I've read the webcomic, but from what I've gathered thus far, within Season Nine itself, Spike has no prime directive outside of doing what he thinks will protect Buffy and being ready to answer her calls if she needs him. She's not asking anything of him directly, but it's possible that Spike interpreted what Buffy said in the webcomic (no matter how irritated her face was drawn in that scene by Jeanty) as a sign that he was wanted, so he may not feel justified in leaving SF even if he wanted to... but that dives into speculative and interpretation territory on my part.
It's quite interesting to read all the answers I've gotten to my questions. Unfortunately, I don't have the consensus I was hoping for. You know, when comics are the medium best suited for getting into a character's head directly (thought boxes are amazing when well-used), it doesn't seem that they're truly being utilized for BtVS as represented by the varying degrees of motivations and reasonings for character behavior I've gotten. The main thing that is consist is- Spike will stay where Buffy is because of (insert reason A, B, C, or D). I'm just not sure what that means for him, if it's a positive or negative thing, or how it makes me feel as a fan based on my own expectations and views of the character.
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Date: 2012-01-17 05:09 am (UTC)It's quite interesting to read all the answers I've gotten to my questions. Unfortunately, I don't have the consensus I was hoping for. You know, when comics are the medium best suited for getting into a character's head directly (thought boxes are amazing when well-used), it doesn't seem that they're truly being utilized for BtVS as represented by the varying degrees of motivations and reasonings for character behavior I've gotten. The main thing that is consist is- Spike will stay where Buffy is because of (insert reason A, B, C, or D). I'm just not sure what that means for him, if it's a positive or negative thing, or how it makes me feel as a fan based on my own expectations and views of the character.