There was no mention of pairing her up with Spike. Brian just seems to be interested in making her somehow likable. The only thing Brian understands is that making she and Spike a couple would be the least likely way to do that (thank God for small favours).

I'm glad he understands that, but I don't know if it would be enough to prevent him from deciding to try it anyway. (Fingers crossed that it will!)

That's odd that you can't get registered at IDW. Have you e-mailed them to let them know about the problem?