Strangely enough, I do have a crush on Spike! But, I've come to realise that my crush has far more to do with the fanfic version of Spike than the flesh and blood version of the show.
I've come to realise that flesh and blood Spike is constrained by the acting talent of the actor, and I don't think I've ever seen that as more than mediocre (please don't hate me for saying that), and sometimes the writing quality of the ME stable.
In fanfiction I can turn off the versions of Spike I don't like and get turned on MORE by the many versions of Spike I do like. That is then fuelled by the additional talents of manippers out there.
Crushes on real people tend to be crushed as one gets to know the person more. In truth, JM becomes more irritating to me the more I hear about him in RL... so I try now to keep my fantasy Spike very seperate from anything to do with TVSpike or the actor. Safer for everyone, methinks!
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I've come to realise that flesh and blood Spike is constrained by the acting talent of the actor, and I don't think I've ever seen that as more than mediocre (please don't hate me for saying that), and sometimes the writing quality of the ME stable.
In fanfiction I can turn off the versions of Spike I don't like and get turned on MORE by the many versions of Spike I do like. That is then fuelled by the additional talents of manippers out there.
Crushes on real people tend to be crushed as one gets to know the person more. In truth, JM becomes more irritating to me the more I hear about him in RL... so I try now to keep my fantasy Spike very seperate from anything to do with TVSpike or the actor. Safer for everyone, methinks!