new item for season 7 wishlist
Jan. 30th, 2003 01:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timepiececlockSomething I've been missing lately in BtVS: Spike's fighting skills.
Yeah, we've seen him survive more torture than anyone-friggin-else on the whole show. We know he's tough.
But what happened to seeing him fight? We've haven't had a great Spike fight since the Ring of Amara thing in season 4... it seems mostly he throw one or two punches, saves Buffy or Xander's butt, and then the fight's over. The Tabula Rasa fight with the vamps was ok, and the Dead Things fight was kinda cool, and the Sleeper fight on the catwalk was ok, but Spike used to be really GOOD. He killed two slayers hand-to-hand, and Buffy was warned about how dangerous he was. And he survived nearly every fight with Buffy, who was also very very good--and though she could take him now, I'm sure, he had a good chance of killing Buffy before he got chipped. He nearly did in School Hard. He could win against Drusilla and he could hold his own against Angel.
And yet, it's seemed like, since season six, his fighting has actually gotten worse. Or, he spends so much time getting beaten up, it's hard to tell.
I'd like to see just a one-on-one fight between Spike and a demon, in which he goes all out, and beats the crap out of the other guy. I'd like to see some fancy moves and clever camera work. I'd like to see something that says "Spike's a bloody good fighter, remember?"
We sort of had that with the season 6 finale, in the cave in Africa. But those fights were also heavily cut, and done in the dark, with us not really getting to se a whole lot of fist & fangs. In FFL Spike talks about seeking out the Slayers for the challenge of the fight, the fun of it.
I want to see Spike have some really good fun beating something up.
Yeah, we've seen him survive more torture than anyone-friggin-else on the whole show. We know he's tough.
But what happened to seeing him fight? We've haven't had a great Spike fight since the Ring of Amara thing in season 4... it seems mostly he throw one or two punches, saves Buffy or Xander's butt, and then the fight's over. The Tabula Rasa fight with the vamps was ok, and the Dead Things fight was kinda cool, and the Sleeper fight on the catwalk was ok, but Spike used to be really GOOD. He killed two slayers hand-to-hand, and Buffy was warned about how dangerous he was. And he survived nearly every fight with Buffy, who was also very very good--and though she could take him now, I'm sure, he had a good chance of killing Buffy before he got chipped. He nearly did in School Hard. He could win against Drusilla and he could hold his own against Angel.
And yet, it's seemed like, since season six, his fighting has actually gotten worse. Or, he spends so much time getting beaten up, it's hard to tell.
I'd like to see just a one-on-one fight between Spike and a demon, in which he goes all out, and beats the crap out of the other guy. I'd like to see some fancy moves and clever camera work. I'd like to see something that says "Spike's a bloody good fighter, remember?"
We sort of had that with the season 6 finale, in the cave in Africa. But those fights were also heavily cut, and done in the dark, with us not really getting to se a whole lot of fist & fangs. In FFL Spike talks about seeking out the Slayers for the challenge of the fight, the fun of it.
I want to see Spike have some really good fun beating something up.
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Date: 2003-01-30 04:41 am (UTC)Yeah we all miss Spike the fighter! The guy used to have the moves! But now I am wondering if falling in love hasn't made him go all soft? Has getting a soul meant he's lost the killer instinct! Say it isn't so Joss!
Perhaps the secret message in BtVS is: beware falling in love...it nicks all your combat skills!
Seriously though, it kind of hard to believe this is the same Vamp who killed two slayers! Still, plenty of time in this series for a decent dust up isn't there? I'll cross my fingers!