Amicable Exes: He and Buffy practically serve as the epitome of this in the Season 12 comics.He functions relatively well, all things considered, once he's gotten some time to adjust to having a soul. Granted, much of this can be attributed to either being soulless, or being recently ensouled. Whenever he's bored, he'll do something ridiculously suicidal just for the hell of it, he stalked Buffy for over a year, and once had a full-blown psychotic episode. Ambiguous Disorder: He managed to improve his social skills over the course of a century, but he has a mixed bag of vaguely bipolar, obsessive, borderline and schizoidal tendencies which come and go with the story.It's outright stated in the After the Fall comics. Amazon Chaser: Drusilla, Slayers in general and Buffy in particular - it's not a stretch to say he's only interested in women who can ( and do) kick his ass.AM/FM Characterization: He loves Punk Rock, in particular Sid Vicious and The Ramones.After the events of ∽estiny, once Angel gets his confidence back, he reestablishes his prowess and physical superiority over Spike, to the point of getting the better of Spike while in puppet form!Īngel: Touch her like that again ( grabs Spike and throws him to the ground), get ready for our VERY LAST rematch! Played straight later in the the season.Even when the two break up prior to the start of Season 12, their subsequent interactions are far less awkward and tense than Buffy's and Angel's could be post-relationship, with each making sure to show how much they still care for the other, and they even imply possibly getting back together in the future. Finally on top of Angel in one area, and the one that would matter most to Spike. Subverted in the comics, where in Season 10, Buffy makes it clear to Spike that she chooses him over Angel and Willow tells Angel she thinks Spike is more capable than Angel of being in a relationship with Buffy due to his greater capacity for change.Angel later has nightmares where Spike becomes The Hero and stops the Apocalypse single-handedly, and he's left pushing the mail cart.

Although the Cup proves to be a fake, the result is enough to shake Angel into wondering whether or not he truly is the subject of the Shanshu Prophecy, and he admits to Gunn later on that Spike was stronger and truly wanted to bear the burden more than he did. This culminates in an all-out brawl between the two over who should get to drink from the Cup of Perpetual Torment, and while both get in a good deal of damage (physically and verbally), Spike definitively wins the fight. Averted a few episodes later in 'Destiny,' where Spike becomes determined to prove that it might in fact be him, and not Angel, who is the 'champion' featured in the Shanshu Prophecy.In 'Just Rewards,' Wesley and Angel outright state that Spike's reputation for evil and bloodshed is second only to Angelus'. Always Second Best: To Angel/Angelus, as both a hero and a villain.By the end of season 5, he's accepted the reality that he doesn't really fit in with humans or demons anymore, but earnestly thanks Buffy for treating him like a person anyways. Additionally, the Scoobies don't treat him as one of their own and often made him the target of snark or insults. He begins to be shunned by at least a portion of the Sunnydale demon community after he begins demon-hunting as a method of sating his Blood Knight tendencies.

All of the Other Reindeer: In season 4, mostly.Affectionate Nickname: Drusilla tended to call him 'my love' and 'my sweet' and Harmony called him all sorts of cutesy pet-names, but most notably ' blondie-bear' and 'boo-boo'.Presumably one reason for this change is Spike constantly getting woken up and called to action right out of bed (including a major part of an arc where he and Xander are both in their sleepwear), which would require a lot of tricky angles from the artist in order to keep the comic's rating.

Even in the basement in Season 7, Spike was fairly known for sleeping naked.

Adaptational Modesty: Season 10 shows Spike usually sleeping in a tank top and boxers after moving in with the Scoobies.

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