Mind Over Meta - October 30th, 2007

yourlibrarian

12:18 pm - Between the dotted lines

As buffyversetop5 is wrapping up its Classic Recs run this year, I will be interested to see if 2007 will bring more stories about a post-Shansu Spike. Given that AtS: After the Fall will start next month, the trend that seemed to build in 2005 may die out. There were stories about a Shansu!Spike before AtS S5 even started, but knowing what happens in the alley may change things. In any case I’m still hoping for a definitive version. I’ve read wonderful interpretations of Souled!Spike and Chipped!Spike, PreChip!Spike, newly-raised Spike, William, Jerk!Spike and Romantic!Spike. But so far, while there have been some enjoyable takes at Shansu!Spike, I don’t know if any of them have been completely satisfying. And I wonder if this is because, well, we really have no idea what he’d be like. We’ve seen all those other incarnations in canon, but from the sound of it we will never see a Shansu!Spike, so that one is left ( completely to our imagination )