BtVS S9 #7 - The relationship part

[rebcake]

If you're not interested in parsing the comics, I don't blame you a bit, and this is probably not going to be your thing.

People who do read the comics seem fairly happy with one point in this issue: Spike came clean about his feelings for Buffy. To her face, even! Possibly.

Comments

[gryfndor_godess]

That's such a nice story about your daughter! It's so great you can share BtVS like that.

I really like your points about Buffy and the comparison to Angel in S2. I'm not sure I'm quite as annoyed at Buffy as you are, because I can understand why she would want to know the truth (especially since he didn't contact after after dying- her shock kind of makes sense in that light), but I was definitely irked by some of her behavior. What got me the most was her attitude on the ship about his inability to be normal. :/

I feel so uncomfortable during "Crush," too! For half of it I feel sorry for Spike (and I can't stand the secondhand humiliation), and the other half I'm cringing because his behavior toward her is so inappropriate that I feel like I shouldn't feel sorry for him at all.

[rebcake]

Heh. It's hard to be really annoyed with Buffy when she's just found out she's a de-armed robot. I'd class my feelings about her as "disappointed". I'm giving myself a Joyce vibe over here. ;-)

It's true that Buffy has good reasons to doubt Spike's feelings (if she's blind), so I can see her being somewhat, um, blindsided by this new knowledge. I just wish she'd said, "I've heard some things, Spike, and I don't want to put you on the spot but I think we need to talk. About our feelings. Oh god."

Yeah, Crush makes me all squirmy in the not-fun way. :D