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Here's a high definition version of the music video James posted yesterday! He has said that there are NO EFFECTS, just him with some face tightener and a touch of makeup. We could have had Spike! 😭
James only posting a Spike music video he filmed last month. We could have had this in the new Buffy! 😭
EDIT: Just to let you know, I've now posted the high definition Youtube video!
spuffy parallel
„I love you.” „No, you don’t.”
James Marsters at HeroFestival Marseille, Nov 2025. This man is not getting into shape to just record an audiobook!
So, I've noticed this ongoing argument on Reddit which goes as follows:
"Spuffy was toxic in season 6."
"Yes, but it was healthier in season 7 after he got a soul."
"No, it was codependent."
I think they base this on when Giles tells Buffy, "There's a connection. You rely on him, he relies on you. That's what's affecting your judgment," in the episode 'First Date.'
I decided to look up what exactly makes a codependent relationship and I have to say, that it could be argued that Buffy had codependent relationships with EVERYONE and they were quite happy for it to stay that way.
Let's break it down. A codependent relationship is where one person (the "caretaker") sacrifices their own needs and identity to fulfill the needs of another (the "taker"), who relies on this excessive support.
Buffy constantly does this, even to the point of sacrificing her own life and her friends just accept it. She's the Slayer, it's her duty, responsibility and identity. Buffy will save the day. Giles, especially, constantly reminds her of it.
The caretaker often neglects their own needs, desires, and identity, becoming defined by their role in serving the other person. Buffy is like this regardless of Spike because she is the Chosen One. She was like this long before season 7.
Difficulty setting boundaries is common, driven by a fear of disappointing others or causing conflict. Xander certainly doesn't respect her boundaries and Buffy always pushes herself because she doesn't want to disappoint (especially Giles.)
Buffy struggles to prioritize her own needs, or feels guilty for doing so. Especially when it comes to her choice of partners. Yet, she goes against her friend's disapproval in season 7 and says, openly, that she needs Spike.
She feels like she has to rescue or fix everyone's problems because she's the Slayer. She fears being alone or abandoned because of her father, Angel and Parker. She constantly forgives everyone and gives them second chances - not just Spike.
If anything, Spike reveals to Principal Wood in 'Lies My Parents Told Me' that he knows the mission and her duty as the Slayer will ALWAYS come first and he's okay with that. He has faith in her helping him, but doesn't take it for granted. He tells her to kill him when he's a danger and also offers to leave Sunnydale.
All I'm saying is, you can't blame Spike for Buffy's tendancy to be codependent. That started back in season 1 with her relationships with Giles and the Scoobies.
spike + messy, curly hair
I love his curls dearly
I don’t remember where exactly (pinterest, I guess?), but I once saw a comment saying that Buffy didn’t love Spike at the end of the show and only said “I love you” to comfort him.
And that feels so strange to me, because it completely goes against her character arc.
Buffy is afraid of opening her heart to people. Back in s4, she even talks to her mom about how it would be easier not to open up at all—just to avoid the pain.
Open your heart to someone, and he bails on you. Maybe it's easier to just not let anyone in. ("Fear Itself")
Because in the end, everyone leaves Buffy. To the people around her, she’s just a phase in their lives, not someone who stays part of it—and that hurts her deeply. So deeply that she ends up building armor around her heart and stops throwing words around carelessly.
But then something terrible happens—Joyce dies. And after going through the loss of the person dearest to her, Buffy realizes she never said those three little words to her mom.
And I loved her more than anything, and... I don't know if she knew. ("Intervention")
For her, the words “I love you” are the hardest thing to say. She forgot how to express what she really feels—and now it’s too late.
Maybe being the perfect slayer means being too hard to love at all. I already feel like I can hardly say the words. [...] Giles... I love you. Love, love, love, love, love.. ("Intervention")
And then comes the ending of s7. Buffy knows Spike is about to disappear—just like her mom did. But this time, she has the chance to speak—and she takes it.
I love you. ("Chosen")
To me, this isn’t just a moment of realizing her feelings for Spike and reconnecting with her inner fire.
It’s one of the moments she was able to open her heart again and honestly say how she feels out loud. The moment her love was stronger than the fear of what might happen if she says about it directly.
The fact that Spike didn’t believe her—that’s his reaction, shaped by his own experience throughout the show. But the fact is—now he knows how she feels. Because Buffy didn’t hint at it—she said it outright.
That’s why I don’t think it was just about comforting a dying man. Because “I love you” means way too much to Buffy for her to say it lightly.
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I can be alone with you here.
I've been thinking about Buffy and Angel's kiss in S7 Chosen (which is blatant fan service) and her conversations with him and Spike afterwards. Something struck me about how differently she deals with both of them.
When Angel asks her if it's because of Spike and is he her boyfriend, she tells him outright that it's none of his business. He asks her if she loves him and she says he's different, he has a soul. She defends Spike. Then she makes the Dawson remark, he says, "Aha! Boyfriend!" and she, quite rightly, says he isn't (because they aren't in an official relationship) but he is in her heart.
Then we get the cookie dough speech and that she's not thinking that far ahead. He hands her the amulet and starts to leave. He is so done with that conversation as he's been rejected. She relents and softens the blow by saying she does sometimes think that far ahead, but it'll be a long time coming, IF EVER.
In contrast, when Spike tells her he saw her kissing Angel, she goes on the defensive. Awkwardly tells him it was just a hello. That there were no tongues and that he's gone. No "Is that your business?" statement with him, she tries to reassure him instead.
She then hands him the amulet and calls him a champion before telling him that Faith still has her room (unsubtle hint that she wants to spend the night with him!) He says no, she accepts it and then is relieved when he stops her from leaving. Later we see her tenderly stroking his arm as they lie in bed.
On their final night before the battle, she goes down to the basement and they stand and face each other. It then fades to black and we all know what a fade to black means. Buffy may be cookie dough and not think about the future, but in the present her choice is clear and that choice is Spike.
I'm really trying to not read too much into this, but...
Ryan Kiera Armstrong (the new slayer) is only following 3 BtVS cast members on Instagram that I can find:
- Sarah Michelle Gellar
- David Boreanaz
- James Marsters (his old account)
Now, she followed DB after he commented on SMG's post announcing her as the new slayer and said, "Congratulations and Welcome! Enjoy the ride." I can't find this comment anymore so has it been deleted?
JM didn't comment so why would she be following him? Juliet Landau and Charisma Carpenter also commented, but she's not following them. I can't find Alyson Hannigan either.
Am I going crazy? Has she just followed James to keep us guessing?
After recent skirmishes on Reddit, I have come to the conclusion that Spike haters can't accept that he didn't go to get his chip removed, but intended to get his soul all along, because that would mean having to accept that Spike did something that Angelus was incapable of doing.
They can quote Angel saying, "Heard it was just to get into a girl's pants," to try and cheapen it all they want (which is why Angel said it). The fact is, he did it out of sheer remorse for Seeing Red and to be the kind of man Buffy deserved, which is chivalrous.
Not only was Angelus incapable of doing it, but he wouldn't have even thought to do it in the first place, as Season 2 proves. His love for Buffy wasn't strong enough to fight the demon inside him, as Angel fully knows. Spike's love was.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER — 7x16: Storyteller.
I've just rewatched Season 6 and Episode 15, As You Were, intrigues me. Not just because Spike as the Doctor and Riley and Sam's relationship timeline makes no sense at all, but also because Doug Petrie wrote it and he gave us Fool For Love and Beneath You.
What really interests me though, is Todd's dialogue in the Doublemeat Palace, so I'm going to break it down.
First of all, he talks about how job security boils down to politics and if you don't learn that it's wham! Hello glass ceiling. Now politics can mean a number of things: a debate between parties having power, activities aimed at improving someone's status, or increasing power within an organisation. A glass ceiling is an unacknowledged barrier to advancement in a profession.
Then he says that at the Doublemeat Palace you have to keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. He starts to say "It's like Machiavelli says", but doesn't finish. Machiavelli is famous for writing the political treatise The Prince, which encourages the "end justifies the means" behaviour. It concentrates on the possibility of a "new prince" and what he must do to stabilise his newfound power.
The next day, Todd talks about how even the best political minds can drop the ball and zeitgeist! You're not taking the pulse of the public and the next thing you know, LBJ is handing the house keys over to Nixon. This bit is especially interesting as a zeitgeist is the defining spirit or mood of a particular era. LBJ is Lyndon B Johnson, the President before Richard Nixon.
So what does all of this mean? Is Spike the "new prince"? His popularity had sky rocketed around Season 4, he was the zeitgeist. The pulse of the public wanted Riley (LBJ) out and Spike (Nixon) in. But Spike is an evil, soulless vampire. He is the enemy. Buffy could never be with someone like that in the long run. That is his glass ceiling and prevents his advancement. Regaining his soul is the end that justifies the means (Seeing Red which is 4 episodes later.)
I now view this episode as not only the start of Buffy's recovery, but Doug letting us know why Spike had to do what he was about to do.
script to screen: s6e9 | smashed written by: drew z. greenberg
Am I overthinking this? In quick succession, SMG has announced the new slayer, posted a new photo of her and Alyson and now this story thanking James. Are we supposed to be following the breadcrumbs?
