Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27079851-20171120082917/@comment-27295021-20171124080909

MyPretties wrote: I know that she didn’t write this episode, but this isn’t the first time Jane Espenson’s worked on a show where the characters just over look sexual assault. I remember on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Spike attempted to rape Buffy. However, the characters eventually started to overlook it, with Buffy even making that “oh he didn’t even have a soul at the time” excuse for him. Now, in the comic continuation they are a couple. If you look into the lore of the buffyverse, Spike not having a soul weren't an excuse, but an explonation as to why she would trust Spike with a soul after going through attempted rape. When a vampire sire a human to make another vampire, the human dies, their human souls goes on, and a demon take up residence in their body. So an ensouled Spike is as responsible for the actions of souless Spike as Buffy's postbox are responsible for sunny weather. The only reason it seem they are the same are because, as a consequence of inhabiting a human body, they retain most if not all memories of the "human" that once "owned" it. "What once were shape what we become", I believe Darla said. So... Angelus and Angel are not the same person, they just look and sound alike and share memories, and the same can be said for ensouled and soulless Spike.

Also - I don't think the reboot is that bad?