Why the soulquest *couldn't* have been a ret-con.

[elisi]

Look! A fandom post! I've been meaning to write this down for ages, and suddenly remembered today. And then thought - why not? It is after all why I'm here.

Also, if I remember correctly, I have stormwreath to thank for this flawless proof.


So, let's look at some dates. 'Seeing Red' aired on 7th of May 2002 and tried to make us think Spike blamed the chip for everything:

SPIKE: It's the chip! Steel and wires and silicon. It won't let me be a monster. And I can't be a man. I'm nothing.

'Villains' aired on the 14th of May and it was this episode that more than any other tried to make people believe that Spike wanted the chip out:

SPIKE: Thinks she's better than me. Ever since I got this bleeding chip in my head, things ain't been right. Everything's gone to hell.
DEMON: And you want to return to your former self.
SPIKE: Yeah.

So, did they change the outcome at the last minute? Or is it just that the execution of their mislead was rather clumsy? Well, lets look at the script for 'Grave', dated 27th March 2002 - that is MORE THAN A MONTH before SR aired:

SPIKE (cont'd)
So, give me what I want. Make me
what I was... so Buffy can get what
she deserves.

VOICE
Very well.

A GNARLY DEMON HAND reaches out to Spike's bare chest

VOICE (cont'd)
Your soul is returned to you.

As the hand touches him, Spike throws his head back and SCREAMS in agony...


QED (Unless of course Joss can travel in time...)

Comments

[marsterslady.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's of the boys. Here is a bigger picture. :) I love it.

Thanks for all the info! I was in the dark. :)

I friended 147days. Holy cow. Can't believe you got that one.

[elisi]

I love it.
It truly is adorableness itself! I know they're beyond hard work, but wow. *squishes boys*

Thanks for all the info! I was in the dark. :)
My pleasure. I still remember tentatively asking what OTP stood for... people use these phrases every day and sometimes it's like another language. (Still not sure what exactly RPG stands for...)

And you friended me! Aw thanks! I have no idea what to do with it now though. Might put original fiction in it... Hm.

Holy cow. Can't believe you got that one.
Hee! That's what I've been thinking. Or rather I thought of it like 2 1/2 years ago, and *still* no one has taken it! *is pleased*

[stormwreath.livejournal.com]

RPG = role playing game.
(Or rocket propelled grenade. You have to look at the context. :) )

[elisi]

Thank you! I figured it was something along those lines, but didn't know what exactly. (And it says something about the cirlces in which I travel that I *do* know what RPS stands for...)