I can *totally* see her turning round just like Spike and going “Dammit! I’m Faith and I’m just as good as her. Oh yes. Although there's a difference - while Spike's approach to an awkward situation is to jump headlong into it, I think post-redemption Faith's more the type to back away, use the mistaken identity as an excuse to get angry and tell them to go away. ("Woah. Hell no. You got the wrong Slayer. You want Miss Perfect and her little Slaygang, not me. I can't help you.") Then she'd go and sit in her motel room and get angry at herself for not being as heroic as she thinks Buffy would be, and so then she'd turn up and do the job anyway with a air of defiant pride.
Hell, when I was on the other side of the battle, running away to strike another day was pretty much a weekly event. At least Lynch's characterisation of Spike is consistent... but I've never really seen this as an essential part of Spike's character specifically. No more than any other evil being on the show (even Angel) who wanted to appear for more than a single episode learned to run away from Buffy at the end of Act 4. :)
‘Beck’ is a Norse word for a small brook. Heh. I knew that (being born in Yorkshire and all), but never made the connection. I was actually thinking of Christophe (and possibly Jeff) Beck.
See the character she reminds me of the most is Dana I thought the more obvious comparison was Gwen - even down to the fact that as a small child, Gwen accidentally killed someone using her powers - although Gwen's adjusted in a way that Beck, at the start of the story, hasn't. (But by the end?) Beck is withdrawn and unhappy, but she's not delusional or actively trying to kill people to take away the pain.
Spike can be the hero. He can also easily stand back and let someone else do the job. I do agree with you: 'Asylum' has character development, advances the plot and introduces interesting new characters. It could almost be canon. :)
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I can *totally* see her turning round just like Spike and going “Dammit! I’m Faith and I’m just as good as her.
Oh yes. Although there's a difference - while Spike's approach to an awkward situation is to jump headlong into it, I think post-redemption Faith's more the type to back away, use the mistaken identity as an excuse to get angry and tell them to go away. ("Woah. Hell no. You got the wrong Slayer. You want Miss Perfect and her little Slaygang, not me. I can't help you.") Then she'd go and sit in her motel room and get angry at herself for not being as heroic as she thinks Buffy would be, and so then she'd turn up and do the job anyway with a air of defiant pride.
Hell, when I was on the other side of the battle, running away to strike another day was pretty much a weekly event.
At least Lynch's characterisation of Spike is consistent... but I've never really seen this as an essential part of Spike's character specifically. No more than any other evil being on the show (even Angel) who wanted to appear for more than a single episode learned to run away from Buffy at the end of Act 4. :)
‘Beck’ is a Norse word for a small brook.
Heh. I knew that (being born in Yorkshire and all), but never made the connection. I was actually thinking of Christophe (and possibly Jeff) Beck.
See the character she reminds me of the most is Dana
I thought the more obvious comparison was Gwen - even down to the fact that as a small child, Gwen accidentally killed someone using her powers - although Gwen's adjusted in a way that Beck, at the start of the story, hasn't. (But by the end?) Beck is withdrawn and unhappy, but she's not delusional or actively trying to kill people to take away the pain.
Spike can be the hero. He can also easily stand back and let someone else do the job.
I do agree with you: 'Asylum' has character development, advances the plot and introduces interesting new characters.
It could almost be canon. :)