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Spike "Do you trust me?" Buffy "Never"

also Buffy "My sister means more to me than the entire world and I'm worried about her safety so I'm going to have Spike protect her"

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ok i don't necessarily headcanon spike as a transgender man. because he isn't. he is cisgender and that is fine because there's nothing wrong with that 😌. HOWEVER. there is a version of the show in my brain where everything is exactly the same except he is trans (and gnc but primarily trans). and literally even the dialogue is the same but it means something slightly different now. "i know i'm a monster, but you treat me like a man" "to be a kind of man" etc

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i just think buffy would be a lot more whimsical if she had more lollipops. she loved those pre-slaying and at least during season one. give her some lollipops !!!!!!!!!

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RIP Tara you wouldn't have kicked Buffy out of her own house.

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Hearing Tara sing about being bathed in light because now she's on Willow's side while Willow is starting to fall into darkness will always break my heart

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imagining an alternate timeline where shakespeare wrote a play about king arthur. we would be so unwell

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last night I saw someone talk about who they'd like to see in the new Buffy but they couldn't come up with a British actor that would fit the Giles role and it's been knocking around my brain all day because I also can't come up with one

then it hit me, the new watcher shouldn't be a British actor. It should be a British actress. It should be Kate Winslet

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revisiting some old slayage pieces to write this thing (one of the reasons i keep not being able to finish, is i start another one and immediately want to integrate it). i’ll list out all of them at the end of the post, but these have been some of my favorites for anyone curious:

Queer Eye of that Vampire Guy: Spike and the Aesthetics of Camp

Double Trouble: Gothic Shadows and Self-Discovery in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

“Love’s Bitch but Man Enough to Admit It”: Spike’s Hybridized Gender

“Solving Problems with Sharp Objects”: Female Empowerment, Sex and Violence in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The Summers House as Domestic Space in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

“Normal Again” and “The Harvest”: The Subversion and Triumph of Realism in Buffy

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hey, did you know that the world is a better place because of your creations and art and writing, no matter how niche or how many people see it

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I wish we had more scenes with Spike and the Scoobies, because he was a love interest that had the potential to really integrate with the group. Give me Spike and Giles reminiscing about English stuff and the good music from the 70s and 80s. Give me Spike and Anya swapping demon stories and adventures over their long lives and stupid human things. Give me Spike and Dawn playing silly games and teasing each other and grossing each other out with what they like to eat. Give me Spike and Tara connecting after Tara lost her mind and he knew how to interact with her because he knows how to handle madness with kindness. Give me Spike and Willow absolutely calling each other out for their screwups but having respect for the other's capabilities and dedication to help. Give me Spike and Joyce watching “Passions” together and catching up. Give me Spike and Xander snark that doesn’t always end with Xander claiming he’s an evil soulless hellbeast. Give me more than the inconsistency that we had of such minor moments.

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Bisexuals! Please write more bi4bi stories!!

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one of my favourite past times is reading through scripts of an episode of TV (usually Buffy) to unlock some hidden knowledge of the intention of the writers.

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you're forever in my heart, my sweet (Spike's grown curls from Lessons)

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happy birthday to my one and only favourite bisexual of the ages, William Shakespeare.

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she just sent me her location bruh wtf is this

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i think one of the positive side effects of the writers' room being divided over spike and spuffy is that nothing about spuffy feels forced, or too easy, or like fan service at any point. it's the opposite of that - the long wait means more character development and a more layered dynamic, and all the hurdles make the love feel earned. that makes for a much more compelling relationship than 'we've had a grand total of three conversations and it so happens that i love you.'