☼ thread of buffy/spike parallels over the course of btvs ☽
will try to do these in order but i& #39;ll probably forget some, so i& #39;ll add them out of order as i remember them too
2.07 lie to me + 2.10 what& #39;s my line, part 2 - attacking their significant other is their weak spot
2.10 what& #39;s my line, part 2 - whatever this is
2.10 what& #39;s my line, part 2 + 2.14 innocence - angel taunts their sexual prowess
becoming 1 + 2 - this line is obviously a joke abt the fact that buffy will have to kill angel bc there& #39;s no other way
(obv the point of a lot of these is that spike is the more selfish/vampire version of buffy. but they& #39;re still parallels)
i was dumb and should& #39;ve used this screenshot for this one. the lines are really similar.
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3.01 anne and 3.08 lovers walk - both are shells of themselves after a relationship ends, then they have a fight and find themselves again
3.01 anne and 3.08 lovers walk - maybe reaching, but they both also go back to a person they love at the end of the episode
4.03 the harsh light of day - both rebounding, both make fun of each other& #39;s rebounds
4.03 the harsh light of day - both mock each other& #39;s desirability too (related: "and you& #39;re with harmony. what, did you lose a bet?")
4.07 the initiaitive, 4.13 the i in team, 4.19 new moon rising (and others) - both shown many times in juxtaposition w/ initiative aesthetics or in initiative drag
(this happens w/ other characters like oz, willow and xander too, but it happens w/ spike and buffy the most)
4.08 pangs - both desire home and belonging during the holidays (spike in a joke way, but that& #39;s the point)
// tw: seeing red - i& #39;m sorry but it fits
4.09 something blue + 6.19 seeing red - they both have an association between love and violence that the writing presents as bad
[1/2]
4.09 something blue + 6.19 seeing red - they both have an association between love and violence that the writing presents as bad
[1/2]
// tw: seeing red
this is kinda the whole point of their storyline though tbh. both of them needing to get over that association--which they eventually do through each other. both make parallel refs to fire.
[2/2]
this is kinda the whole point of their storyline though tbh. both of them needing to get over that association--which they eventually do through each other. both make parallel refs to fire.
[2/2]
4.10 hush + 4.11 doomed - they both have secret supernatural identities that they hide from riley (terribly)
4.01 the freshman + 4.06 wild at heart - they both deliver a dramatic monologue that gets interrupted by a pratfall [1/2]