How wonderful to see you! *waves* I always get terribly excited when I find out that I have lurkers. Although having had a look at your LJ I'd like to friend you - I like fellow S7 lovers! :)
About your points about Buffy and Spike's communication skills... it remembered an analysis of Becoming II. This is from The Soulful Spike Society, in the 'Spikecentricity' reviews by Spring Summers (which I'm only halfway through reading, they're an indulgence!). Anyway, this is what she says about Buffy and Spike:
THERE IS SUCCESSFUL, STRAIGHTFORWARD COMMUNICATION: This happens for the most part between Spike & Buffy. The scenes between them are packed with interesting dialogue and foreshadowing, but for now, let’s stick with looking at the communication aspects. The season-long parallels drawn between the dynamic duo are reinforced when Whistler tells Buffy: "You’re all you’ve got" and the very next scene features Spike telling Buffy, "I’m all you’ve got." They are each other’s counterparts, and that pays off in the clinch: * Spike knows exactly how to get past Buffy’s initial reluctance to listen: "He’s got your Watcher. Right now, he’s probably torturing him." * Buffy has Spike’s number immediately: "You want my help because your girlfriend’s a big ‘ho’?" They literally pull no punches. * All Buffy has to do is clear her throat, and Spike realizes he shouldn’t kill the cop if he wants Buffy’s help. Later, all she has to do is look at him, and he understands that Kendra’s death was not a good thing "from her perspective." * Spike catches on instantly to what is happening between Buffy and Joyce ("What? Your mother doesn’t know?"), and they lie to Joyce in tandem. * Though they have never fought as a team before, they confront and dispatch Angel’s vampire lackey like a well-oiled machine. Wham, bam - I’ll be damned. They’ve got rhythm. * In a style we’ll see repeated, they quickly negotiate the terms of their agreement, reaching simultaneous satisfaction in no time flat. No need for any fancy pre-show, they just smack each other around a few times, and then get right down to the nuts and bolts.
This is one of the things I love about Spuffy, and something that continues all through the later seasons, culminating in their respective speeches to each other (awmphere).
Just another sappy romantic shipper here too...& I like us that way. Me too! :)
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About your points about Buffy and Spike's communication skills... it remembered an analysis of Becoming II. This is from The Soulful Spike Society, in the 'Spikecentricity' reviews by Spring Summers (which I'm only halfway through reading, they're an indulgence!). Anyway, this is what she says about Buffy and Spike:
THERE IS SUCCESSFUL, STRAIGHTFORWARD COMMUNICATION: This happens for the most part between Spike & Buffy. The scenes between them are packed with interesting dialogue and foreshadowing, but for now, let’s stick with looking at the communication aspects. The season-long parallels drawn between the dynamic duo are reinforced when Whistler tells Buffy: "You’re all you’ve got" and the very next scene features Spike telling Buffy, "I’m all you’ve got." They are each other’s counterparts, and that pays off in the clinch:
* Spike knows exactly how to get past Buffy’s initial reluctance to listen: "He’s got your Watcher. Right now, he’s probably torturing him."
* Buffy has Spike’s number immediately: "You want my help because your girlfriend’s a big ‘ho’?" They literally pull no punches.
* All Buffy has to do is clear her throat, and Spike realizes he shouldn’t kill the cop if he wants Buffy’s help. Later, all she has to do is look at him, and he understands that Kendra’s death was not a good thing "from her perspective."
* Spike catches on instantly to what is happening between Buffy and Joyce ("What? Your mother doesn’t know?"), and they lie to Joyce in tandem.
* Though they have never fought as a team before, they confront and dispatch Angel’s vampire lackey like a well-oiled machine. Wham, bam - I’ll be damned. They’ve got rhythm.
* In a style we’ll see repeated, they quickly negotiate the terms of their agreement, reaching simultaneous satisfaction in no time flat. No need for any fancy pre-show, they just smack each other around a few times, and then get right down to the nuts and bolts.
This is one of the things I love about Spuffy, and something that continues all through the later seasons, culminating in their respective speeches to each other (
Just another sappy romantic shipper here too...& I like us that way. Me too! :)