Tag: spike

drusillathekiller:

I have a lot of thoughts about this scene.

1. We know from Fool For Love that Nikki never begged for her life. Now, this is almost certainly the result of a simple continuity error, but I like to think of it more as a happy accident because it fits so well with Spike’s character to lie about that. Fool For Love shows us that so much of the image he built up over the years was exactly that; an image. An attempt to leave behind the mediocrity of his human life and be the man Drusilla wanted him to be. It makes way too much sense that Spike would brag about a slayer begging for mercy when really she went down fighting, with Spike only being able to defeat her through sheer dumb luck. 
2. “I’ll make it quick. It won’t hurt a bit.” “No, Spike. It’s gonna hurt a lot.” Again, as Spike was never intended to become as central to the story as he did (he wasn’t supposed to last more than five episodes, yet alone the whole series), I realise this is yet another happy accident…But in light of the wild ride these two go on – the years and years of trying to kill each other and saving each other’s lives and falling in love and watching each other die – it’s hard not to view this exchange in a whole new context retrospectively. I love that.
3. Is it bad that I still find Spike kind of attractive when he has his demon face on? It’s probably quite bad, isn’t it?