For the Spuffy fen...

[elisi]

‘Shadow Puppets’ issue 1 gives us what four issues of s8 haven’t.

Spike is weighing the options for and against going to Japan and taking out the new Smile Time puppets:



See? One line: ‘What if there’s an impromptu reunion with the Slayer while I’m away?’

It doesn’t stop him from going. I doubt she’ll be mentioned *at all* in the story to come. I *expect* Spike to hit on every hot-looking girl he comes across (and sleep with them if he can). But - we know that he thinks about Buffy. He might not imagine that he can actually ever have a future with her, and he might not ever try to look her up, but he does dream. She’s a part of his world, of his hopes for the future, whether those hopes become reality or not.

And none of this in any way compares to Buffy’s threesome fantasy. *That* was about sex - and heck, she had fantasies about sex with Spike before she slept with him. It tells us nothing about what she thinks or feels for either of the vampires in question, beyond the fact that she’d like to sleep with them again (and that she’s horny. That she loves them I’m taken as understood). Does she miss Spike? Mourn him? Does she even know he’s alive? Does she ponder a reunion, even if she’d not actually seek one out? We don’t know.

One line. One line is all it’d take. I don’t need a resolution, I don’t need a meeting or buckets of tears. Actually I'd really dislike buckets of tears. All I want is an acknowledgement that Spike matters(/mattered) to Buffy.

And what have I got? Buffy misses Teh Sex. *sigh* I much, much prefer the Buffy who’s dating The Immortal. At least she's getting some.

Comments

[lusciousxander.livejournal.com]

I think Buffy misses Spike, the thing about these comics is that they're set a year and a half after Chosen. It saddens me that Buffy chose to continue her life protecting the world and training slayers instead of taking a break, however, it does make me more proud of her. She's a real hero no matter what anyone says.

On the other hand, maybe she did take a month's break and had so much sex, and then she got back to the game.

[elisi]

I think Buffy misses Spike, the thing about these comics is that they're set a year and a half after Chosen.
Well 'Shadow Puppets' *must* be that long after 'Chosen' - at least. And I'm sure she misses him, I'd just like it acknowledged.

She's a real hero no matter what anyone says.
Of course she's a hero. I'm just wondering what happened to 'Beep me if the apocalypse comes!'...

maybe she did take a month's break and had so much sex, and then she got back to the game.
Heh. Kinda hard to imagine right after 'Chosen' though...

[lusciousxander.livejournal.com]

I'm just wondering what happened to 'Beep me if the apocalypse comes!'...

That's S1 Buffy. By S7, she became more of a work, work, work kinda girl. Maybe she likes the idea of vacation but can't seem to leave all her responsibilities behind anymore.

[elisi]

That's S1 Buffy.
S4 actually, but yes I get your point. Still she was doing very well in early S7, before the responsibility started to drag her down. Mostly I just want her to be *in* the world.

[lusciousxander.livejournal.com]

Didn't she say the same line to Giles in Don't Kill A Guy On Your First Date? It hasn't been long since I saw S1, it was a lot of fun. :)

I do agree with you that the comics need a little normalness, maybe Buffy going to supermarket to get food for the mouths in the castle.

[elisi]

Didn't she say the same line to Giles in Don't Kill A Guy On Your First Date?
Oh quite probably. And I might get things mixed up! But yeah, S1 is *so* much fun. They were all so young! *pinches their cheeks*

maybe Buffy going to supermarket to get food for the mouths in the castle.
That would be *brilliant*! :)