I thought it was perfect. I didn't read that much farther past the first to responses to your post, but I didn't see anything new. You hit the main button on the head, which was that Spike's coolness was all a front, for a man/vampire who was never quite what he wanted to be. I have no idea where or how the guy you were responding to managed to miss that completely. Other than, perhaps he identifies with Xander and let that influence how he views Spike?