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Eric Northman going “ohhh nooo Sookie I am going to die you must suck these super conveniently placed silver bullets out of my neck and pecks” and sookie being like “I fucking hate you, you r so gross” and then sucking them out anyways, and then complaining about it in disgust later is so Buffy and Spike coded it is making my soul light up with delight #SPUFFYREINCARNATED
Manifesting a perfect blue type episode for Eric and sookie soooo hard!! Pls pls have a witch make them think they should get married pleazeeeeeee
Also shoutout to that heartfelt conversation with Jason and Bill earlier in the episode where Jason says “was it good for you?” And bill says “it was fine” like hello Gay Sex?
I’m watching true blood and just got to season 2 episode 2 and oh my god Eric Northman with short hair it’s like Spike has come back to me I feel so at home here in southern vampire land <3
I love my bleach blonde vampires who annoy the shit out of the dark brooding vampire SOOOO MUCHHHH FUCKKK. Spike and Eric Northman I love u guys so much!!! I hope Eric gets wayyy more screen time!!!!
(yes I am watching true blood because of Alexander Skarzgard)
spike and eric mentioned 😭🩷so important to me
spike ‘love’s bitch / fool for love’ and buffy ‘you love with all of your soul it’s brighter than the fire’… the two characters with the greatest capacity for love… loving each other? well that’s just neat
Bangel doesn’t work for me personally (although yes I understand the appeal believe me) because individually they are pretty great but when they come together they both become the - ordered a burger with no pickles but got pickles - person in the relationship but they’re both so weepy and awkward together that neither of them are the “he/she said no pickles!” Person.
But with Angel/Cordelia we all know Cordelia would say he said no pickles and with Spike/Buffy they would both say it perhaps in unison and with Faith/Buffy they might also both say it but it would most likely be Faith.
The point is a relationship where they both sit there with pickles on their burgers crying to each other about it just ain’t fun for them or for us to watch.
Oh an Riley would also say no pickles but for faux-chivalrous reasons but at least he’d say it
I’m cuttin’ you off.
two of my favorite things about true blood are
a) how vampires are normal people. some are rich, well-dressed elites and some are goth/punk and some are rednecks and some are regular suburban normies. those who are alluringly attractive were already like that in life. lonely and self-esteemed deprived people become lonely and self-esteem deprived vampires.
b) they made vampirism a very on-the-nose allegory for racism and homophobia but still didn't shy away from depicting actual racism and homophobia. erasing real-life issues to replace them with the human/vampire divide would've been a shit move and instead they said yes. this is the deep south. you will see a confederate flag in the bar of a guy who is by all accounts not a racist because the culture there is deeply ingrained in a way that's hard to describe to outsiders. the black and gay characters will have arcs that go well beyond their race and sexuality but they will also explicitly face discrimination for those parts of themselves. congressmen will get on TV and deride vampires with the exact same rhetoric real-life politicians use against immigrants while also condemning queer people in the same sentence.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and interpretations, but a lot of opinions I see on Spike feel like they’re undermining the entire point of his character.
Spike thematically represents morally grey areas. He’s not the simple black and white worldview that Buffy has as a young teen. It’s not good vs evil. It’s not Angel vs Angelus. Spike truly is evil, and sometimes he truly is good. Canonically he has done countless reprehensible, immoral, disgusting things. But he also supports Buffy. He cares for Dawn. He would sacrifice himself for either of them in a heartbeat. He tries to do better. Some of that is rooted in selfish reasons and some of it isn’t.
My main point is that Spike isn’t simple. That is the entire point of his character. He’s a representation of Buffy growing up and having to face that morality is a lot more complex and confusing than you want it to be.
When people defend him so much that they pretend he hasn’t done anything wrong, it erases why he’s a good character. It erases everything he represents and all the work he puts in to grow. So many of the opinions I see on Spike are “he’s done nothing wrong” or “he’s purely evil no one should like him”. It’s ironic that people have very reductionist views of him. The whole point is that he forces Buffy, and you as the viewer, to think about moral grey areas. To make you uncomfortable. Because we want morality to be simple. The older you get the more you realize it isn’t.
The fact that people have that reaction to him kind of shows how incredible the writing is and how much he truly embodies that theme. He’s there to make you uncomfortable and force you to think about moral grey areas - and fans try to simplify him to make themselves comfortable. Including me sometimes! It’s a completely normal and human reaction. And it’s why he’s a great character.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - 6x12
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SPIKE PRATT & BUFFY SUMMERS — 6.03, “After Life”
one of the best first kisses ever imo
I’d see it all again… do something different. Faster or more clever, you know? Dozens of times, lots of different ways. Every night I save you.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 01.05 Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
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