Not again. *sigh* Round and round we go again. (my personal last word on Season 6 is here so that I don't have to keep re-typing it!). I understand totally why all my fellow Spike fans get so frustrated by it but we do ourselves no favours by lashing out at people who disagree with us. We just end up cementing the - incorrect - image of the crazy Spike fans and give them an excuse to dismiss us our legitimate complaints.
Moscow, your letter was great at explaining that frustration. Thank you for that.
My own feeling is that if there is a strong purposeful story arc for Spike in season 8, then he should be there. If there isn't, then he shouldn't. I don't want him to appear just for a namecheck. I'm a Spuffy believer- always will be - but if they genuinely feel that relationship has no where to go, then I don't want mere half-hearted lipservice given to it.
Bangel ended because the writers painted themselves into a corner and had nowhere else to go with it. The shippers never got that and continually brought the batshit crazy because of it. I don't want us to be like them and the wording of some responses on those threads makes me worry that we're turning into them.
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Moscow, your letter was great at explaining that frustration. Thank you for that.
My own feeling is that if there is a strong purposeful story arc for Spike in season 8, then he should be there. If there isn't, then he shouldn't. I don't want him to appear just for a namecheck. I'm a Spuffy believer- always will be - but if they genuinely feel that relationship has no where to go, then I don't want mere half-hearted lipservice given to it.
Bangel ended because the writers painted themselves into a corner and had nowhere else to go with it. The shippers never got that and continually brought the batshit crazy because of it. I don't want us to be like them and the wording of some responses on those threads makes me worry that we're turning into them.