If anything I thought that Cordelia was the more popular female lead, but maybe I'm not very in tune with the Ats fandom
That was my take on it. It could just be the taken-for-granted aspect of it. From 1 to the beginning of 4, she was the female lead and it seems to be a common thing for people to assume others are going to love them, so they focus on the Fred or the Willow.
Still ultimately they created an interesting season out of it IMHO
Of, definitely. Mentally I can say this was interesting or that was definitely needed for the character, but emotionally... I just really feel like I'm seeing Joss talking. Like with the Sparmony, I'm like "OK, Joss, whatever you say." At the same time, I think Spike as a character needs something like Damage. Not that he needed his hands cut off, of course, but it was good to see him not shirk things off.
So yeah, it jars me, but it's still the best iteration of the 'compromise' and it destroying things theme he's done. Now if he'd just stop doing it over and over and over again...
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That was my take on it. It could just be the taken-for-granted aspect of it. From 1 to the beginning of 4, she was the female lead and it seems to be a common thing for people to assume others are going to love them, so they focus on the Fred or the Willow.
Still ultimately they created an interesting season out of it IMHO
Of, definitely. Mentally I can say this was interesting or that was definitely needed for the character, but emotionally... I just really feel like I'm seeing Joss talking. Like with the Sparmony, I'm like "OK, Joss, whatever you say." At the same time, I think Spike as a character needs something like Damage. Not that he needed his hands cut off, of course, but it was good to see him not shirk things off.
So yeah, it jars me, but it's still the best iteration of the 'compromise' and it destroying things theme he's done. Now if he'd just stop doing it over and over and over again...