- one that pleases me as a Spuffy shipper to no end - is that the confusion about Spike/Angel in "Always Darkest" could be used to read the "yin to her yang" line as applying to both; Buffy loves both vampires differently but equally - which, if that reading was correct and would be given some evidence in later issues, could make the entire run of the series palatable to me
The thing is, the visual portrayal of the two of them (Angel and Spike) in the comics seems to have a continuing theme of Spike as an afterthought. The first IIRC, in Buffy's threesome nursemaid dream has her in Angel's arms, and one arm kind of pulling Spike in as if she just remembered he was there, and in this last issue, in the frame about her "great loves" has Angel prominent in the forefront, and Spike pushed back in the frame. Perhaps that could be chalked up to artist's choice, but I'm thinking it's not...
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Date: 2010-04-14 01:54 pm (UTC)The thing is, the visual portrayal of the two of them (Angel and Spike) in the comics seems to have a continuing theme of Spike as an afterthought. The first IIRC, in Buffy's threesome nursemaid dream has her in Angel's arms, and one arm kind of pulling Spike in as if she just remembered he was there, and in this last issue, in the frame about her "great loves" has Angel prominent in the forefront, and Spike pushed back in the frame. Perhaps that could be chalked up to artist's choice, but I'm thinking it's not...