Have to admit, I read that, thought, bet the Bangels are going to run with it, and forgot about it. I mean, I don't like it, but in a way I'm just pleased to discover that Joss endorsed the season 10 Spuffy relationship, as I'm sure there are some out there convinced it's all been done behind his back and he would never go there
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All I can say to that is that given what Gage said in his Q&A after A&F :spit: 20, I get the feeling he doesn't really consider a relationship a proper relationship if it doesn't include sex, so it may well be that he just doesn't see season 7 Spuffy as a relationship at all.
I don't really care what Gage thinks, to be honest. It's that a relationship with souled Spike would make her uncomfortable and Joss's apparent acceptance of it. 'Cause in the context of S7 and what he claimed we were supposed to be seeing there, it doesn't make a lick of sense that it would make her uncomfortable.
It also suggests they're going to go that ridiculous route that she's going to go into Spike's head and be appalled, possibly putting a strain/ending the relationship because of it. Again, absolutely stupid.
But more than anything it's another attempt at making S7 unhappen.
But more than anything it's another attempt at making S7 unhappen.
I do completely get that. I'll have to think of a way to frame the question for Gage in such a way as to find out if Joss really said that the way it sounds or not.
To be fair, I think that when most people say "relationship" they're thinking about a romantic relationship with a sexual component. S7 Spuffy wouldn't qualify for many people. (I know, Joss said it was romantic but not sexual, but I think Joss was just trying to have his cake and eat it too.)
I could see it making her incredibly uncomfortable, actually, because I don't think Buffy's really able to open up to anyone any longer. People keep saying "But they were like X in S7!" but it's been several years for the characters, and Buffy's been through even more crappy experiences, and going with the most charitable interpretation of her S8 actions, she was deeply hurt and angered by Spike not telling her he was back from the dead, and spent quite a while trying to convince herself and him that she didn't care any longer. And Spike's life hasn't been a walk in the park, either.
I still expect them to torpedo the relationship before the season ends, but I never expected the writers to allow them to get together at all. :P
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I don't really care what Gage thinks, to be honest. It's that a relationship with souled Spike would make her uncomfortable and Joss's apparent acceptance of it. 'Cause in the context of S7 and what he claimed we were supposed to be seeing there, it doesn't make a lick of sense that it would make her uncomfortable.
It also suggests they're going to go that ridiculous route that she's going to go into Spike's head and be appalled, possibly putting a strain/ending the relationship because of it. Again, absolutely stupid.
But more than anything it's another attempt at making S7 unhappen.
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I do completely get that. I'll have to think of a way to frame the question for Gage in such a way as to find out if Joss really said that the way it sounds or not.
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I could see it making her incredibly uncomfortable, actually, because I don't think Buffy's really able to open up to anyone any longer. People keep saying "But they were like X in S7!" but it's been several years for the characters, and Buffy's been through even more crappy experiences, and going with the most charitable interpretation of her S8 actions, she was deeply hurt and angered by Spike not telling her he was back from the dead, and spent quite a while trying to convince herself and him that she didn't care any longer. And Spike's life hasn't been a walk in the park, either.
I still expect them to torpedo the relationship before the season ends, but I never expected the writers to allow them to get together at all. :P
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