I never for a moment thought he went trying to get the chip out, because the misdirect was just so obvious. But within canon, if it was all about the chip, why did he wait until that moment? If he knew of somewhere he could go that would give him a shot of getting rid of the chip, why not use it any one of a hundred times before? Therefore he must have gone off with some other goal in mind.
What Spike mostly asks Lurky for is to be made what he was 'before'. That could be referring to the chip or it could be referring to being as he was when he was human. Now we know Spike didn't much like himself as a human so it is unlikely he was asking to actually be human, so I take that as asking for a vital part of himself that he knows he had when he was human and doesn't have now.
After the bathroom scene in SR, Spike is very confused, very upset - ranting in his crypt, wondering what is wrong with him. He knows he is missing understanding what is going on and he wants to understand - and I think he was thinking back to being a human and remembering that for all his faults William did seem to understand that sort of thing. So I think he went looking for understanding - not really realising that that understanding meant a soul. Maybe Lurky has rather misleading advertising blurb
'Vampires: Haunted by memories of it all being so much clearer when you were human? Get what you need to understand your loved one but keep your vampire skills! No mess, no fuss, full money back guarantee'
No mention of souls or chips, but Spike would head off like a shot after SR for something like that. And such a mislead, a gift that bites back on the receiver, would be in the tradition of demons like the vengeance demons.
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Date: 2006-06-11 05:32 am (UTC)What Spike mostly asks Lurky for is to be made what he was 'before'. That could be referring to the chip or it could be referring to being as he was when he was human. Now we know Spike didn't much like himself as a human so it is unlikely he was asking to actually be human, so I take that as asking for a vital part of himself that he knows he had when he was human and doesn't have now.
After the bathroom scene in SR, Spike is very confused, very upset - ranting in his crypt, wondering what is wrong with him. He knows he is missing understanding what is going on and he wants to understand - and I think he was thinking back to being a human and remembering that for all his faults William did seem to understand that sort of thing. So I think he went looking for understanding - not really realising that that understanding meant a soul. Maybe Lurky has rather misleading advertising blurb
'Vampires: Haunted by memories of it all being so much clearer when you were human? Get what you need to understand your loved one but keep your vampire skills! No mess, no fuss, full money back guarantee'
No mention of souls or chips, but Spike would head off like a shot after SR for something like that. And such a mislead, a gift that bites back on the receiver, would be in the tradition of demons like the vengeance demons.
So no, I don't think he went to get the chip out.