#william the bloody awful poet

[its-a-livie]

Ok but think of this trio forming a book club

[iamnotathornbird]

aiight so i've been obsessing thinking about fictional character crushes for a minute now, because tbh i don't like this lusty obsessive hyperfixation bc it just gives me this weird desperate sad longing feeling in my gut (i think it's knowing that 1. this crush is not going anywhere, ever, for multiple reasons, and 2. namely the fact that they are not real) that i'd rather not feel.

anyways.

i figured it out what sets it off, and the three big ones (spike, peeta mellark & eddie qavvik) all give their love interests this one look at some point. it's this look that conveys adoration, and love, and not really asking for anything in return (at least not in that moment) and it just gets me like 😳😤🤩😍

[sunnydaleherald]

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[iamnotathornbird]

[girl4music]

I don’t want to say Cordy makes Angel happy because we all know that’s a no no. He can’t be happy. But he is brighter as a person. Radiant. Dare I even use William the Bloody Awful Poet’s own term? Yeah I think I’m gonna… Around her he is Effulgent.

And it just makes a hell of a difference to him as a person, as a character. Constant broody, moping, miserable, guilt-ridden, self-hating, self-contemptuous, pained Angel is not fun to watch. Sure - his mission is about redemption but take it from another brooding dark stoic character whose mission is also about redemption - Xena was never this depressing of a character throughout the entirety of her show. Why does Angel need to be?

A character that comes into their lives that helps these two tortured, hopeless people find a light in themselves by being their light is the whole point to a redemption arc because you can’t receive a redemption if you can’t allow yourself it. For Xena, that person was Gabrielle. For Angel, that person is Cordy. A vampire burdened with a conscience and were he ever to feel even one ounce of happiness, revert back to the soulless evil monster he once was is not an ideal situation but not everything has to be doom and gloom. And with Cordy around - it won’t be because there is no danger it will tip the scale. She knows she needs to be careful and cautious around him in a way Buffy never truly understood because Buffy is the Slayer. Fighting evil vampires and demons is her unwanted “destiny”, it wasn’t something she “wanted” to do because she “chose” it. Cordelia is different. She’s chosen this life - this path. Even more so now she’s become part-demon. Of course it’s not entirely the same but now she’s his equal partner she can provide for him and be a light in the dark. This matters. This balances the scale. This is the whole point to what she’s there for. She’s there for him.

[folksy]

angel has so much will if I were him and spike was constantly calling me slurs and derogatory terms that basically amount to “effeminate man” or being “overly sentimental” I’d bring up his past as william the bloody awful poet

[faggotwalkwithme]

THAT'S ALSO SPIKE?!

The name Spike makes sense for Edgelord Prince of Darkness guy in the last gif but THE GUY WHO LOOKS LIKE AN 18TH CENTURY AUTHOR? THE POOREST LITTLE MEOW MEOW??

What is the context for this I have to know now

OKOK LOL SO

spike’s a vampire right so he got his nickname because he used to torture his victims with a railroad spike? but his real name is william so that probably clears it up:) he changed his name so that he sounded cooler and abandoned the nickname he was dubbed by others

something funny though before he got the nickname spike he was known as william the bloody, and this was before he was a vampire it was short for william the bloody awful poet :3

[iamnotathornbird]

you ever see a ship you love so much and saying "i ship them" isn't enough. like no you don't understand they give me mental illness

[airheadsbites]

“what can i tell you baby? i’ve always been bad” cut to a pathetic lovesick poet who can’t come up with a word that rhymes with gleaming. he’s called william the bloody because of his bloody awful poetry.

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[winepresswrath]

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[iamnotathornbird]

yes yes characters doomed by the narrative always slap BUT what about characters saved by the narrative? characters who have already given up hope and don't know they have a happy ending? characters who believe they are a lost cause, characters who feel irredeemable, characters who think there's nothing left for them, but the narrative does provide a way out? what about the characters who don't expect anything good, who don't even remember how to wish for it anymore, who get the things they need anyway? what about the characters who actively run from being saved getting saved in a way they can't stop or control. what about being saved by the narrative!!!

[sleepyhomosexual]

thinking of a spike x buffy role switch where william the bloody awful poet (affectionate, i'm being mean because he's pathetic and i love him) is a vampire slayer, really jumpy and scared etc. and buffy is a badass, wears spikes leather jacket and is a vampire and so spike is trying to slay buffy

[sunnydaleherald]

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[girl4music]

Can men be lesbians? In reality… probably not since a “lesbian” is wholly defined as a female homosexual.

In fiction? Hell yes because fiction is representation.

The thing with being a lesbian is that it’s not just a sexuality. It’s a whole damn aesthetic and some actual characters that identify as male in art/entertainment do have that aesthetic and possess the qualities and traits of what you would typically have of a lesbian. It’s a stereotype, don’t get me wrong. But it’s used often enough in fiction and art/entertainment that it’s a thing. Take Spike for example. Now, to me, his whole vibe just screams out “repressed lesbian” because he undergoes an entire character arc of performing something he thinks he should or must be but actually isn’t. That of an evil thing only. A beast. A monster. But when push comes to shove is really just a hapless, scorned pathetic loser with the kindest and most compassionate heart. In his human lifetime as William Pratt he gets nicknamed “William the Bloody” not because he kills people but because he kills poetry. He is a “bloody awful poet” and he takes that insult to heart so much to the point where he rebrands himself when he becomes a vampire. With the help of Druscilla who sires him and moulds his world anew, he turns his unfortunate nickname into one that actually is because he kills people. And he becomes “William the Bloody” because he is an evil thing only. A beast. A monster. But one that only exists and is created because he was treated so cruelly himself and not because his inherent nature and identity is evil because he is now a vampire - a demon with no soul.

Why does this make me view him as a repressed lesbian? What does any of this have to do with queerness at all? Well, in much the same way that Buffy’s Slayerism is a metaphor/allegory for being or feeling queer, Spike’s vampirism is a metaphor/allegory for performing that of which doesn’t fit quite right and is only a costume one is wearing to protect themselves from feeling like nothing but a weakling and a loser. Very much like Willow. A performance and projection of evil but is nowhere near that in actuality. Spike represses a part of him that is the foundation for everything that he is and that he becomes; William Pratt. And with the help of The Fanged Four fashions an identity that is only the armor for his vulnerability. It all depends on what external influence he has how he acts because he is like a wounded animal incarcerated. Animals are genuinely the most passionate and loyal of creatures - but they do bite you if you hurt them or something they care about. They will do what they can to survive, feed off the blood and the meat and marrow of other creatures and are insanely and fiercely protective of their own.

‘Fool For Love’ practically tells you everything you need to know about Spike through his backstory because his backstory is HIS backstory. It doesn’t belong to some separate human entity that died that he, as a demon, now possesses and assumes the identity of. William IS that of the same entity of that of which IS Spike. They are the same conscious entity. Spike IS the human and IS the demon simultaneously. Everything we get with Spike is informed by William and everything we get with William creates Spike. The “evil demon” that “sets up shop” in the body doesn’t exist because it is not a possession. It’s an evolution. Which is why when he gets his soul, we don’t get William Pratt back. We just get Spike with a soul. No different from the entity that was when there wasn’t one besides a change of perspective in morality. But very much the same exact person as soulless Spike because the soul is just an internal moral compass. It’s just a conscience and nothing more than that really. However, the inherent nature and identity that was William is so strong and so encompassing within Spike (because he is the same entity as William) that it was possible Spike could become good without a soul. It would be extremely difficult for him yes, because he didn’t know the difference between right and wrong on his own. He didn’t have Jiminy Cricket within him. But he did possess a human psyche that was good. His consciousness is what would have helped him eventually evolve into a selfless and empathetic being because he already possessed those traits and qualities anyway. He already was capable of doing good just as much as he was capable of doing evil and were he treated with kindness and respect from the Scoobies - would have had more opportunity to override his demonic nature and cultivate his human. And I absolutely refuse to believe that he couldn’t because as far as I’m concerned, the only damn thing that made the difference was who was in his company.

And besides from all of that - just fucking LOOK AT HIM. The bleach blonde hair, the nail polish, the eyes. Tell me he doesn’t look like the most feminine male there is and the most masculine female there is. I’m sorry to involve the stereotypes but you cannot tell me that this is not what they were going for with his characterization when they began to conceive him.