Wanting to be good even when he was soulless? Spike really was unique in that regard.
Yes, he was. And, that's why I just don't understand the "Angel is Buffy's true love and they should be together forever" mindset. I've tried, and I just don't get it. It's not just a matter of personal preference for one guy over the other. It's the characters themselves. Buffy and Angel have grown so far apart, they really have nothing in common any longer, if they ever did. The things Angel experienced in LA have made him a completely different person vampire than the one Buffy "knew" in Sunnydale. She couldn't even understand why Angel wanted to help Faith. And, even if they got together in the future, there would always be the problem of his non-anchored soul (which can be removed by magical means, as shown in S4). Soulless Angel has absolutely NO desire to be souled. Period. He would never fight for his soul; that's been shown over and over again in canon. Spike, on the other hand, has the potential to really be Buffy's equal. It just seems like a no-brainer to me. Really, isn't that why people became Spuffy shippers in the first place?
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Date: 2008-06-14 01:48 am (UTC)Yes, he was. And, that's why I just don't understand the "Angel is Buffy's true love and they should be together forever" mindset. I've tried, and I just don't get it. It's not just a matter of personal preference for one guy over the other. It's the characters themselves. Buffy and Angel have grown so far apart, they really have nothing in common any longer, if they ever did. The things Angel experienced in LA have made him a completely different
personvampire than the one Buffy "knew" in Sunnydale. She couldn't even understand why Angel wanted to help Faith. And, even if they got together in the future, there would always be the problem of his non-anchored soul (which can be removed by magical means, as shown in S4). Soulless Angel has absolutely NO desire to be souled. Period. He would never fight for his soul; that's been shown over and over again in canon. Spike, on the other hand, has the potential to really be Buffy's equal. It just seems like a no-brainer to me. Really, isn't that why people became Spuffy shippers in the first place?