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Okay!

So anythingbutgrey asked me for some Spike/Buffy perspective, and my answer got long. Uh...realllllly long. So I'm moving it to this post instead of a reply because that just wasn't going to happen.

All of this is very, very stream-of-conciousness for me, so all of y'all feel free to jump in when I miss something (as I invariably will).

Here was her question:

also, i have been learning all about spuffy! and am now going to totally hijack the discussion on this post. i am well drenched in meta and discussion. also my own brain. which is starting to realize that there are more than a few parallels between spuffy and c/a, but still can't make the jump. i have established a list of blocks in this regard, and would like your assistance:

1. i don't really have an opinion on spike. spuffy is very much about spike. from my perspective.
2. i don't really like dark and twisty ships? i know, wes/lilah otp but i don't see them as as dark as most people do?
3. i just need buffy's perspective on this. when i think spuffy i think spike fans who hate buffy. i know you love buffy. tell me about youuuu.
4. i should probably rewatch s5-7, but oh look there are my ats dvds.

And here are some of my off-the-cuff thoughts!

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Gah. I'm such a loser. Oh well. At least I have something to start with for my het_reccers manifesto!