Marti Noxon had the following to say about the episode 6.09 Smashed:
“This was the beginning of the most divisive story we’ve ever had, which was Buffy and Spike boning. Really, I’ve never seen such a strong reaction on both sides. People either love it or hate it. To this day, people either truly believe that Spike is completely redeemed and should be treated a lot better, or they truly believe that Buffy is a fool for trusting someone who’s been evil and how can she be so unheroic as to allow herself to be caught up in this really sordid romance? So you get the total Buffy/Spikeshippers or you get the attitude, ‘I just don’t respect Buffy any more.’ It’s fascinating to see.
“The thing I keep saying is that it’s not black and white. I’d love it to be, but it’s not. To me, this is much more real. If these two crazy kids can make it work, it will be a lot more interesting than a kind of perfect romance with obstacles thrown in. To me, this is real life; this is people making their own problems. If they can get it together, that would be amazing. But it was never going to be easy. That’s why Spike did something radical at the end of the year. Joss came up with the idea of the house coming down around them while they made love. It was perfect, because we needed something catastrophic to go along with this huge dangerous union.”
Related episodes: 6.09 Smashed
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aneke on July 13th, 2005 at 5:29 pm
does anyone have any idea when can I get that music theme from scene when Buffy and Spike had sex for first time?
:)
Angel242 on November 19th, 2005 at 10:07 am
I agree with some
HarFang on April 12th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Oh, the scene with the house crashing down was *powerful* ; not quite sane of course, but wow. Just as destructive and darkly attractive as the scene in Graduation:2 when Angel drinks from Buffy.
I do agree that having sex with Spike makes Buffy darker and almost creepy. In a certain way, she starts losing her soul, just like Angel had after sleeping with her. On the other hand, it also leads Spike to try getting his own soul back, so there is a rather poetic balance there. Of course, that’s my interpretation, but it allows me to keep liking both characters, so…