Thanks for all the lovely compliments! "Well-written" Dru, eh? You flatterer! I'm so happy that you liked this.
I suppose I am attempting to look at Spike (a very unique demon) through triangulation with Why We Fight and Becoming Part II here. My take on him is that he is the opposite of the "demons never change" trope he floats in School Hard. He is so much of this world, even as he is determined to conceal huge parts of himself from it. He is very receptive to art, ideas, and technology. Until he saw the war for himself, he would see it through the lens of the arts of the time, and the reports of the amazing technological advances. This war, perhaps even this battle, changed everything about the 20th century. Of course he would be there, and of course it would mold him in some way.
Why do my comment replies turn into meta so often? *sigh* Anyway, Why We Fight is a very clever title, indeed, but I still think it will go down in history as The Submarine Episode. Hee.
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Date: 2009-03-23 03:51 pm (UTC)I suppose I am attempting to look at Spike (a very unique demon) through triangulation with Why We Fight and Becoming Part II here. My take on him is that he is the opposite of the "demons never change" trope he floats in School Hard. He is so much of this world, even as he is determined to conceal huge parts of himself from it. He is very receptive to art, ideas, and technology. Until he saw the war for himself, he would see it through the lens of the arts of the time, and the reports of the amazing technological advances. This war, perhaps even this battle, changed everything about the 20th century. Of course he would be there, and of course it would mold him in some way.
Why do my comment replies turn into meta so often? *sigh* Anyway, Why We Fight is a very clever title, indeed, but I still think it will go down in history as The Submarine Episode. Hee.