Via a link in the 
su_herald, today I came across this great post by 
pfeifferpack about Spike and whether or not he needed a soul and why. I like this post, because it largely reflects how I've always felt about Spike and his soul. It's also a good excuse to post an old vid of mine, in which I tried to express a similar view in my own preferred medium.
"Things change."
"They do. If you make them."
It's not my best vid, but it's important to me because I love soulless Spike's journey so much. To quote from pfeifferpack's post, I think he did not need the soul for redemption. He was on the road to that already with each baby step, each choice.
su_herald, today I came across this great post by pfeifferpack about Spike and whether or not he needed a soul and why. I like this post, because it largely reflects how I've always felt about Spike and his soul. It's also a good excuse to post an old vid of mine, in which I tried to express a similar view in my own preferred medium. "Things change."
"They do. If you make them."
It's not my best vid, but it's important to me because I love soulless Spike's journey so much. To quote from pfeifferpack's post, I think he did not need the soul for redemption. He was on the road to that already with each baby step, each choice.
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Gabrielle
I really like the Wizard of Oz analogy in that post-- that strikes me as completely accurate that what happened.
Oh, that's great! I'm a huge Stranglers fan, so it makes me really happy to hear I've infected you with it. About half of my vids are set to Stranglers songs, and I have loads more planned -- I know it's predictable, but I don't care :-) Good luck with that floor routine!
And yeah, it's a great post I think. I like the WOz analogy a lot too.
On the other hand, I think he had realised that he had to change before he got the soul, so to me, yes, that counts as redemption.
I agree that the chip was essential; without it, Spike would probably never have changed the way he did. I'm not sure I'd use the word 'forced' though. Just imagine Angelus with a chip; I'm sure that would have gone very differently...
Love your icon btw!
This was a lovely affirmation of why I love Spike so much. I enjoyed muchly!
Thanks, and same here. Spike deciding to get his soul is just so monumental, but also the logical culmination of everything that went before, in my opinion.