#or about only colluding spike out of necessity

[sunnydalebimbo]

I know Spike is still technically evil in season 6, but it makes no sense, emotionally or narratively, to have the Scoobies still be so hostile/suspicious of Spike post-Buffy’s resurrection, especially after them seeing how capable of humanity Spike was in the month’s Buffy was dead. If Spike’s love for Buffy was only obsession, he wouldn’t have stuck around, and he certainly wouldn’t have been so good even to his own detriment. Because Spike had no idea that the Scoobies were planning to bring Buffy back. As far as he knew, Buffy was gone forever, and yet he still tried to protect Buffy’s loved ones over a promise he made. Even if they don’t trust Spike to do the right thing out of love longterm, it still doesn’t make sense that they’d go from trusting Spike to regularly take care of Dawn, to considering him to entirely be a threat. Clearly some bonding, some sliver of deep-down realization that maybe Spike can be good, or at least not evil, occurred during this time, and it so incredibly irks me that Spike’s relationship with the Scoobies not only doesn’t strengthen, but even regresses back to the point it was at before the end of Season 5.

#what he never drank with anya or comforted willow or talked about greif with tara??? #they didn’t at all bond in that time #becuase the gang goes from mostly trusting spike to pretty thoroughly ousting him #maybe it had to due with their guilt #or about only colluding spike out of necessity #but it seems pretty odd to just suddenly completely not trust him again #like shut up #he’s part of this found family now #rant ish #buffy the vampire slayer #spike