regarding it not as an attempted rape in real life terms, but a tormented attempt by Spike to reconnect with Buffy after a perversely violent affair driven by different emotional dynamics in both characters.
That's exactly how I saw it as well. But good luck discussing that online. The closest I came was the ATPOBTVS board at the time...there were a few like-minded souls on that board who were willing to discuss it. And on the Voy boards, you could ignore people you didn't want to deal with. Just jump over their posts. Harder to do here and on places like whedonesque or the Buffyforums.
Even now...it's difficult to discuss. For the same reasons.
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regarding it not as an attempted rape in real life terms, but a tormented attempt by Spike to reconnect with Buffy after a perversely violent affair driven by different emotional dynamics in both characters.
That's exactly how I saw it as well. But good luck discussing that online. The closest I came was the ATPOBTVS board at the time...there were a few like-minded souls on that board who were willing to discuss it. And on the Voy boards, you could ignore people you didn't want to deal with. Just jump over their posts. Harder to do here and on places like whedonesque or the Buffyforums.
Even now...it's difficult to discuss. For the same reasons.