Post by midwesternwatcher on Sept 24, 2010 15:35:22 GMT -5
The question of how much of the former human personality survives in a new vampire is left unanswered in the Buffyverse. I think this was one on purpose, and I think it was a good decision.
What do you guys think of this -- vampires can mimic human feelings, but not really experience them. I suppose the "love" they feel is like the "love" that you and I would feel at a distance, vicariously. We see Willow and Tara or Buffy and Angel in love, and we enjoy it, but it's muffled and distant, not as if we were in love ourselves.
Suppose Spike feels this sort of "love" for Buffy. He gives himself fully to that feeling, because there are no other feelings strong enough to make him forget it (at least when the blood lust is not on him). Perhaps he feels a wistful longing for the "real thing," and this is what makes him seek a soul.
In season 8, it's been a while, but remember the town where vampires couldn't go? The town was "protected" by a mystical beast that "ate" regret, and vampires are "pure regret." They can't forget the pleasures of life (like chocolate, remember) that are forever denied to them.
What about the unholy pleasures of the vampire life?
What do you guys think of this -- vampires can mimic human feelings, but not really experience them. I suppose the "love" they feel is like the "love" that you and I would feel at a distance, vicariously. We see Willow and Tara or Buffy and Angel in love, and we enjoy it, but it's muffled and distant, not as if we were in love ourselves.
Suppose Spike feels this sort of "love" for Buffy. He gives himself fully to that feeling, because there are no other feelings strong enough to make him forget it (at least when the blood lust is not on him). Perhaps he feels a wistful longing for the "real thing," and this is what makes him seek a soul.
In season 8, it's been a while, but remember the town where vampires couldn't go? The town was "protected" by a mystical beast that "ate" regret, and vampires are "pure regret." They can't forget the pleasures of life (like chocolate, remember) that are forever denied to them.
What about the unholy pleasures of the vampire life?