Buffy S8 - Spike's role and other bits...or where in the frigging heck is Spike?

As an aside : the whole argument that the slayers have upset the balance and Twilight's aim to repair it by sacrificing them for the greater good makes him redeemable - reminds me a lot of a rather fascinating fanfic I just read entitled Necessary Evils by lj user rarhirah. In it, Willow's bringing Buffy back, along with Spike changing sides has upset the balance, so Willow chooses to power up/join forces with the First Evil to set the balance straight. To do so, she has to kill Dawn and Buffy - which is a small price to pay for saving the world. She surrounds herself with the First's minions and demons, also kills people - justifying her actions - stating that it is for the greater good. She is saving billions of lives. But the truth is she's getting off on being the one to do it, her pride (hubris) and the desire for power (which she now has in spades) is blinding her to what she is actually doing, so she does not see that there is another way. Twilight apparently is doing the exact same thing.

( Where in the frigging hell is Spike? An argument for Spike's importance in the Buffy S8 arc, spoilers on the Twilight reveal and for S8 Buffy. )

Random bits

1. Oh dear god...Haiti!!! I will have to ask my co-worker tomorrow if her family is okay. Haiti just suffered a 7.0 earthquake and is devastated. The whole Carribbean is waiting for Tidal Wave Warning - Tsuanmi. They are hunkering down and terrified.

2. Avatar fans have managed to make the rest of us seem sane...apparently fans of Avatar have fallen into a deep depression and hopeless despair because their world doesn't resemble the pretty fake CGI world of Pandora. Psychologists are trying to help them. And they are seeking support on fan boards. (People, methinks, it is time you took an extended vacation to Denahli National Park, Alaska, Glacier National Park, the Grand Canyon, Tzmania, New Zealand, The Falls in Brazil, Costa Rican Jungles, or Bali. Go somewhere pretty. And leave the frigging laptop, iphone, ipod, DVD player, etc at home.)

3. Went to the gym today, yay me.

4. With any luck - I will make it to bed before 11:30, but doesn't look like it. Getting up at 6 each morning...this means I average 6 - 7 hours of sleep.

5. Apologies to yuko onna and flist - I don't hate all of Iron Dragon's Daughter, just specific bits that pushed my feminist buttons...it is actually a great book, I know because it's one of the few I read this year that seems to be inscribed on my brain. While I can't for the life of me remember many of the others.

6. Aunt Kay made me laught today when she told me in an email that she'd thrown New Moon the book by Stephanie Meyer, across her apartment in a fit of disqust. Her sister and co-workers had rec'd it. Good to know I'm not the only one who has done that with books. Let's face it I love and hate the things HARD.