Spike's a character that was constantly evolving during the series and he invented himself anew several times.
He's just had the soul for two years now and when the shows ended and he was pretty much still left to find his own way, so I think it's ok that Brian takes some new directions.
In Buffy S7 he already had a soul, but his motivations had not changed much. He still fought for Buffy.
During Angel S5, he was working out his own gig. It's where he actively wanted to be a hero for himself. But ultimately he still stood in Angel's shadow, following in his footsteps as a champion. I think that's what's meant by "Arch Nemesis", that Spike can't be constantly Angel's second in command. That he has to find a way of his own and for that he maybe has to face off with Angel. Not even in hate, more like it was in destiny.
Spike's not the same champion as Angel. Being constantly repressed and torturing himself. That just isn't his gig.
I think, Lynch wants to take Spike in the direction of a shady (Han Solo, Harry Dresden) type of hero. and while it's not exactly what I would do, I can see where it comes from. The cool darkish type of hero, that's exactly what Spike would like. He recreated himself from the ashes of the bloody awful poet and now he's finding a new image to shape himself after.
It's still the same fool for love inside, but it would take the right person to bring that out.
So all in all, there is some stuff that I don't like much, like that Spike is suddenly so cautious, but in general I find Brian's characterization pretty spot on and without just copying the shows.
ahem, this got a bit long and I'm not even sure if I got across, what I mean. Hope you don't mind.
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Date: 2008-06-20 01:31 pm (UTC)He's just had the soul for two years now and when the shows ended and he was pretty much still left to find his own way, so I think it's ok that Brian takes some new directions.
In Buffy S7 he already had a soul, but his motivations had not changed much. He still fought for Buffy.
During Angel S5, he was working out his own gig. It's where he actively wanted to be a hero for himself. But ultimately he still stood in Angel's shadow, following in his footsteps as a champion. I think that's what's meant by "Arch Nemesis", that Spike can't be constantly Angel's second in command. That he has to find a way of his own and for that he maybe has to face off with Angel. Not even in hate, more like it was in destiny.
Spike's not the same champion as Angel. Being constantly repressed and torturing himself. That just isn't his gig.
I think, Lynch wants to take Spike in the direction of a shady (Han Solo, Harry Dresden) type of hero. and while it's not exactly what I would do, I can see where it comes from.
The cool darkish type of hero, that's exactly what Spike would like. He recreated himself from the ashes of the bloody awful poet and now he's finding a new image to shape himself after.
It's still the same fool for love inside, but it would take the right person to bring that out.
So all in all, there is some stuff that I don't like much, like that Spike is suddenly so cautious, but in general I find Brian's characterization pretty spot on and without just copying the shows.
ahem, this got a bit long and I'm not even sure if I got across, what I mean. Hope you don't mind.