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4:28 "Spike, you're all covered in sexy wounds."

She did choose Spike (in the comic continuation), then she chose no-one. So the series could end in ambiguity....

100 percent agree🥰🥰

#11 she loved him.

He didn't choose her. Never showed up, that ahe knew of. Never called = nothing infinity lost

Ian is such a talented actor wow ❤

Hey, you’re wrong. She did Choose spike in the comics the comics. They are together their endgame their OTP yes that is her boyfriend. Wish you had read the comics but I guess you didn’t so wrong on this one, yep

Honestly spike was everything

Spike was her equal and treated her as such, he was old fashionedly romantic in many ways but never pretended she was a porcelain doll. And Spike was her true soulmate (with and without a soul funnily). They were a perfect match. Buffy didn't recognise it for so long because she was too young, traumatised by Angel and all other grown-up and sometimes apocalyptic stuff in her life and because real love is painful, all the "darkness" in her wasn't of cause evil darkness, at least no more than every person has to struggle with, but it's scary for sure. And Spike was too honest for his own good. Brilliant character

Spike did the hard work

Oh jesus Angel's dad's chest hair?!??

Loving someone is very very different than being with someone. Spike and Buffy would also have not worked out.

I forgot how gay this show was

i ve always wondered what soul angel got trust upon him. logically it would be his. But i can't really see Liam be that bad about the guilt seing the kind of man he was. thought seing Angel action often close to angelus it make sense. still it s all kin of weird

I loved him so much, she didn’t deserve him 🥺

Spike without a soul is more complex than Angelus, but Spike *_with_* a soul is just a dude, whereas Angel *_with_* a soul has a deeply interesting struggle between atoning for his sins and flirting with darkness, fleshed out over five seasons of his own show.

Buffy treated Spike like shit .. in season 7 despite him getting his soul back ( at the end of Season 6) and being really sorry

Your right. But also after the bathroom scene it was never gonna happen.

2:09 This was the episode I became a fan of Spike. Before this he was just funny to me. After this I was rooting for where they were taking this character.

1st season of buffy,angel was dull. But season 2 saved his character and from there on is history and it was great enjoyed his character and show

The last scene 10:28 explains alot of how their characters are, spike did a lot of evil when he was without a soul, but it was never about doing evil it was about the feeling it gave him. Spike simply enjoyed living (technically he wasn’t alive but ykyk), he simply rolled with the punches and killed what and when he wanted, in his words, “never really looking back at the victims”. This is where Angelus differs, he was in it for the evil, for the feeling it gave the victims, in his words, “couldn’t keep my eyes off them”, it was all about them, he was sadistic and cunning, he wanted to ruin lives and create tragic ‘masterpieces’ out of innocents. Simply put, without a soul and morals, spike simply just didn’t give a shit and Angelus gave too much shits💀. Both were evil but in different ways, Angelus let himself be driven by malice, Spike let himself be driven by passion. I love both characters so much, they were both so beautifully written with lots of depth. Truly very different from eachother but alike in many ways. I like that their characters were written for THEM, instead of just for the plot of fighting over the the female protagonist (cough cough twilight). While Buffy did play a pivotal roll in their character growth, still it was never about who was better for her or who won her, it was about how they changed because of her. Both had great character archs and i believe they can both be appreciated. (spuffy forever tho🗣)

I always say that Spike was the true vampire with a soul. His first act after becoming a vampire was to save his mother's life, and he cried when she betrayed him. He did so much out of love, and showed so much compassion (like what's featured in this video), that I think it would have been really neat had he always had a part of his soul.

Yall remember that time he tried to rape her in the bathroom……… that’s the 1 reason for Nope I needed

She actually DID choose Spike. In the Comic Continuation of Buffy they ended up together, a real couple, even to a ripe old age.

I1000% agree with everything stated in this video. One other big difference is Angel can barely handle the pain from a cross, like when he and Buffy kissed goodbye at the Bronze, and he let her necklace cross burn him while he tried to control his emotions. Spike draped his upper body on a large cross as a form of punishment for his past bad deeds and to ask Buffy and God for forgiveness. Then, in my favorite Angel episode, DESTINY, Angel accidentally touched a cross while he and Spike were fighting. He winced at the sizzling pain. Spike picked up that large cross with his bare hands and knocked Angel across the room. He didn't immediately drop it either. He spoke some dialog while his hands were still smoking and sizzling. Told Angel the difference between them and that Angel never knew the real Spike/William. Amazing video. Thanks for the Spike love.❤

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Brilliantly done. Chef's kiss. 👩‍🍳💋👌🏾

I just feel Spike and Buffy had a real special connection, even as enemies, and they felt more equals, Angel and Buffy felt more like puppy love to me.

You could technically say she did choose Spike as she chose Spike as her champion and he one she chose to have what could been her last moments with. She also told Angel Spike was in her heart and sent Angel away.

Exactly.

Hey. I hope you're ok?

Elena was reading the journals. She got to the part about removing the dagger after they removed the dagger. Same as the part about it needed to be a human to dagger. So not sure how it's her being stupid. Maybe the brothers should have waited until they read the journals?

Watched the whole series. I think your first impression of Katherine was a good one.

Buffy did chose Spike at the end. He died saving the world

I love Angel but not with Buffy. Spuffy and Cangel FTW!

The writers were pure evil. Lol

He earned his soul for the woman he loved cause it was the right thing to do!

@josephscott1292 wrote: "Angel is more powerful. In any fight, his superior strength is enough to get the better of Spike if he has his head on straight." Not entirely true: ensouled Spike beat ensouled Angel flat out in a one on one contest for the cup of Mountain Dew that was supposedly the way to fulfill the Shanshu (?) Prophecy and turn the vampire back into a real boy. Both had equal motive and neither was incapacitated by anything except who they were at their core. Spike won, arguably because he simply had greater will to do so despite Angel's seniority and size advantage. Perhaps Angel would be the sure bet in a simple contest of strength like arm wrestling, but Spike, ever the uber-nerd, has always had superior knowledge and strategic capability as well as the mental discipline and self awareness that Angel lacks. I suggest this intellect and mental discipline was the ultimate defining factor in who they were and who they became. As a vampire, without a soul, one's own self-interest essentially is the only thing governing behavior whether it be the desire to eat, kill, mate, or whatever is appealing to the satisfaction of the senses. Each man's demonic side let him revel in those sensations at the expense of all else. Demon Angelus was devoted to the same kind of chaos as a bullying human slacker; Liam was already arrogant and disrespectful with those traits only amplified by his turning. William, clearly had the necessary discipline to apply himself to study as evidenced by his vocabulary and social ineptitude as a human, and also had eclectic tastes and passionate interests in many things. For each man, being turned amplified the selfish pursuits of any interests that he retained when released from the boundaries of conscience and inhibition. Angel was unsophisticated already, which is why his brutish nature was so much more dangerous and showed the enjoyment he got from his cruelty. William's sensitive nature made him cruel mostly by association with Angelus and the reactive jealousy that he inspired. Spike , liberated from his insecurities and now lacking empathy, mostly revels in the novelty of the violence and adrenaline rush of it, but only until he gets distracted by something else that interests him more which then becomes his focus and pursuit. For example, his obsession with Drusilla, which of course, was heightened by the competition from Angelus, who is motivated by the cruel game there as well. Eventually that distracting thing was Buffy, and the fact that she was the Slayer is what challenged him to overcome the evil through that same pure single-mindedness that fueled his nerdiness as a man first, then his destructiveness as a vampire. Spike overcame that lack of limitation and restraint that used to be provided by conscience once he became aware that he desired Buffy, because he possessed a sophisticated enough mentality to understand what he would have to offer in order to win her and his own self-interest essentially became almost as functional in governing his behavior. Ironically, his own single-minded selfish pursuit necessitated his selfless behaviors in order to accomplish his goal, and that initially coupled with the chip effectively functioned as his conscience might have done if he were human. Had Buffy been anyone else, the challenge would not have been the same and Spike would never have evolved to the point he did in pursuit of her. I think its fair to say that neither man really LOVED her as true selfless love is defined, since both were actually driven by their own desires in the affection they had for her, although Spike's inherent nature as a person and as a demon actually made for a much better facsimile of real love that maybe did become that once he regained his soul. His heroism was only brought out in mirroring Buffy's because it was necessary to achieve his goal and no one else could have caused him to evolve that way. She is the chosen one to destroy vamps, which is why he was initially intrigued by her uniqueness as the ultimate prize and ultimate stimulus for his intellect. His devotion is to the challenge of overcoming the puzzle that she presents, as those intellectual pursuits are likely his real love, making him the perfect complement to the Slayer and her purpose. I think that is why HE is the prophecy vampire, and not Angel, and perhaps even why he was the one to get the Mountain Dew cup.

All of these reasons. And he is just so hot!

I love Spike forever

Forget 10 reasons I have just one : IT'S SPIKE !!!

She does, and is with Spike for years in the comics after the show.

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I mean, he voluntarily fought to have his soul back for her, he let Glory beat him up almost to death, to protect Dawn for her. He was always looking after Dawn, for her. He helped the scoobies gang a lot. He counted the days when Buffy was death, he loved Joyce like a mother, all without a soul. Angel, as soon as he lost his soul, all he did was torture Buffy and her friends, killed Jenny, brought the Judge back to destroy the world. Spike was 1000% better than Angel, in any ways. HE always had a bit of humanity on him. Angel was good only because he had a soul, that was forced on him.

I think Spikes Soul never fully left him…. I think it partially melded with his demon…

2:00 spike’s feet

Everyone keeps nagging about the r4pe scene: he is A VAMPIRE with NO SOUL. Why do people keep forgetting that? Soulless vampires are SUPPOSED to kill, steal, r4pe. The bathroom scene made me love Spike EVEN more, cause it showed how powerful his character is: he was able to beat his monstrous nature, do no harm to Buffy and eventually WILLINGLY bring his soul back to make sure he would NEVER hurt her again, and he didn't. I don't get why it is so hard for some people to understand this; they keep blaming Spike for doing this, when it's not really his fault. In Buffyverse, when you're a vampire, a LITERAL DEMON takes control over you. Spike beat that demon and suffered the consiquences for Buffy, he could just accept his nature and kill like he did for decades. Angel could NEVER CHOOSE to get his soul back, he has always been selfish and put himself first

I've always been team spike all the way, he showed more humanity without his soul than angel had as a human

Angel was cursed with a soul . Spike fought for his......

After hurting Buffy, Spike left without hesitation on his motobike, giving himself the greatest punishment, apologizing for what he had done to Buffy, and returning to Buffy as a better man. And buffy forgave him And he sacrificed himself for Buffy even though he didn't believe she would love him. Unconditional Spike's love was the greatest of all And he took care of Buffy's sister and helped her friends to keep her promise even in a world without Buffy. When there was no hope she could come back...

James Masters is just amazing. Spike could have been a throwaway character, but he gave him depth & made him fun & just put a lot of love into the making of his character.