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Date Posted: 16:57:25 08/15/05 Mon
Author: Rosie
Author Host/IP: 170.97.167.60
Subject: Re: Angel had the same problem, too
In reply to: Eurydice 's message, "Angel had the same problem, too" on 19:32:51 08/13/05 Sat

"Spike saw Buffy as the Goddess Slayer who must be worshipped and Angel saw her as the Child Slayer who must be protected."

I don't know about Angel, but I find it VERY hard to believe that Spike viewed Buffy as some Goddess Slayer. As much as he had loved her, Spike's view of Buffy could be brutally honest and forthright. And this opinion that he viewed her as a "goddess" doesn't jibe with his comments in "Touched" that he had "seen the best and the worst of her"; and that she was "one hell of a woman".

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> One doesn't have to be blind to worship -- Eurydice, 19:02:39 08/15/05 Mon [1] (141.154.22.57)

And if you take a look at some of the Greek gods, they weren't all sweetness and light. They had some pretty serious dark sides - people saw the best and worst of them and they still worshipped.

Yes, Spike has been brutally honest with Buffy - other times he's been brutally deceitful. Theirs has been a complex relationship. But regardless, Spike has always followed Buffy's lead. I think that was the point of him being the only one to stay loyal despite her mistakes and imperious behavior - everything he did he did for Buffy. And that's what makes his final sacrifice so important - he finally did something for himself. Of course, then he had to backslide a bit on Ats so the writers could make room for a couple more epiphanies.


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