I had a really hard time with Seeing Red because rape is one of my no-go zones; I can't like a person or even see someone as a person if they've raped or attempted to rape someone. For me it's worse than murder.
And I really loved Spike as a character, so that was a problem. I finally got around it in my own way, but it always left me with a really yucky feeling. But what especially bothered me was Buffy's reaction, or rather lack of reaction. She never seems angry enough about what happened to satisfy me.
I would like to point out that I don't consider Buffy's treatment of Spike a-okay in that relationship either, but for me the attempted rape just overshadowed everything emotionally. Also, while a lot of people have pointed out that Buffy's behavior sucked, I always saw Spike as a bit pathetic for not just hauling ass out of there. I realize that's hard to do, but it's not impossible, and if you're stuck in a situation like he was in, well worth doing.
Connor became one of my favorite characters on Angel, but that's because he hit a lot of my character kinks: deprived childhood, brainwashed warrior, psycho woobie, etc.
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Date: 2010-06-01 11:20 pm (UTC)And I really loved Spike as a character, so that was a problem. I finally got around it in my own way, but it always left me with a really yucky feeling. But what especially bothered me was Buffy's reaction, or rather lack of reaction. She never seems angry enough about what happened to satisfy me.
I would like to point out that I don't consider Buffy's treatment of Spike a-okay in that relationship either, but for me the attempted rape just overshadowed everything emotionally. Also, while a lot of people have pointed out that Buffy's behavior sucked, I always saw Spike as a bit pathetic for not just hauling ass out of there. I realize that's hard to do, but it's not impossible, and if you're stuck in a situation like he was in, well worth doing.
Connor became one of my favorite characters on Angel, but that's because he hit a lot of my character kinks: deprived childhood, brainwashed warrior, psycho woobie, etc.