treeshman

You know, The Yoko Factor actually showed us that Spike was fully capable of being a villain even with the chip. You don’t need to rip out throats to be evil, there are plenty of options for committing nefarious acts sans violence. And even the violence can be outsourced to accomplices (like Drusilla serving up a kill in Crush).

Spike just wanted to belong, he succumbed to the desire for love and friendship without any encouragement. Giles floated the idea of him as a white hat ONCE, right after Spike moved into his crypt, but that was it, he was only really invited back in when Buffy asked him to drive the getaway Winnebago car.

you try to get past them in a hallway and they just look at you like this