# A Question for Spike Fans (the Spike on Buffy, not whatever you were thinking)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 26, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-spike-fans-the-spike-on-buffy-not-whatever-you-were-thinking/133948 "2002-10-26T05:08:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2002, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-spike-fans-the-spike-on-buffy-not-whatever-you-were-thinking/133948/21 "2002-10-28T01:06:45Z")

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if any Buffy fans are interested, there is a research survey seeking your input. I just filled it out: [http://daringivens.home.mindspring.com/survey\_buffy.htm](http://daringivens.home.mindspring.com/survey_buffy.htm)

And \*\* Thea, \*\* I’m partial to a different preposition…

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**Author:** ![effac3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@effac3d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/effac3d)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2002, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-spike-fans-the-spike-on-buffy-not-whatever-you-were-thinking/133948/22 "2002-10-28T01:36:14Z")

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MY take on the Spike love fest,people respond to a realistic character.  
Yes as realistic as a "castrated vampire"can get.

Spike is conflicted,he does seemingly irrational things for bizarre reasons.  
He makes horrible mistakes,he sometimes finds himself helping someone for reasons he can’t name.

In other words a real human.

I get tired of black and white characters and morality plays,so the way Spike has played out is refreshing.

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**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2002, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-spike-fans-the-spike-on-buffy-not-whatever-you-were-thinking/133948/23 "2002-10-28T02:26:08Z")

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Um, \*\*Stoid \*\*, would that preposition happen to start with the letter that’s just to the left of the letter that “on” starts with on my keyboard?

Thought so.

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**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2002, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-spike-fans-the-spike-on-buffy-not-whatever-you-were-thinking/133948/24 "2002-10-28T05:51:20Z")

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“You felt it when I was inside you”

:eek:

- Help me into some house, Benvolio, or I shall faint… \*

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