Aside of the First telling us that Spike chose to get his soul, Spike himself telling Buffy he chose to get his soul, there's also the fact that he didn't need to get his chip out to hurt Buffy.
If all Spike wanted to do was hurt Buffy, big surprise, he could already do it.
The chip didn't work on Buffy since s6. At all.
If he wanted to kill her, he could have killed her a dozen times over.
And the main reason that I'd hate the idea of the chip being something he was tricked into, is because it'd lower the meaning of the soul. To me, Spike choosing his soul is part of his ongoing redemption. And if it had been some trick or something, part of the value would be gone.
And before you start about her friends. Spike isn't Angel. He's not into torturing Buffy by hurting her friends. That'd be an Angel thing to do. If Spike wanted to hurt Buffy, he'd kill her himself, and he didn't want to do that. He didn't want to hurt her, he felt guilty enough after the attempted rape as we're clearly shown in the scene with Clem, where he talks about not understanding why he stopped, why he didn't go on after Buffy kicked him off, because he just can't understand why he's feeling guilt when he shouldn't be able to do so.
Spike wanted to stop being half, he wanted some clarity and he thought the soul would give him that. (he just didn't really have a clue what he was getting into, since he didn't know souled Angel enough to know that Angel is still Angelus, just locked on a leash) And it's probably the best part of s6, his choice to become better, to become more than he was. In fact, Spike's soul and his love for Buffy are what makes s7 worth watching.
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Date: 2006-06-11 11:08 am (UTC)If all Spike wanted to do was hurt Buffy, big surprise, he could already do it.
The chip didn't work on Buffy since s6. At all.
If he wanted to kill her, he could have killed her a dozen times over.
And the main reason that I'd hate the idea of the chip being something he was tricked into, is because it'd lower the meaning of the soul. To me, Spike choosing his soul is part of his ongoing redemption. And if it had been some trick or something, part of the value would be gone.
And before you start about her friends. Spike isn't Angel. He's not into torturing Buffy by hurting her friends. That'd be an Angel thing to do. If Spike wanted to hurt Buffy, he'd kill her himself, and he didn't want to do that. He didn't want to hurt her, he felt guilty enough after the attempted rape as we're clearly shown in the scene with Clem, where he talks about not understanding why he stopped, why he didn't go on after Buffy kicked him off, because he just can't understand why he's feeling guilt when he shouldn't be able to do so.
Spike wanted to stop being half, he wanted some clarity and he thought the soul would give him that. (he just didn't really have a clue what he was getting into, since he didn't know souled Angel enough to know that Angel is still Angelus, just locked on a leash) And it's probably the best part of s6, his choice to become better, to become more than he was. In fact, Spike's soul and his love for Buffy are what makes s7 worth watching.