THE RETURN OF THE RANT

He spelt Bollocks right Shocked woohoo Very Happy

and er yeah i feel all guilty now for being a spuffyier in season 6 Embarassed

i blame my hormones Wink

Fluff taught me how to spell 'Bollocks' right, by the way. Which is why she's mentioning that particular word right now. Wink

She's so proud. Laughing

Thats the fucking worlds bigest image-as-post ever, Wretch!

Me likey the Rant, and I have to agree with everything that Matt said. He pretty much summed up my entire thoughts about Spuffy in S6.

Eric made some good points too, but mate, the idea that the Spuffy relationship in S6 was poorly handled cos there was "Bangles" on the writing team has to be, without doubt, the single most absurd opinion I have ever read on any site in any discussion EVER!

Eric- Some of what you said sounded kind of like you were being sarcastic. Wait a second!

I tuned out after the spuffy bashing..... sorry Matt!

Not bashing, Aeryn. Making points. There's a difference.

What I appreciate most about the rants is that they get me thinking about points I hadn't previously considered. So I consider this one to be highly successful. And largely even rational. Wink It got me thinking, anyway, which leads to the verbose so apologizing in advance but maybe I can help explain. Because S6 was far and away my favorite. But I see how it made many, the Site God included, just wince.

One thing that captivated me about S6 was that Sarah put in her very best performances, as a whole, in S6. Maybe because the darkness of the season forced her to draw deeper from her own undelved darkness, I don't know. And everyone who liked Spike in any way found him hardest to deal with when he was Buffy's lap dog, like through so much of S5 (and early S6). Then Buffy restored some of his power- to fight demons, to fight her, and he had captivated a piece of her. When Spike has power, he is fascinating. We wanted to see Sarah as Buffy, and James as Spike (also putting in his best work as a whole), together. What we got was Spuffy. And Spuffy-mania ensued. NO, it is not what we really wanted- that ended the moment he said, "I knew the only thing better than killing a Slayer was-" But like Buffy, and Spike, we hoped, we dreamed. We wanted to believe he was more than the Evil Dead. Certainly we were disappointed when at times he would rise above and be who we wanted Buffy to have, then he would fall back to his depths and be who Buffy thought she deserved. It was exhilarating and horrifying. What a fun ride it was, though, what a fun ride. Their chemistry was electric. And electrifying to watch. And that's part of why the Spuffymania. *shrugs* The visceral is so hard to explain. Or back down from. Twisted Evil