I've been trying to think of why this annoys me so much, the notation on top of spander or spangel fics saying "s6 but without the spuffy" that then go on to have Spike behaving exactly like he did in s6.
See the thing is, Spike only changed, became a better person, because he fell in love with Buffy. The chip had a huge effect, but it was only the start. The chip alone would not have turned him into the vampire he was in s6, it was his love for Buffy that brought him to the likeable amoral guy he was at that point in time.
( more of my thoughts under the cut )Another thing. I keep seeing comments in various lj's about manips and fanart and it's starting to make me worried. Should I keep my fanart to
darker_spike?
Am I annoying people with those teaser pics and should I put everything behind a cut on my lj or should I just forget all about the manips because they suck?
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