusive to be a good person to both yourself and others and be in actual healthy relationships with boundaries and respect with zero practical experience or good instincts to go on.

NONE of this excuses any harm that Spike causes at all. That is not the point of this to say “oh he didn’t really do bad”, no he did. Spike caused a lot of harm but this perspective that I’ve finally been able to put into words is why none of the harm ends up being a deal breaker for me and many spuffys because it puts his choices in the right perspective which is not that of a human even though he looks like one a lot of the time.

Spike pre-soul, making the mistakes he makes isn’t the same as a human or a vamp with a human soul making the mistakes because he doesn’t have his human soul motivating and informing the decisions he makes. It really mimics different cultures in a lot of ways as anya really demonstrates during her wedding with all her talk of demon culture and tradition (and her own struggles to assimilate into the human world again and she HAS a human soul and xander to help her) and the initiative being VERY n*zi coded and Riley being called a bigot because he is ignorant to much of demonology. So un-souled spike has a more potential for forgiveness of his mistakes than human soul havers because he is always genuinely TRYING to do right by Buffy even when he gets it horribly wrong. And the characters in the show always hold him accountable and make him feel TERRIBLE for the mistakes he makes.

Why does he have such potential for forgiveness you ask? The best example is to think of the concept of someone trying to assimilate themselves into a new culture. We can’t expect them to blend right in perfectly and get all the culture norms right, right away (again -anya-but also a real life example - when I travel in Italy and catch up with friends there I STILL always stumble and forget they’re always gonna go in for a double cheek kiss greeting - pre covid anyway - and I KNOW it’s a thing but if I’m out of practice it takes me a while to start greeting people that way again and it makes for some AWKWARD ENCOUNTERS until I get it down😹). It takes time, and normally guidance and patience from others that spike honestly doesn’t often have except in the form of being yelled at or beat up until he gets his soul. But his willingness to TRY anyways despite failure, rejection, ridicule and cruelty. How can I not love him?? He is me, I am him!! I was also met with so much unhelpful criticism and cruelty when I was just trying to learn and do a good job.

Both as someone who is autistic and didn’t know it for a lot of life; I too felt like I was blundering through without a guide or a rule book and I was sure I was making mistakes because people would get upset but I had NO help identifying what exactly I did wrong or what to do instead. So I knew I was messing up but had to keep guessing and trying anyway and getting it wrong again and again!

And as someone raised by an emotionally distant/abusive narcissist, navigating healthy relationships became even MORE difficult and I made a lot of bad choices along the way that landed me in some awful relationships much like what spike and Buffy devolve into towards the end of season 6 because both of them are up stream without a paddle when it comes to healthy relationships, healthy coping mechanisms, and communication. They know pain, avoidance, fighting, torment, and ecstasy from always living in extremes and life or death situations (notice Buffy struggles the most in the season with no threat of the apocalypse until the last two episodes - season 6 - which is SO common for people with trauma, you really fall apart when things are low stakes)

It’s why the tenderness and gentleness of season 7 means SO MUCH. Both of them experiencing these tiny pockets of true peace with each other after everything they’ve been through individually and together. Experiencing true peace like we see from them is one of the hardest things to accomplish if you have severe trauma.

I’m always really happy when I can digest these complex themes enough to communicate why I love them so much and why they’re so important to me. The fact that this show had so much in-fighting amongst the writers and misogynists trying to make spike pathetic and accidentally making him one of the most complex characters, plus episodes based specifically on neurodivergent/queer peoples’ traumatic coming of age experiences because the parallels are SO strong there no way they’re not lol. This all means I can probably spend the rest of my life dissecting the layers of this show and learning about myself in the process and always find something new 🙃🙃🙃 and clearly I love all aspects of spuffy so god damn much as they each embody a big part of my life experiences in so many beautiful yet tragic ways.

#spuffy #buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #spike and buffy #spike and drusilla #spike btvs #buffy and spike #meta #spuffy meta #sprusilla meta

[kingbuffy]

I like to think Buffy and Spike have picnics together during overcast.

#btvs #buffy summers #spuffy #spike btvs #buffy and spike