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gh-0-stcup · 2 years ago

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Kittens are just something demons trade with each other. It's a food source and seemingly a delicacy, so it has value to them. But they still need actual money for housing, clothing, transportation, entertainment, liquor, human food, etc.

Vampires get by in those aspects of life by stealing from their victims - taking their clothes, vehicles, squatting in their homes when possible, and of course taking actual cash they find on them. Post-chip Spike and Angel both struggle when this method of survival is taken from them. They now need money for blood from a butcher shop* as well as for material things that give their lives a measure of dignity and enjoyment.

*It's implied Angel was stealing human blood from hospitals at least up until season 2, Spike was likely doing the same when possible.

Spike with his whole schtick with making money in Season 4 is always odd to me. Is it just that he subconsciously wants to be human so bad? Is it an excuse to fit in with the Scoobs? Is it that he wants to buy as many of those onion flower things and spicy buffalo wings at the Bronze as possible?

Why does he even need money? Mortal money at that. Aren’t the kittens enough for him? I’m so confused.

I can’t be the only one that finds it extremely ironic that an undead person has to make a mortal living.

#kittens are not demon currency - it's just a thing that poker group is gambling for #(and it's a pun that i can't remember the explanation for)#the kittens were likely purchased with actual cash and can presumably be exchanged for cash #they're apparently tasty to a wide variety of demons so if spike got enough he could get somebody to buy them for a pretty penny #as far as why spike wants cash in particular - he drinks and smokes and yes loves wings & blooming onions #non human blood is canonically much less tasty to vamps and probably having to drink his gross food from a mug all the time gets boring #he adds things to his blood for texture and supplements with tasty human food to make up for not being able to bite anymore #there's also makeup; nail polish; clothing; and accessories that he enjoys because his style is a very important part of him #he has a car so he needs gas and a way to pay a mechanic if it breaks down (it's harder to just intimidate them into working for free)#and he has to furnish and decorate his crypt #those ten thousand candles aren't just gonna buy themselves #he'd probably enjoy furniture that doesn't smell like garbage #btvs

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