Ah, silly extroverts. My pet peeve is the assumption that introversion necessarily equals "shyness". I'm not shy. But I'm often quiet in large groups. I abhor when people act like I'm shy or tell me I should mingle more. No. No, I don't want to. I'm just chilling. I have nothing really to add, but if I did, I would say it. Fuck off.
Anyway, where was I?
Ah, I'm not really a Buffy or a Spike. I'm a Willow (Okay, with a bit of Buffy in me). But I loves Buffy and Spike, and I can grok their viewpoint pretty easily.
I think it's interesting to compare how Buffy expresses emotions in the later seasons with how she does so in S2. In S2, she is incredibly effusive and emotional. Her running, in tears, to Angel in Surprise after she has a dream of him dying. That is what we think about girls in love. It's kinda the cliche.
But in S7? We don't get that. Buffy's closed off, and we, instead, get her quietly supportive attitude. The looks. The actions. She doesn't waste time talking the talk because she's busy walking the walk. Oh hai, guys, I could speechify about my great love for Spike but Ima gonna go off and rescue him now instead, kk?
While I may be Willow most of the time, Buffy's later approach to emotion and relationships mirrors my own, for the most part. I'm reserved about my feelings. Even now that I'm in a relationship, it's something that's between me and him. I don't display it to the world. There's no need. Across the room, he can look at me and smile, and I know that he loves me.
That's where I see Buffy and Spike in S7. They're private. They don't need to show off their relationship to others because it's something that belongs to them. I do think there is some hesitation in S7 as far as where their relationship might go, and that's compounded by the fact that they're in a war situation. But the relationship is there for me. I can't not see it.
And I rambled. But I'm stopping now to go to class. I'll read the comments after that. :)
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Ah, silly extroverts. My pet peeve is the assumption that introversion necessarily equals "shyness". I'm not shy. But I'm often quiet in large groups. I abhor when people act like I'm shy or tell me I should mingle more. No. No, I don't want to. I'm just chilling. I have nothing really to add, but if I did, I would say it. Fuck off.
Anyway, where was I?
Ah, I'm not really a Buffy or a Spike. I'm a Willow (Okay, with a bit of Buffy in me). But I loves Buffy and Spike, and I can grok their viewpoint pretty easily.
I think it's interesting to compare how Buffy expresses emotions in the later seasons with how she does so in S2. In S2, she is incredibly effusive and emotional. Her running, in tears, to Angel in Surprise after she has a dream of him dying. That is what we think about girls in love. It's kinda the cliche.
But in S7? We don't get that. Buffy's closed off, and we, instead, get her quietly supportive attitude. The looks. The actions. She doesn't waste time talking the talk because she's busy walking the walk. Oh hai, guys, I could speechify about my great love for Spike but Ima gonna go off and rescue him now instead, kk?
While I may be Willow most of the time, Buffy's later approach to emotion and relationships mirrors my own, for the most part. I'm reserved about my feelings. Even now that I'm in a relationship, it's something that's between me and him. I don't display it to the world. There's no need. Across the room, he can look at me and smile, and I know that he loves me.
That's where I see Buffy and Spike in S7. They're private. They don't need to show off their relationship to others because it's something that belongs to them. I do think there is some hesitation in S7 as far as where their relationship might go, and that's compounded by the fact that they're in a war situation. But the relationship is there for me. I can't not see it.
And I rambled. But I'm stopping now to go to class. I'll read the comments after that. :)