Vampire Invitation

[white avenger]

Maybe this has been asked before and I just missed it, but why, after the events of "Seeing Red" didn't Buffy have Willow reinstate the dis-invite spell keeping Spike out of her home? Granted, Clem told her that Spike had left town, but they both knew that he would be returning.

 

[Tueuse de Vampires]

Buffy probably knew Spike wouldn't be doing it again. And it was not like one season earlier, when he was just annoying her to death with his feelings, they actually had something this season. Even though Buffy never wanted to admit it, she was somehow attached to Spike, and I guess that's how. And it wasn't like with Angel when he turned into Angelus, because Spike was still no risk for others because of his chip. And well, most of the time Buffy could handle herself.
On top of that, let's look what happened after 'Seeing red'. We had Willow going evil and getting lost in magic, and then her in England. By the time she was back and could've performed a spell it was all more or less forgotten, plus Spike was crazy in the basement, so no real threat anymore.

 

[eunsoma]

mmm, also, I don't think she really wanted to reveal the extent of what happened because she would have had to detail she and spike's relationship throughout the past year - which I'm not sure she did. It seemed like she skimmed over the part about having any feelings and only admitted to the fact that they'd been sleeping together. Buffy also knew that Willow wasn't doing magicks anymore (right up until the end of 'Seeing Red' anyway), so I don't think she wanted to ask her to cast a spell.

 

[Spuffy is true love]

I don't think she would have uninvited spike mainly b/c he was not threat to anyone, but her, and she can take care of herself. But if she was to have willow do a spell S.S. is right. Willow was not herself and off in England. But I ask this, Willow did the first uninvite Spell in season 2. She was only starting off in magick. And with Dawn's wanting to Bring Joyce back in season 5.......don't you think that if Buffy really wanted Spike out that she could have asked Dawn to do it. Or Xander, he summoned Suite in OMWF (supposedly) There could have been any number of people she could have asked, but she didn't want to do it b/c Spike was part of their Family. Maybe the Disfunctional one, but still part of the Family, just think of the ending scene in the episode Family, they were all there..........Spike included

 

[palabravampiress]

Yeah. She also took Dawn to Spike's for safe keeping almost immediately thereafter. I don't think she wanted to dis-invite him, either.

I think it takes awhile to go from seeing someone as a friend and confidant to seeing that same person as an extreme threat. Also, I think the course of their relationship made Buffy feel guilty and cuplable -- even more than the guilt that most sexual assualt victims feel. I think part of her was in denial, part of her blamed herself, and part of her just wasn't ready to see Spike in that light yet (or again, I mean). I think she knew that when she did, she'd have to kill him, and I don't think she was ready to do that just then.

 

[InsaneMystic]

And with Dawn's wanting to Bring Joyce back in season 5.......don't you think that if Buffy really wanted Spike out that she could have asked Dawn to do it.

Umm... if you really consider it possible for a moment that Buffy would ask DAWN to perform a spell, I'm not sure whether we've been watching the same show. :wink: