HushSarah
Scorpio Slayer
I've been thinking about this for a long time and I believe I've come to the conclusion on something that has been bugging me since 2002 up until my recent rewatch.
What was the reason behind Spike being over-saturated in Season 6?
Was Joss listening to the Spike/Spuffy stans online too much or did he really want Spike/Spuffy to be more front and center for the entirety of the season?
I was a huge Spike fan from Season 2 & 4, and even I thought he was everywhere this season. It seemed like the more Spike was included in the A plots, the more mature, almost soft core porn the show had gotten which felt derailing. And I understand that Joss had some reservations about bringing the show back, which explains S7 being mostly phoned in, but it seemed like Buffy wasn't important unless she was attached to Spike. I am a Spike fan, but it feels like a chocolate bar to me. If I eat it too much I start to get sick from the taste. I didn't think I would but I did feel myself rolling my eyes at the writers plugging him into situations where it wasn't always necessary. Where Buffy could have opened up to her friends more than a vampire obsessed with her.
Obviously, they couldn't bring Angel back and they needed Buffy to have a love interest, but did Spike need to have a prominent presence in every aspect of Buffy's life? Was this a sort of "realistic" approach the writers were going for with his character? As much as I love him, he got irritating and shoe-honed after a while, halfway through the season, I remember shouting at my TV for a lot of the second half of the season.
Maybe it's just me feeling this way, but every time I re-watch the season I get irked with a bitter taste in my mouth whenever Spike's name or scene comes up in the final seasons.
What was the reason behind Spike being over-saturated in Season 6?
Was Joss listening to the Spike/Spuffy stans online too much or did he really want Spike/Spuffy to be more front and center for the entirety of the season?
I was a huge Spike fan from Season 2 & 4, and even I thought he was everywhere this season. It seemed like the more Spike was included in the A plots, the more mature, almost soft core porn the show had gotten which felt derailing. And I understand that Joss had some reservations about bringing the show back, which explains S7 being mostly phoned in, but it seemed like Buffy wasn't important unless she was attached to Spike. I am a Spike fan, but it feels like a chocolate bar to me. If I eat it too much I start to get sick from the taste. I didn't think I would but I did feel myself rolling my eyes at the writers plugging him into situations where it wasn't always necessary. Where Buffy could have opened up to her friends more than a vampire obsessed with her.
Obviously, they couldn't bring Angel back and they needed Buffy to have a love interest, but did Spike need to have a prominent presence in every aspect of Buffy's life? Was this a sort of "realistic" approach the writers were going for with his character? As much as I love him, he got irritating and shoe-honed after a while, halfway through the season, I remember shouting at my TV for a lot of the second half of the season.
Maybe it's just me feeling this way, but every time I re-watch the season I get irked with a bitter taste in my mouth whenever Spike's name or scene comes up in the final seasons.