Buffy flirting with Spike at the party - it's drawn as much more intense than the other situations she's shown in at the party. She's leaning towards him, smiling and gazing into his eyes while her hand is playing with her hair. It's practically an illustration from a Manual of Body Language, in the chapter on sexual attraction. :)
Secondly, as I interpret it she flirts with him first, but he replies coolly and doesn't respond in kind. After that, we see Buffy engrossed in conversation, messing about or flirting with several other men at the party. We now know she had sex with someone there as well. You can interpret that either as her wanting Spike but settling for someone else when he turned her advances down; or her just generally looking for someone and hitting on Spike because he was available. I suspect myself that Spike assumes the second, but Buffy meant the first: but that's only speculation.
has Buffy made any mentions of her romantic feelings for anyone at the moment in any of the issues?
No. Rather, the point is made that she's drifting along with no plans for the future (or trying not to think about it).
Though she does tell Willow in a Slayer-dream, "I don't want you to go. Things are starting to get better. There's so much I'm figuring out about my life right now. I need you" - but she probably doesn't mean that romantically. :)
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Date: 2012-01-17 08:08 pm (UTC)Secondly, as I interpret it she flirts with him first, but he replies coolly and doesn't respond in kind. After that, we see Buffy engrossed in conversation, messing about or flirting with several other men at the party. We now know she had sex with someone there as well. You can interpret that either as her wanting Spike but settling for someone else when he turned her advances down; or her just generally looking for someone and hitting on Spike because he was available. I suspect myself that Spike assumes the second, but Buffy meant the first: but that's only speculation.
has Buffy made any mentions of her romantic feelings for anyone at the moment in any of the issues?
No. Rather, the point is made that she's drifting along with no plans for the future (or trying not to think about it).
Though she does tell Willow in a Slayer-dream, "I don't want you to go. Things are starting to get better. There's so much I'm figuring out about my life right now. I need you" - but she probably doesn't mean that romantically. :)