Gum Gnome33
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I've always been so intrigued by this micro-scene between Spike and Dru in Passion, and I haven't seen it discussed here. Giles is attacking Angelus and the two of them are looking on--Dru wants to fight, too. It's one of those "blink and you miss it" moments but to me it speaks volumes.
Why would an old master vamp care at all whether it was "fair" for Drusilla to go in and "help" Angelus kill Giles? Buffy isn't in the scene yet, so it isn't a matter of safety. And he uses the word "fair" as if there is some sort of ethical code among vampires regarding fighting, (which we can pretty much assume there isn't). So what's going on?
-Is it because Spike already has feelings for Buffy? Certainly it isn't much longer until Dru confronts him about his feelings in front of that drippy antler-demon. So is that the motivation behind this? On some level, Spike doesn't want Giles to die because he doesn't want Buffy to lose him? Probably he has no idea that he feels this way, but if Dru could sense it just a few months later it would make sense that he feels it, here.
-Is it simply because Spike loves the idea of a good fight and doesn't see any value in an easy kill? And in this case, "no fair" really means "no fun?" I'm tempted to think this isn't the case because "fair" was used for a reason. I really think we are supposed to pay attention to the fact that a vampire is using the word "fair."
Anyway, I'm wondering if the point of this interaction is to tell us something about how Spike feels about Buffy, (which of course we will only understand in retrospect--certainly not at the time), how he feels about fighting/killing in general, or his overall humanity --is it simply another example of how much of it he has retained, as he goes around declaring that something is unfair, or that he loves Drusilla?
Any thoughts?
I've always been so intrigued by this micro-scene between Spike and Dru in Passion, and I haven't seen it discussed here. Giles is attacking Angelus and the two of them are looking on--Dru wants to fight, too. It's one of those "blink and you miss it" moments but to me it speaks volumes.
Why would an old master vamp care at all whether it was "fair" for Drusilla to go in and "help" Angelus kill Giles? Buffy isn't in the scene yet, so it isn't a matter of safety. And he uses the word "fair" as if there is some sort of ethical code among vampires regarding fighting, (which we can pretty much assume there isn't). So what's going on?
-Is it because Spike already has feelings for Buffy? Certainly it isn't much longer until Dru confronts him about his feelings in front of that drippy antler-demon. So is that the motivation behind this? On some level, Spike doesn't want Giles to die because he doesn't want Buffy to lose him? Probably he has no idea that he feels this way, but if Dru could sense it just a few months later it would make sense that he feels it, here.
-Is it simply because Spike loves the idea of a good fight and doesn't see any value in an easy kill? And in this case, "no fair" really means "no fun?" I'm tempted to think this isn't the case because "fair" was used for a reason. I really think we are supposed to pay attention to the fact that a vampire is using the word "fair."
Anyway, I'm wondering if the point of this interaction is to tell us something about how Spike feels about Buffy, (which of course we will only understand in retrospect--certainly not at the time), how he feels about fighting/killing in general, or his overall humanity --is it simply another example of how much of it he has retained, as he goes around declaring that something is unfair, or that he loves Drusilla?
Any thoughts?
