Oh dear sweet Heaven. Thank you for the spoiler.

I don't ship Spike, period, but I was enjoying him as a character again when Lynch wrote him. (Long story, although I did like Spike's appearances on Angel in general.) I had not read Spike: After the Fall--Spider does what to him? Hot poker? Forced sex? What? And this is supposed to be appealing? Yai, yai, yai. :-(