A couple small quibbles: it didn't say that Spike had it all in hell. It said he *seemed* to with his whole living the life of Hefner appearance in the beginning of the parent series. Spike has always been a hedonist, after all, and it one had to imagine a heaven for Spike it probably *would* involve something Hefnerian (with added Buffy).
As for Spike's nemesis...if Angel isn't then who is? From day one of Spike's appearance in the BtVS series he and Angel have been at odds. I would characterize their current relationship as warring brothers but they are still almost always at odds. I don't think the word nemesis has to imply hatred, although both Spike and Angel have professed hatred for each other several times (I think they're both greatly exaggerating that feeling) but up to this point they haven't yet been able to make the jump through their baggage to outright affection (although, IMO, it is inevitable). Still they do kind of fit the definition of each other's nemesesises.
All that said, I didn't see any mention of Spike as an anti-hero until you brought it up.
Then again, I never get nervous before I see what's actually happening in the series because Joss, and now Brian, are excellent when it comes to appearances not being the true story. I *knew* Spike wasn't going to be a bad guy in the comic and I *knew* that he wasn't sitting on his tush not helping people when the series first started and I ignored the hullaballoo that happened during the first couple of issues...and it turns out I saved myself a lot of upset because I was right to trust in their vision.
I recommend the same until you actually see something absolutely confirming that they are moving away from your image of the character.
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Date: 2008-06-20 12:54 pm (UTC)As for Spike's nemesis...if Angel isn't then who is? From day one of Spike's appearance in the BtVS series he and Angel have been at odds. I would characterize their current relationship as warring brothers but they are still almost always at odds. I don't think the word nemesis has to imply hatred, although both Spike and Angel have professed hatred for each other several times (I think they're both greatly exaggerating that feeling) but up to this point they haven't yet been able to make the jump through their baggage to outright affection (although, IMO, it is inevitable). Still they do kind of fit the definition of each other's nemesesises.
All that said, I didn't see any mention of Spike as an anti-hero until you brought it up.
Then again, I never get nervous before I see what's actually happening in the series because Joss, and now Brian, are excellent when it comes to appearances not being the true story. I *knew* Spike wasn't going to be a bad guy in the comic and I *knew* that he wasn't sitting on his tush not helping people when the series first started and I ignored the hullaballoo that happened during the first couple of issues...and it turns out I saved myself a lot of upset because I was right to trust in their vision.
I recommend the same until you actually see something absolutely confirming that they are moving away from your image of the character.