One problem I have with the way Spuffy was written in Season 6 is how it seemed like a lot of the time the writers were like not realizing how emotionally investing they'd made the relationship and then they'd like...get mad at the audience (implicitly and through the text) for being invested as a result?
Like, Buffy writers, if you didn't want me to want Buffy and Spike to have a happy romantic relationship together, maybe you should have written it differently and directed the actors in way that wasn't like "ok now eye fuck each other like your LIVES depend on it, like you want nothing more than the other person and need one other to breathe... aaaaand ACTION". And then always turned around like "ooh this is so disgusting and evil and inherently immoral, you're so gross for enjoying this" after shooting like a really great scene filled with great chemistry and deep character connections. It's kinda disorienting to watch tbh.
Thank you, yes. As viewers, we did not need to be punished...for seeing what was RIGHT THERE.
