the sun sets and she appears

Like, yeah vampires don't get much out of eating, won't risk going out during the day, wouldn't have the inner compass to seek out a soul, wouldn't stand by a mad Drusilla for centuries, would avoid slayers at all cost, and wouldn't aid a slayer once neutered for funsies.

Spike is just a fucking freak. A weirdo. Darla and Angel couldn't stand him in part due to the fact that something just is sideways in that man's head. No wonder him and Drusilla got on like a house on fire, they both have something deeply wrong with them.

And yeah, there's that whole demon taking the human as a template theory, and Spike being hedonism personified, and I'm well aware.

But like, I think using Spike as any kind of metric is a mistake because he is simply like that.

giles can relate to buffy's struggles over an unwanted destiny and being crushed by the weight of her responsibilities but ultimately he was raised for a position of power while buffy and jenny were both raised to be expendable. buffy and jenny are both pawns in a war waged by someone else while giles, although deeply traumatized by his experiences, was always supposed to be on the other side of that.

on the other hand buffy's destiny, while cruel and tragic, was truly beyond anyone's control. ancient magical forces decided she's the slayer and there was nothing much to be done about it. meanwhile giles and jenny's destinies weren't actually magical or predetermined in any way. they were both hand-selected for them by their families — an act of cruelty by people who were supposed to keep them safe.

From Innocence (214) to Smashed (609)

Buffy has to kill Angel because he has turned evil, but right before the killing blow his soul is returned and he is once again the loved one she remembers, and that is the version of him she has to kill.

Spike turns his mother out of love, but instead of his kind and caring mother he is faced with a cruel monster wearing his mother’s face who wants to hurt him. Just as he stakes her the demonic face slips away and she once again resembles the gentle mother he knew.

This just looks like she embraced christianity.

(I've been looking for you)

Pin-up girl, but you're not her

Also she was mainly shown stealing from the Magic Shop and they literally all do that I don’t believe they’re paying for anything they use there?