No matter what good Spike did especially when he didnât even have a soul, it was never really enough.
I think it's one of the reasons why so many people feel so compelled by Spike and relate to him more than to let's say other characters in the show who are actually human.
He's this evil guy who is unapologetically himself for most of the show, who doesn't have a soul but is still able to love, hate, care for, show kindness, show indifference, regret, feel shame, support... he can be very straightforward in what he says, he can be rude on purpose but he will also read the room, he will hit Tara in the nose just to show her family she's not demon and help her out because he likes things clear. He's not the one to cheat his way out of a fight, he enjoys the fight.
He contains multitudes because even without a soul he has hobbies, he reads books, he enjoys food, he likes sarcasm and humor, he tries to say something funny to make Buffy laugh, he tells Dawn scary stories just because she would come to him to not be as lonely as she feels at home. He lets a hellgod torture himself to half death but doesn't let out a word about Dawn being the key, all because Buffy would be in a lot of pain.
He does all that, he's capable of all that and yet it's never enough. And that is one of the most relatable things to many people, isn't it? How many of us have relationships that didn't work out because no matter what we did it was never good enough for the other person? How many times we got disappointed with life because all our efforts were pointless, be it at work or once again in personal life?
Spike is a perfect character. He's so easy to like, he's so easy to dislike but most of all he's just so damn relatable.
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