#i think i find spike a lot funnier and less annoying as a character when hes not being like. an edgy emo victorian incel @ buffy.

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that reminds me tho so okay in Buffy. vampires are a type of like, demon. right. no soul. all demon. tbey sometimes vaguely treat this like vampires are essentially...possessed dead bodies? i feel like thats how they treat Angelus kinda? as if hes a demon who is possessing Angel. but then they also treat it like they Are Still Who They Were As A Human, like Spike apparently being so profoundly impacted by being rejected by someone as a human. even tho he doesnt have his soul, when Buffy rejects him that same way this apparently cuts him to his core or something (forgive me, i dont have a lot of sympathy for him, especially here)

so im left kinda wondering like...what. is a vampire the same as the human, but just. idk turned evil?? when they get their soul back, like Angel did, what does that mean?? like impulse control? or human part no longer possessed by a dickish, separate, entity, horrified by all it has done?

#toy txt post #btvs #buffy the vampire slayer #vampires #vampire #basically: exactly how accountable am i holding angel for angelus's actions and words? #i think i find spike a lot funnier and less annoying as a character when hes not being like. an edgy emo victorian incel @ buffy. #i feel like if i had written this another day it would be worded better..