I never saw Spike killing Nikki as anymore personal than when he killed the Chinese Slayer or his first attempts to kill Buffy.
Wrod. "This is war. This is what men do."
Wood saw Spike as an enemy soldier as well as the ------- who killed his mother. And despite the soul, Spike was still killing and vamping humans in S7 -- still the enemy soldier (brainwashed, yes, but still an enemy soldier). Thus, perfectly legitimate to see Spike as a threat to be neutralized.
Wood's plan fails on moral grounds because it required him to trip Spike's trigger. Destroy the man (soul) and make him pure monster (vamp), to borrow Spike's metaphor from SR.
OTOH, lesser means (the bug in the eye) didn't work. So how do you deal with a Spike that's still a threat?
My point? No longer sure I have one.
SIX hundred dollars for a crystal that was part of the Magic Box set? Are these people insane?
Maybe if it was
the
crystal Willow used during Tabula Rasa I'd bid on it but not just because it was some random crystal somewhere on the Magic Box set that may or may not have been on tv and probably was never touched by any of the actual cast.
The one cool thing in that list is Sweet's suits from OMWF
Anyone else been to ebay to see the Buffy auction yet? I'm waiting for the soiled socks that Buffy wore in a scene that was cut out of Episode 25. Nothing else moves me, but when those socks go up for bid, stand back and watch me toss my life savings down the bidet.
Hee. Of course, you will be outbid by any number of sickos who will sell family members to buy anything that actually smells of SMG.
I would buy Xander's Speedos (in another reality, where I am very wealthy), but I think I'd want them to be cleaned first.
It is crazy making the amount of money people will spend on just something random from the set. And the money is just going to Fox-- not a charity or anything.
For example-- Mr. Gordo, if I had money I might spend a bit. Random stuffed bear, NSM.
Ok, I tease. But if I were a zillionaire, I could certainly see spending some of that disposal income on Sweet's suit or Xander's Speedos.
I guess we all think we are above it all (or at least I do) until the right piece of junk comes around.
Anyway, I'm saving my money for the Angel auction. Wouldn't mind laying down a few shekels to get some of Lilah's wardrobe. Or some of Lilah, for that matter.
My whimsical theory for the day: when the First merged with *cough* had metaphysical sex with *cough* Caleb, his eyes went black, something we've seen as symbolic of possession by mysterious powers before, with Willow. Very notably, with Willow when she was possessed in "Becoming 2" and re-ensouled Angel. Offering a sort of back-handed suppot for the theory that the First had plans for Angel way back when, even before "Amends."
Actually, Willow's eyes did not go black during the re-ensouling spell in "Becoming 2" - she did seem to be posessed by something, but the only change in her appearance was due to the dramatic overhead lighting, causing her face (especially her eyes) to be in shadow.
So, here's what I'm wondering:
What do we think is going to happen in the finale?
What do we think is going to happen in the finale?
Fight scene. Possibly two!
