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Post by Dalton on Apr 16, 2004 16:51:32 GMT -5
Sorry you're finding it annoying, David. In mitigation, consider the alternative of having the previous thread all mucked up with posts with nothing to do with the finale, given the usual highly eclectic/miscellaneous nature of our posts. And also consider that (as I understand) many folk here are in the habit of switching back and forth between here and the ep board, for I see their posts there. Somehow I gather they manage to transition OK. However, if it annoys ya, it annoys ya. I assume I and others will finish maundering about the finale as the main thing on our minds pretty soon and that thread will end and whatever thread is current resume more or less as normal. So as an annoyance, it won't be an enduring one. This has a bearing, incidentally, on the prospect of separate threads running concurrently on the new board, when we go there, so if anybody else is finding the different threads problematic, I would say that's a NO vote for running separate threads there.... You might want to keep that in mind, when that capacity comes under discussion. Nan
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Post by Dalton on Apr 16, 2004 16:52:06 GMT -5
David said: Oh, and a note -- while Spike's body did seem to burn up, whether or not he truly died is yet to be seen. He could have simply ascended to another plane, been transformed somehow, etc. I guess I would have to mention the obvious that I've been overlooking up until this moment: Spike went into the light. Nan
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Post by Dalton on Apr 16, 2004 16:52:37 GMT -5
I like what you posted David. This was brought up on the other thread and and I think it could be a possibility. What about it being the PTB that brings Spike back and plops him down in LA. The FG don't have to know at first. Don't think anyone but Wes and Angel know Spike. How about Lorne still sets up his bar again. The gang are in there for happy hour after a hard day at WH and up walks Spike to the stage and sings a song? Lorne can read him, while Wes and Angel look dumbfounded and wonder what the hell he's doing in LA.
Betsy Lusby
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Post by Dalton on Apr 16, 2004 16:53:06 GMT -5
Here's a thought -- Angel was already going schoolyard about Spike getting a soul and then being with Buffy. Now, Spike has died to save the world. Spike comes back. Also, not unlike Angel. Yeah, variation on a theme, but can't you just see Angel & Spike having it out? "What is it with you trying to be me all of the sudden? When did I become your hero?" "My HERO? Mate, I haven't a clue what you're talking about." "First the soul thing, now the dying to save the world and then coming back. You know I did all those things first." "What, you think I planned it all, just so I could be a big broody vampire running my own evil law firm some day? Yeah, I want to be like you, sure. And then in the same dream, I'm drowning in footwear. You're almost 230 years old! When are you planning on growing up!?" "You did it to impress Buffy. I know you did. I've known you a long time Spike. It's always about impressing the girl." "Please. I doubt Buffy even knows I'm back. But if she did know, and it did impress her, guess what -- I could snog her like there was no tomorrow, and still have my soul in the morning. So deal with that, you poof!"
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Post by Dalton on Apr 16, 2004 16:54:27 GMT -5
Spike changes his hair color? No problem for me - after all, William had reddish hair, didn't he (I remember it reddish and sort of Byron-wanna be). Why not? It'd sure be easier on JM, and we don't want him going prematurely bald from excessive peroxiding. Betsy (I think it was you) re the leather duster - It's dust, all right, but I bet the first thing he does in LA is hit the garment district for another one. It does solve the problem of ownership - "Sorry, Robin, but it got fried when I saved the world."
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Post by Dalton on Apr 16, 2004 16:54:54 GMT -5
Thank you - That was fun. Put Angel and Spike in the same room, wackiness and small-boy behavior ensue... Interesting to think about - Angel and Spike both got their souls back, and both "died" to save the world, BUT - Spike volunteered for both, and Angel had them forced upon him. I can't wait until someone points that out to Angel. Ha!
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Post by Dalton on Apr 16, 2004 16:55:29 GMT -5
//"Please. I doubt Buffy even knows I'm back. But if she did know, and it did impress her, guess what -- I could snog her like there was no tomorrow, and still have my soul in the morning. So deal with that, you poof!"// David made me laugh, David made me laugh. Talk about cutting to the core, but I can just see Spike doing this.
Betsy Lusby
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Post by Dalton on Apr 16, 2004 16:55:58 GMT -5
//Interesting to think about - Angel and Spike both got their souls back, and both "died" to save the world, BUT - Spike volunteered for both, and Angel had them forced upon him. I can't wait until someone points that out to Angel. Ha! // That's a good point. I didn't think about that one. So I guess that's 1 for Spike and 0 for Angel (but I do love both my souled vamps)
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Post by Dalton on Apr 16, 2004 16:56:20 GMT -5
Perfect, and rings perfectly true. I liked this a lot, David. Nan
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Post by Dalton on Apr 16, 2004 16:56:54 GMT -5
More! No, but seriously, I'd appreciate it if that kind of photo (scantily clad and/or shirtless) could have a little bitty warning in the post title - Adult content, violence, strong language... sorry, back again. Anyway, our computer is in the living room, which is great for monitoring the girls' internet activity, but at the same time, they can see mine too. So, if the title had a warning, I could make a note of it, and enjoy it later. For the record, I have no problem with female pinups either; you men deserve equal time. I'd just rather not have to explain shirtless Spike and lingerie Willow to Emily and Kitty (not to mention Paul). Thanks, Anne D
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Post by Dalton on Apr 16, 2004 16:57:53 GMT -5
My impression, and I will appreciate clarification/correction if anyone knows better than I (I get these terms only in context in BtVS) is that snog=necking and shag=sex. So even Angel can snog; he just can't or shouldn't shag anybody he's particularly fond of or there goes that pesky, hard-to-hang-onto soul again!
Nan Dibble
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Post by Dalton on Apr 16, 2004 16:58:27 GMT -5
//My impression, and I will appreciate clarification/correction if anyone knows better than I (I get these terms only in context in BtVS) is that snog=necking and shag=sex. So even Angel can snog; he just can't or shouldn't shag anybody he's particularly fond of or there goes that pesky, hard-to-hang-onto soul again!// I checked an online British slang dictionary and you are correct in your definitions. I blame my misuse of the term "snog" on being terminally American, and not the least bit British. As for what Angel can or can't do without losing his soul, it all comes back to that moment of perfect happiness -- would snogging Buffy make the man happy? If so, we're in big trouble.
David Crenshaw
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Post by Dalton on Apr 16, 2004 16:59:07 GMT -5
I got an email from the editor of Slayage.TV yesterday. (Because I am on their mailing address) I'm printing the request here, with the email address in case there are some of you who would like to send your responses. I've already sent mine. "The editors of Slayage would like to hear your account of how you discovered BtVS. We are convinced that a collection of such accounts (which will become a part of Slayage) will have real ethnographic value. In less than 200 words offer us a brief but specific account in first person of how and when you started watching Buffy. Begin by telling us who you are and what you do. Send your response in an e-mail to discoveringbuffy@slayage.tv" Patti T.
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Post by Dalton on Apr 16, 2004 17:00:02 GMT -5
Wasn't that a question on most of our S'cubie profiles? We could all answer it just by cutting and pasting.
David Crenshaw
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Post by Dalton on Apr 16, 2004 17:00:32 GMT -5
David said, I blame my misuse of the term "snog" on being terminally American, and not the least bit British. Well, I'm certainly about as American as one can get, by geneology, but I have the advantage of having been occupied with channeling Spike for aproximately the last month. All kinds of British slang, like "what cheer" and "you lot" that I didn't even know I knew popped up when I was trying to talk out of Spike's mouth and think with his words. One of the happy side-effects of writing fiction.
Nan Dibble
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