Spike Shipper Poll - for the Spike Shippers Online

[shadowkat]

This is a Spike Shipper centric Poll. So if you consider yourself a shipper of Spike, the vampire, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel the Series, along with the comics, please take the poll. I'm trying to get a feel for the Spike shippers in fandom. Granted, there's a sampling error of 10% or higher, since not everyone will take this poll.

I'm curious to see how people who love the character of Spike, ship the character and view him. Do you read fanfic? Do you write it? What fanfic do you read and/or write? Do you see him as a glorious evil badass or the romantic poet? Soulful or Soulless (albeit I didn't put Soulless - I put Ambiguous). What are your views? I know mine. I want to know yours.
Hopefully more than one person will comment. Be awfully embarrassing if no one does.
Polls are tricky that way. They are only interesting if people take them.


[Poll #1836840]

Comments

[elisi]

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Spike is the little black dress of fandom. He will fit with anyone and anything.

[debris4spike]

Look at my user name - I ship Spike!

The "other" is that I watched "Lies" from Season 7 as my first episode! ... And yes, Spike leapt towards me. So, technically season 7, but I can honestly say he was the character that made me watch BtVS!

[elisi]

Speaking of shipping Spike with EVERYTHING, Spike/Duster has its own vid: Black Black Heart.

And I've got a Spike/duster icon...

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

I confused the "who do you ship with Spike" and "who do you read fanfic about" questions. I'll read fanfic about Spike with just about anybody, even characters I intensely DO NOT WANT to see with Spike with my own eyeballs. I'm not especially into Spangel, Spillow, or Spawn, but will still happily read fic with those pairings by good authors. Well, I actually haven't found a Spillow story that appeals, yet, but I'm sure there must be some way of selling the pairing that would work for me.

If I just went by the show, excluding fic, I would only ship Spike with Dru, Harmony (for the lulz), Buffy, Lydia the Watcher, Ilona Costa Bianchi, and possibly Faith, Fred, or Cordelia. Maybe a tiniest hint of Giles. If it weren't for fic, my horizons for Spike would be a lot more limited. ;-)

I think this is a good poll, as it isn't too reductive. It reflects that there is nuance in the Spike-centric fandom!

About the comics: Sometimes I really enjoy them (Xander and Dracula's combined story, for instance). At other times I intensely dislike them (too many examples!). Right now I am mildly interested, and am mollified because they haven't completely screwed up Spike's characterization. Yet. We'll see if he joins Buffy (and to a lesser extent Angel, Willow, and Dawn) on the trash pile of characters that don't act like themselves. I may have Opinions.

[spikesjojo.livejournal.com]

I have to say that I love Spike/Wesley. I wish he had been party of the poll.

[ms-scarletibis.livejournal.com]

Fell in love with Spike the moment he stepped out of that car and said, "Home Sweet Home." I thought he was exciting. He did not disappoint.

As far as canon pairings go, I ship (and write) Spike with Buffy and Angel. Unconventional pairings I've read or have written are Spawn, Spara and Spindra. I could see how Spillow and Spaith might work, but I'd really rather not see it for some reason...

While I was satisfied at the ending of NFA, I could see Spike's story continue on. Loved AtF, but would love to see a Spike movie (and not made for TV but big screen) even still. Any competent writer could have a glossed over backstory on his character for the masses, and then jump into a whole new story. Hmph.

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

Though questions!

I started watching BtVS back in season 3. I loved Spike when he showed up season 4, but I didn't start shipping him with Buffy until Dead Things. I'm not sure I want to know what that says about me!

I also like Spike & Drusilla, and while (depending on the author's skill) I'll buy other pairing for the course of a story I don't really ship anyone else for either of our heroes.

[treadingthedark.livejournal.com]

The only thing I don't read is Spike/Dawn romance although I love Spike/Dawn general fics. Also too into the big brother babysitter dynamic.
For some reason Spike/Willow doesn't appeal to me. Not sure why.
Spuffy and Spangel used to be my favorites, but since the comics, I don't love Angel so much anymore, but I can usually shut the comics out of my head and then I can enjoy.

[spikereader.livejournal.com]

When did you start Shipping Spike?

After catching the s6 ep where he decides he's leaving Sunnydale - I wanted to know who Spike was, and got myself some DVDs.

It's all about Spike/Buffy for me from a ship pov, though I have read S/B/A, Spike/Dawn and Spike/Tara fics.