If and when Spike gets corporeal again, I suspect that there are riders on the contract that will make his unlife just as difficult as being ghosty. I'm not convinced that W&H had a double-cross in mind for Angel with that amulet for Chosen. At that point, it was just the deus ex machina plot device to get Angel on BtVS and provide BtVS with the doohickey to save the world/kill Spike.
Agree, I don't think Spike's amulet has more than metaphorical significance.
I suspect ME will find another way to keep Spike tied to W&H that has zip to do with amulets and contracts. I keep remembering all the wonderful ways W&H found to keep Lindsey, Lilah and Angel bound up with them. Also characters on the Buffyverse have a nasty habit of doing things without appreciating the consequences. Angel with the mindwipe, Willow and Buffy with the slayer sharing spell in Chosen, Spike wearing the amulet...Wes taking prophecies a tad too literally.
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Re: Talismans
Date: 2003-11-08 09:37 pm (UTC)Agree, I don't think Spike's amulet has more than metaphorical significance.
I suspect ME will find another way to keep Spike tied to W&H that has zip to do with amulets and contracts. I keep remembering all the wonderful ways W&H found to keep Lindsey, Lilah and Angel bound up with them.
Also characters on the Buffyverse have a nasty habit of doing things without appreciating the consequences.
Angel with the mindwipe, Willow and Buffy with the slayer sharing spell in Chosen, Spike wearing the amulet...Wes taking prophecies a tad too literally.