WitchHuntress
Townie
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- Aug 21, 2009
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Greetings, everyone! I'm new to this board and have only been a fan of Buffy for the last several months, but I've made it to the middle of Season Three and have grown into not only a full-fledged Rupert Giles fangirl, but a great fan of Spike as well.
Now, even though I'm nowhere near Season Five and have not see the episode "Crush" yet, I heard that this is the episode in which Spike offers to stake Drusilla in exchange for Buffy's love -- an offer which, of course, she refuses. I have to admit that I myself adore Spike and Drusilla together: she just brings out his sweet, caring, and vulnerable side so wonderfully, particularly in the earlier episodes of Season Two when she's too sick to take care of herself, much like the ensouled Angel often brings out Buffy's maternal streak in the earlier episodes of Season Three. Also, in contrast to Drusilla who easily casts him off in exchange for Angelus (or for a chaos demon!), Spike seems genuinely attached to her from the heart.
The biggest paradox, in fact, about Spike is that -- even though Angel is set up to be the great romantic vampire as opposed to Spike's badass vamp -- it is actually Spike who is the real Romantic. While Angel was debauching himself in Irish dens of iniquity, Spike as William was a young, earnest poet who, who did not fall in love easily but -- when in love -- loved very deeply. This romantic trait persists even in his vampiric, soulless state, causing him to become devoted to Drusilla and, later, to Buffy. It also causes him to hurt very deeply when Drusilla leaves him, as shown in "Lover's Walk" in Season Three.
The only way that I can imagine someone with Spike's personality going so far as to stake Drusilla for Buffy's sake, then, would be if Drusilla's betrayal had grown so great that their relationship had sort of crossed some sort of point of no return, causing Spike to feel as hostile towards her as he once loved her. So, my question for those who have made their way to Season Five and seen "Crush" is this: what happened between Spike and Drusilla that pushed him to this extreme measure?
Now, even though I'm nowhere near Season Five and have not see the episode "Crush" yet, I heard that this is the episode in which Spike offers to stake Drusilla in exchange for Buffy's love -- an offer which, of course, she refuses. I have to admit that I myself adore Spike and Drusilla together: she just brings out his sweet, caring, and vulnerable side so wonderfully, particularly in the earlier episodes of Season Two when she's too sick to take care of herself, much like the ensouled Angel often brings out Buffy's maternal streak in the earlier episodes of Season Three. Also, in contrast to Drusilla who easily casts him off in exchange for Angelus (or for a chaos demon!), Spike seems genuinely attached to her from the heart.
The biggest paradox, in fact, about Spike is that -- even though Angel is set up to be the great romantic vampire as opposed to Spike's badass vamp -- it is actually Spike who is the real Romantic. While Angel was debauching himself in Irish dens of iniquity, Spike as William was a young, earnest poet who, who did not fall in love easily but -- when in love -- loved very deeply. This romantic trait persists even in his vampiric, soulless state, causing him to become devoted to Drusilla and, later, to Buffy. It also causes him to hurt very deeply when Drusilla leaves him, as shown in "Lover's Walk" in Season Three.
The only way that I can imagine someone with Spike's personality going so far as to stake Drusilla for Buffy's sake, then, would be if Drusilla's betrayal had grown so great that their relationship had sort of crossed some sort of point of no return, causing Spike to feel as hostile towards her as he once loved her. So, my question for those who have made their way to Season Five and seen "Crush" is this: what happened between Spike and Drusilla that pushed him to this extreme measure?