[ SECRET POST #4698 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4698 ⌋

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Comments

[silverr]

Same. I also think it's a more realistic portrayal of a relationship -- they both had issues, they did some damage to themselves and each other, but ultimately they worked shit through. (Spike not only knew how monstrously he fucked up while he was soulless, he almost immediately went out and made sure it would never happen again. He knew that charm and half-assed apologies wouldn't cut it.)

And I agree so much about the S7 moments: The end of "Showtime," for example, when she finally gets him from the Ubervamp cave? I've seen that scene dozens of times and it always makes me burst out in ugly sobbing.

[(Anonymous)]

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His post-soul line about "the kind of man who would never" always struck me. He wasn't trying to be redeemed, he never asked for forgiveness (and nobody DID forgive him), he just knew what he'd done was too far and he needed to do whatever it took to not be that person ever again, no matter what happened to him.

[silverr]

Yes, precisely. He even says, iirc, during that same speech "Can't say sorry" -- meaning that he know that no apology would ever be is enough, let alone asking for forgiveness or hoping for redemption.