Artemis_chile makes some good points

[shipperx]

artemis_child had some interesting things to say in regards to Spuffy and a bit about Harm's Way. While I'm really okay with Spike not going to see Buffy (but wish he would at least call or send a letter), I still agree with Artemis_child (hey, I'm woman. I can have two opposing ideas. :)
Artemis Child's "Oi, my head *groan*"

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[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

That was a really good and interesting post, but the thing that struck me most as I read it was that I just don't care anymore. Intellectually, I'm there, but emotionally? ME hurt me too much with the way they treated Spuffy, and I withdrew. My heart is so far behind bars when it comes to that storyline that it can't touch me anymore. They beat me down just as surely as they did Spike, but unlike him, I'm not one of those boppy clowns that keeps bouncing back up for more punching. I'm outta there. With a profound sense of regret for what could have been, it's true, but out all the same.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I realized that Spuffy was dead for me when I realized that even if Buffy turned around said she loved Spike more than life itself and spit in Angel's face. . . it wouldn't appease me. It wouldn't be enough. It wouldn't reconcile me to Spuffy.

When you reach that point, the romance is dead. There's NOTHING that ME could do, no gesture that Buffy could make that could make up for the past. . . not that I thin they would even try.

I still love Spike (I can't help it. I think it has to do with the "I *am* Spike" thing rather than the "I have a crush on Spike") but Spuffy is dead and the only impact it has on me is that I will spit nails if Buffy ever reconciles with Angel.

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

<< There's NOTHING that ME could do, no gesture that Buffy could make that could make up for the past. . . not that I thin they would even try. >>

I don't think they'll ever try, either, but I'm so pathetically easy (and still want B/S to find happiness despite everything) that if ME made even a half-assed effort, I'd be all over it and reinvested in a heartbeat. Apparently I have no spine at all.