#the writers were not foreshadowing anything and you know how they loveee to foreshadow

[buffysummers]

Tbh while shipping Bangel, I saw some potential with Spuffy in season 2 even. Like at the end where they made an alliance, I know it’s enemy of my enemy is my friend kind of thing…but I went “ohh????….hm” and season 4 was cute. I like some of their scenes like when they sat together when Buffy was upset bc Joyce was sick, and his speech at the end of season 7, etc. but the problem is they did nasty stuff with the Buffy sexbot, the torture porn, the attempted rape, and I’m sorry but he did not “get his soul for her”. They had potential, good scenes, good moments, but they ruined it and made a piss poor attempt at a redemption arc if you could even call it that.

But did you only see potential because you knew what happens later on in the series? Because so many people go into the show knowing Spuffy eventually becomes a thing, so they’re looking for little subtle hints in the earlier seasons, when there aren’t any. The writers did not plan this, it wasn’t like a slow burn that built over seasons where the writers had a plan mapped out. 

They just made it randomly happen because they wanted to keep Spike on the show in season five and they didn’t really know how, and then in season six, from a storytelling perspective, it made sense. 

The alliance in season two was a smart move from both of them, there weren’t any ulterior motives. I mean, *maybe* from Spike, because he was always attracted to her, but definitely not from Buffy. They have that great frenemy energy that they have in season four as well. But if I had no idea they got together, and I watched the season two finale, and someone told me they get together, I would think they were lying.