As you can see - I tackled Spike from a very different perspective, but then while I am definitely a writer (fiction, plays, meta, blogging, whatever), I think about it or tackle it differently.
I agree Spike was clearly the sole caretaker of his mother. They were upper-middle class, but did not have that many servants - possibly one or two. He had a good education - most likely went to Eton and Oxford. Note the poetry and the fact that Spike knows more than one language, and knows books and text. Also William is seen in a scholarly setting and as a scholar. Plus, Spike's response to Dru is take down the wealthy - it's a very rebellious scholarly take on bourgeosie values at the time.
Angel was from the upper class - but he's Irish. Not English. Had servants. And a father who could get him out of trouble. A big fish in a small town.
Both merchant class.
This is clear from the text.
Since William appears to be the sole caregiver for his mother. The father is either dead, remarried, or not available. He also is clearly an only child - again since he's the sole caregiver and wants to take her with him. Whoever wrote that sequence in Lies My Parents Told Me clearly read The Vampire Lestate at some point - because it is quite similar to that text in some respects.
I'm guessing no siblings, or if there are any - they are either away in India, or not involved and don't care - since William feels the need to save her from her disease and take her with him. He's devoted, too devoted, and that makes me think he's either an only child or the siblings are much older and long gone.
He probably killed the servants, not that there were many, since there are none in evidence and she wonders what happened to them. He sort of admits to killing them in Lies. And heck new vampire - hungry, also hello - Drusilla!
But you are correct, he wasn't really into killing in quite the same way Angelus was - since he turns down Angelus' offer to kill a bride and groom - and just wants to get back to Dru.
Did Angel and Spike have sex? Well - yes. That's in the subtext. But it only happened once or twice. (See S5 - Illyria and Spike sort of discuss it. Spike says there were hardly initimate...then pauses, and says, well there was that one time...but nothing serious.) So yes, vampires they played at it. But no, I don't think it was ever more than maybe once or twice. The text seems to contradict that. (I actually had hoped otherwise, but no - the text and subtext clearly state a one or two/three time thing tops.)
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I agree Spike was clearly the sole caretaker of his mother. They were upper-middle class, but did not have that many servants - possibly one or two.
He had a good education - most likely went to Eton and Oxford. Note the poetry and the fact that Spike knows more than one language, and knows books and text. Also William is seen in a scholarly setting and as a scholar. Plus, Spike's response to Dru is take down the wealthy - it's a very rebellious scholarly take on bourgeosie values at the time.
Angel was from the upper class - but he's Irish. Not English. Had servants. And a father who could get him out of trouble. A big fish in a small town.
Both merchant class.
This is clear from the text.
Since William appears to be the sole caregiver for his mother. The father is either dead, remarried, or not available. He also is clearly an only child - again since he's the sole caregiver and wants to take her with him. Whoever wrote that sequence in Lies My Parents Told Me clearly read The Vampire Lestate at some point - because it is quite similar to that text in some respects.
I'm guessing no siblings, or if there are any - they are either away in India, or not involved and don't care - since William feels the need to
save her from her disease and take her with him. He's devoted, too devoted, and that makes me think he's either an only child or the siblings are much older and long gone.
He probably killed the servants, not that there were many, since there are none in evidence and she wonders what happened to them. He sort of admits to killing them in Lies. And heck new vampire - hungry, also hello - Drusilla!
But you are correct, he wasn't really into killing in quite the same way Angelus was - since he turns down Angelus' offer to kill a bride and groom - and just wants to get back to Dru.
Did Angel and Spike have sex? Well - yes. That's in the subtext. But it only happened once or twice. (See S5 - Illyria and Spike sort of discuss it. Spike says there were hardly initimate...then pauses, and says, well there was that one time...but nothing serious.) So yes, vampires they played at it. But no, I don't think it was ever more than maybe once or twice. The text seems to contradict that. (I actually had hoped otherwise, but no - the text and subtext clearly state a one or two/three time thing tops.)