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Heh. As I recall, the B/A betas pretty much took Angel's thoughts on Buffy and Spike's relationship as being correct - Buffy was on a slow slide into darkness due to Spike's corrupting influence. That is an interpretation one could demonstrate a fair amount of textual support for: Buffy does end up making compromises for Spike's sake, after all, and it's arguable that on several occasions she goes a compromise or two too far. I've had a few B/S shippers react in a similar fashion, so it's not completely a matter of ship preference, though. There are quite a number of B/S shippers who believe that it's wrong to write about the pairing in a positive light if Spike doesn't have a soul. (And at least one who thinks it's OK to write about it in a positive light as long as you make it completely OOC fluff, but disturbing if it's treated semi-realistically.)