The Gift Question About B/S Scene at Buffy's House

[kenzier]

As I'm sure many of you know, when you're a shipper, you're always reading every scene for something about your ship. Therefore, I don't know if I'm reading to much Spuffiness into this scene in any way, but I've been re-watching a lot of Buffy lately, and I've found Buffy and Spike's scene at her house to be kind of strange.

Specifically, I found Buffy to be very somber and somewhat contemplative in this scene--much more than I would have expected her to be, and kind of out of the blue. After she invites Spike back in, there's a weariness to the way she closes the door and lets her arm just fall to her side. Also, when she's speaking with Spike, Sarah delivers her lines very slowly and quietly. After Spike says, "...even if that happens to be tonight" there's a good 3 second beat where she says nothing and simply stares, and then says "I'll be a minute."

Now, even as a Spuffy shipper, I feel that this is too early to be an indication that Buffy may have feelings for Spike, but the way this scene was acted made me think one of three things:

a) Buffy was suddenly somber because she felt she could be honest with Spike about what their real odds were of winning were

b) Buffy thought that there was no way both of them would make it out of this fight and feels grimly or even sad about it

c) Buffy had something that she wanted to say


I've been dying to figure out why this scene was played this way. I don't have S5 on DVD, so I don't know if there's anything in the commentary about this, but if there is, by all means, I'd love to hear it.

Short of that, I'd really love to hear the opinions from shippers and non-shippers alike.

[Inappropriate Starches]

I kind of feel like it's all of those things and possibly more. I too am a shipper and a spuffy one at that so I know what you mean about reading too much into things but I always got a spuffy vibe off this scene too and also felt it was a little premature.

The way I see it is that she is somber about the stakes in the upcoming fight. The slow and sad way of speaking is very similar to the way she talks to the guy she saves in the alley at the beginning of the episode.

Also for the spuffyness of it:
The letting him back into her house, and the moment where you feel like she wants to say more I think has a lot to do with a new found respect for him. He had recently taken care of Dawn (on multiple occations) at his own expense for no reason but to help them out, and was now willing to protect Dawn if it cost him his life, simply because she asked him too. She definitely isn't in love with him, but she appreciates him I think.

A lot of that wasn't very elequant, or even exactly what I mean to say, but the jist is I think all your options are right, or could at least be interpreted that way.

[Scarygothgirl]

I'm not a Spuffy fan, I think it's done that way because she's aware of how tough the fight will be and how not everyone willget through it, and she understands that Spike is on her side for this so sees no point in being hostile.