Yeah, I've always considered Spike to be a creation of serendipity. Joss never, EVER focused on Spike. Spike was a tool he needed in certain instances and he threw him into the mix. Joss created Spike through plot not because he was creating a character. Spike served the plot... here's Spike. He wasn't planned. His journey wasn't planned. His complexity is because of his being tugged into various plots and written by various actors and JM finding a throughline.
Spike was a happy accident. A product of good timing, factoring into the story at significant moments, and having an actor who could infuse the moments with humanity so that they held together and made a whole.
Basically, Joss is just damn lucky he got creatively knocked up by accident and gave birth to Spike. Joss's planned births seem to end up less successful in the long run.
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Date: 2005-08-11 10:55 pm (UTC)Spike was a happy accident. A product of good timing, factoring into the story at significant moments, and having an actor who could infuse the moments with humanity so that they held together and made a whole.
Basically, Joss is just damn lucky he got creatively knocked up by accident and gave birth to Spike. Joss's planned births seem to end up less successful in the long run.