The thing is, I think that in "Tabula Rasa" Spike did go back to his basic self, albeit his basic human self. His "vampire with a soul" speech proves this as he is clearly in romantic idealist/pretentious wanna-be poet mode at that point
As an interesting parallel to that, remember that when Angel lost his memories in "Spin the Bottle", he reverted to Liam's personality (though thankfully without the accent).
So beating someone's face to a pulp ISN'T taking power over another person's body?
Not when it's consensual, no.
amych: Okay dokey.
Lady O' Spain: Good point.
(UTTAD - Bronzer-my-Bronzer, it's really easy. Okay, granted, we learned HTML for the Bronze, and then iB for the haven. Learning yet a new code at first feels like the first step in a journey that'll probably take you elsewhere in the long run. But it doesn't have to.)
(Quick-edit code (which is linked right above the posting box, and when you click that link, you get a pop-up with the quick-edit codes, but don't lose your post-in-progress) is easy. And in this instance, if you put a greater-than carat ( > ) ahead of the section you're quoting, it both indents it and sets it in different font, and you don't have to close the tag. Hitting the return key (enter key, whatever, I'm a typist in a PC world) will close the quick-edit code all by itself.)
EDITED for the right, damned carat.
t /mathphobe
And in this instance, if you put a less-than carat ( < ) ahead of the section you're quoting, it both indents it and sets it in different font, and you don't have to close the tag.
(Pssst, Cindy! Wrong carat!)
Hee. Thanks, Jess. I was on the phone and didn't even see it.
Sorry UTTAD.
Cindy: I know, I know ... but I'm a longhand html traditionalist. I'll have to learn these new fangled wacky codes all you kids are using these days.
Lets have a go:
Cindy: I know, I know ... but I'm a longhand html traditionalist. I'll have to learn these new fangled wacky codes all you kids are using these days.
oooOOOooo. Cool.
The longhand HTML for TT-style quoted text is
t tt
t blockquote
quoted text goes here
t /blockquote
t /tt
See I was all font size="1". Jeez I'm showing my age! I'll get me pipe and slippers.
Try the spoiler code. All you have to do is put an s in front of the stuff you want whited-out, and you're good to go. (Plus, some people's browsers don't recognize the font color="white" coding, anyhow).
See - it's really easy.
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See it's really easy. All I had to do was type the letter s, leave a space and start this message.
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