#I swear Xander said exactly 3 lines in the whole show that werent annoying

[yuukicyan]

Just finished watching Buffy (I used to catch it after school but didn't pay full attention) and I loved it. It's faulty but I love it. Here I am missing it already, and with the need to talk about a couple of thoughts I want out of my head.

I love Spike. The character, the aesthethic, the movements, the music taste, what drives him, his empathy and emotional intelligence.

I hate convenience writing. I hate the infamous bathroom scene. Because it's violent of course, pretty sure unnecessary, and completely out of characters (yes, multiple characters). No spoilers or details ahead, but if you know you know.

Xander was written to make something like that but it was the nineties so the Nice Guy was still considered a sympathethic character. The antagonists are written and do that and somehow portrayed in a less graphic way. Soulless Angel probably did it and they kind of show in some flashbacks behaviours. Buffy could have done it considering the whole season emotional progression. Spike just doesn't make sense.

A scene written to go from point A to point B without a road in the middle. This is not the only instance when it happens (another one in season 7 is pretty blatantly obvious) but I wanted to focus on this one and since I'm not a stickler for canon I'm just rewriting the story in my head in a way that actually makes sense.

End of blurt, let's go print a Spike poster and focus on my next fixation.

#I wonder why I always identify with what are called monsters #spike is the best #I love anya a lot too #they wronged her too #Im just missing them a lot now #James Marsters was incredible #like his mannerisms and whole interpretation was chefs kiss #and I hope Buffy gets to be her own cookie #I swear Xander said exactly 3 lines in the whole show that werent annoying #also Willow became a second righteous Xander ugh #seriously they wrote some stuff just to give Wil and Xander ammunition to their self-righteousness #shame what emerged later about the show runner #mood #buffy the vampire slayer #tv show