In this post of mine you are most likely not going to know what I'm referring to but I will try to explain as best as possible.
Living in Turkey I never watched TV series because they are long (1 episode=1hr 45mins without commercials. They make it this long because they have to put a lot of commercials to be able to make them profitable) but since I live in the US now I feel the need of watching some. I am currently watching this particular one named "Ezel" in which there is a couple similar to Spike and Drusilla. The female character, which is on the right isn't exactly like Drusilla but the male character is the hopelessly romantic character Spike is. Similar to Spike he is a character who is not afraid of harming others to make, in this case, his wife happy and to spoil her with whatever gift he can get her, whether it be a $300,000 necklase or a nice car. As long as she is happy and stays with him he feels he can do anything and everything without being afraid; however he would be lost without her, doing something that could harm both himself and a lot people around him including the girl he claims to love.
This situation isn't something that is only on books. It also happens quite often in real life. Just a couple of weeks ago in our Business Computing class we read about a man killing his wife because she changed her facebook status to single.
I for some reason find this a little different than love. It is more of an addiction. Some men, such as Spike or Cengiz in my Turkish TV series want to unreasonably care for and spoil a certain woman without caring at all for others and when they notice they are not successful they lose it.
I put Micheal Corleone's picture with his Italian wife Apollonia because he also is a male who feels the same needs; however he is a bit more serious and smarter a guy compared to the other two to make the same mistakes they would potentially make. He does have the same tendency to spoil her though and she, because of this, dies by a bomb planted in the car.
This is more of a male character analysis but I just find this interesting that some men want to irrationally and unreasonably love and spoil someone to the point where it is unhealthy for all.
I think that you've made an interesting point. Spike's overwhelming "love," or better yet, "addiction" with Drusilla is strong enough that it could be like his weakness. He's head over heels for her and he spoils her in every way, but he does so by putting himself in danger. We even saw him in a wheelchair with half of his face burned. Maybe this means that overwhelming love is dangerous? And this could also apply to Buffy and Angel. Their love for each other is their weak points. It's interesting to think of love as a weak point that enemies can target and also a strength that motivates.
ReplyDeleteBut the relationship of Buffy and Angel is much different than Spike and Drusilla's. Buffy and Angel are mutually into eachother, whereas Spike spoils Drusilla because it satisfies his ego and Drusilla enjoys someone of such power being in love with her.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your point that Spike is obsessed with pleasing Drusilla, but I don't think he's like that guy who killed his wife because she changed her relationship status to "single". I think he'd be the kind of guy who would be completely devastated if he lost the one he loved, not go completely crazy and kill her.
ReplyDeleteAzi, true, but don't forget when Spike came to Buffy's and attacked and assaulted her. I think he has a little bit of both in him, which is dangerous. I think Spike's feelings for Buffy boarder between love and obsession, as he talks about his love for Buffy constantly. I agree with Volkan, Angel and Buffy's relationship is mutual, the love they share is passionate and real (until he becomes Angelus..)
ReplyDeleteI always thought of Spike's love as poetic but I see the flip side can be dangerous as well
ReplyDeleteI had never really thought of Spike's unwavering love for Druscilla as dangerous because I just thought that it was kind of romantic in a dark way, but now that I think about it his infatuation led to the death of many in order to keep his lover happy.
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