A little thought...

[elisi]

Was thinking about Spike's soul quest and why he was so angry (leaving aside all the RL reasons). And then began thinking about 'Crush' and this bit in particular:

You think I like having you in here? Destroying everything that was me, until all that's left is you, in a dead shell. You say you hate it, but you won't leave.

He had seen what the soul did to Angel and it must have been terrible knowing that he was about to commit (something like) demonic suicide.

And that's all for today folks! :)

Comments

[rahirah]

I do keep meaning to read it, honest!

The thing is, though, I've read a million essays on why the soul is a great thing. And for the people who wrote those essays, it is. It's a way of dealing with the subject that speaks to them, which touches them deeply. It just doesn't speak to me in that way. There are several things ME could have done to tell the story they wanted to tell more effectively, but even if they had done those things, it still wouldn't really be the story I was hoping to see. Which is fine; it is, after all, their story. And at this late date, I don't expect to convince anyone that one story is better than the other. All I can do is say that X did or did not work for me, and this is why it did or didn't work for me.

[elisi]

I do keep meaning to read it, honest!
The number of things I say that about... *sigh* Why doesn't fandom pay?

Although I feel I should maybe point out that the essay is in two parts - the first part is quite simply my replies to your very eloquent response to peasant_'s post about redemption (if you remember that still?), so quite literally 'what *I* like in a story'. The second half is a lot more meandering, trying to work out the meaning of the soul in the Buffy verse. So if either (or both) sound too much like already covered territory, feel free to ignore it!