Re: Buffy and Drusilla for Spike - what role does poor Harmony play then? :)
Harmony represents mediocrity, something that Spike always despised and wanted to get away from. He has a relationship with Harmony at the time when he isn't so sure anymore of his role as the big bad vampire, after Drusilla dumped him for not being evil enough anymore, at least according to her. He restarts a relationship with her when he's chipped and unable to be a real monster but hasn't still decided to try to be good and when everyone kind of sees him as a joke. Harmony herself doesn't need a chip to be seen as a big joke by everyone, she's a hedonist and acts on impulse and doesn't use her brain much (or in her case, she does but she just doesn't have the intelligence, unlike Spike who's smart when he doesn't let emotions and his temporary urges to win over), lacks self-esteem and when she falls for someone she'll stay with them despite being treated like crap.
Spike praises Drusilla for "saving" him from mediocrity in Crush, the same episode where he leaves Harmony as soon as Drusilla comes back and says that he's finally starting to feel like himself - before he makes it clear that he would prefer Buffy to Drusilla. For Spike, ultimately, Mediocrity < Evil < Goodness
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Date: 2012-03-12 03:24 pm (UTC)Re: Buffy and Drusilla for Spike - what role does poor Harmony play then? :)
Harmony represents mediocrity, something that Spike always despised and wanted to get away from. He has a relationship with Harmony at the time when he isn't so sure anymore of his role as the big bad vampire, after Drusilla dumped him for not being evil enough anymore, at least according to her. He restarts a relationship with her when he's chipped and unable to be a real monster but hasn't still decided to try to be good and when everyone kind of sees him as a joke. Harmony herself doesn't need a chip to be seen as a big joke by everyone, she's a hedonist and acts on impulse and doesn't use her brain much (or in her case, she does but she just doesn't have the intelligence, unlike Spike who's smart when he doesn't let emotions and his temporary urges to win over), lacks self-esteem and when she falls for someone she'll stay with them despite being treated like crap.
Spike praises Drusilla for "saving" him from mediocrity in Crush, the same episode where he leaves Harmony as soon as Drusilla comes back and says that he's finally starting to feel like himself - before he makes it clear that he would prefer Buffy to Drusilla. For Spike, ultimately, Mediocrity < Evil < Goodness