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My Mark Prediction.
OK, here's the thing: Mark likes complex, complicated, morally grey characters. He doesn't mind what they do, or how unlikeable they might be, as long as they make sense.
He flips out into ALL CAPSLOCKS when it comes to unexpected plot developments, but just look at his posts on Five by Five, Sanctuary and The Yoko Factor - careful and considered, and barely a capital letter in sight. No ranting against, say, Buffy (who's plenty unlikeable in Sanctuary), or Angel or Spike later on. He found TYF uncomfortable as hell, but admired how clever it was. (Also see his reviews of Torchwood: Children of Earth - thoughtful, appreciative, full of admiration.)
So here's my prediction: Fool For Love will happen, and a) He won't see it coming (because he's not very imaginative in that sense) and b) William the Bloody Awful Poet will hit him like a two ton truck and he'll never recover. Remember what we know: Mark was very badly bullied [for not being masculine enough/being gay], and I cannot imagine that he won't identify with Spike, esp considering Spike's continual outsider status. He already likes Spike for the snark etc, but knowing that a lot of it is a front, armour to protect himself/make him fit in, as well as the way he'll go on to, continually, lay his heart at Buffy's feet... ALL THE FEELS YOU GUYS! *g* ("You're beneath me" <- Mark is NOT prepared.)
How it'll play out over the long run I'm not sure, but I think he might just love S6.
He flips out into ALL CAPSLOCKS when it comes to unexpected plot developments, but just look at his posts on Five by Five, Sanctuary and The Yoko Factor - careful and considered, and barely a capital letter in sight. No ranting against, say, Buffy (who's plenty unlikeable in Sanctuary), or Angel or Spike later on. He found TYF uncomfortable as hell, but admired how clever it was. (Also see his reviews of Torchwood: Children of Earth - thoughtful, appreciative, full of admiration.)
So here's my prediction: Fool For Love will happen, and a) He won't see it coming (because he's not very imaginative in that sense) and b) William the Bloody Awful Poet will hit him like a two ton truck and he'll never recover. Remember what we know: Mark was very badly bullied [for not being masculine enough/being gay], and I cannot imagine that he won't identify with Spike, esp considering Spike's continual outsider status. He already likes Spike for the snark etc, but knowing that a lot of it is a front, armour to protect himself/make him fit in, as well as the way he'll go on to, continually, lay his heart at Buffy's feet... ALL THE FEELS YOU GUYS! *g* ("You're beneath me" <- Mark is NOT prepared.)
How it'll play out over the long run I'm not sure, but I think he might just love S6.
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Remember what we know: Mark was very badly bullied [for not being masculine enough/being gay],
And yet his favorite characters are more or less bullies.
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Not quite the same thing. :P
I mean by that measure, he could side with Cecily.
I think he could be offended by it. The episode, that is. It's not really about making Spike sympathetic as much as showing the results of social posturing and fake persona both at the party and later as Spike attempts to woo Buffy with a tale of violence, murder and mayhem. His fake persona literally does put him beneath her (on his knees before her, he put himself there, not the other way around...) as a result of that mask.
So this guy, who frankly I think is pretty fake himself, could take offense to what is a pretty stern rebuke on it. Spike tried to shake off being bullied by turning into one and ended up back where he started.
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Anyway, I guess we'll have to wait and see. From what I've seen so far, I think he'll fall head-over-heels for Spike, but you never know. People are unpredictable...