Oh, that was ages ago, when spoilers for the hand-whacking first broke. Some of us speculated that in light of the dearth of female characters, SMG's disinclination to appear, and so forth, that Dana might be a try-out for a recurring character, and that maybe she was a potential romantic interest for Angel or Spike. That Dana's age was specified as mid-twenties made this more plausible.
You'd have thought we'd suggested that Angel should go back to raping underage kittens or something. The very idea of Spike and Dana becoming friends or more was denounced as sick because Dana had mutilated poor Spikey.
Never mind that Dana was nuts, hardly responsible for her actions, and would have to get considerably better before any relationship could occur. Never mind that Spike's done horrific things himself, and that his last serious relationship was with someone whom he regularly tried to kill (and vice versa.) Never mind that Spike has the emotional resiliancy of Kevlar, and is not at all likely to be thrown into years of wittering trauma by a little thing like losing an appendage, especially if it's only temporary. The idea that he could EVER entertain kindly feelings towards someone who'd hurt him was just WRONG! And Dana was obviously a sick bitch who should be disposed of as quickly as possible.
Ahem.
Actually only a few people were that adamant, but they were very vocal about it. Some of them allowed that it might be all right if Spike had a distant, kindly-old-mentor relationship with her. But romance would just be ICKY.
They want Sensitive Spike, but only with Buffy or some suitably bland and toothless female. They want a NICE romance. Which would bore me (and, I think, Spike) to tears. Actually I think what some of them really want is William with fangs. Phooey on that.
Re: BAPS
You'd have thought we'd suggested that Angel should go back to raping underage kittens or something. The very idea of Spike and Dana becoming friends or more was denounced as sick because Dana had mutilated poor Spikey.
Never mind that Dana was nuts, hardly responsible for her actions, and would have to get considerably better before any relationship could occur. Never mind that Spike's done horrific things himself, and that his last serious relationship was with someone whom he regularly tried to kill (and vice versa.) Never mind that Spike has the emotional resiliancy of Kevlar, and is not at all likely to be thrown into years of wittering trauma by a little thing like losing an appendage, especially if it's only temporary. The idea that he could EVER entertain kindly feelings towards someone who'd hurt him was just WRONG! And Dana was obviously a sick bitch who should be disposed of as quickly as possible.
Ahem.
Actually only a few people were that adamant, but they were very vocal about it. Some of them allowed that it might be all right if Spike had a distant, kindly-old-mentor relationship with her. But romance would just be ICKY.
They want Sensitive Spike, but only with Buffy or some suitably bland and toothless female. They want a NICE romance. Which would bore me (and, I think, Spike) to tears. Actually I think what some of them really want is William with fangs. Phooey on that.