A Chasing After Wind

I've been thinking about the Daredevil TV show, and how the relationship between Benjamin Poindexter and Julie Barnes really skeeved me out and turned me off that incarnation of Bullseye. Then I wondered how I could turn around and ship Buffy/Spike when there are some definite parallels

But there are some also pretty significant differences.

1. Buffy is protagonist. Julie is a side character of a side character. Buffy at any point of time has a lot more going on than Spike - and she doesn't die to advance Spike's story.
2. Buffy is very adamant that she will not be Spike's moral compass. She does somewhat take on that role in season seven, but by that point a lot has happened. Yes, he tried to rape her - but he also tried in his way to help her early in season six, and put up with her physical abuse, and got a soul. The last is particularly a big deal for Buffy because of her experience with Angel. And even after all that, she still keeps her distance from Spike in early season seven, only making the decision to help him after some vampiric therapy from Holden Webster.

So it seems those differences are enough for me.

P.S. When I first started writing this post I entitled it "Bullseye Vs. Spike", but I realized this might mislead people into thinking it is about a fight between the two. For the record, Spike wouldn't get near Bullseye. Bullseye would throws a stake at his heart before he got the change to close distance.