#i just hate this specific narrative about spuffy soso much

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not to get angry and vague about of some post i saw, but holy shit i just saw a post that claimed buffy was the villain of season 6, argued that every time buffy said "no" to spike before seeing red, that was actually her way of consenting and therefore it was totally ok for spike to ignore her, and essentially argued that while spike did nothing wrong until seeing red, buffy was nothing but a coldhearted abuser the entire time, and is therefore responsible for destroying the safety net she had with spike, leading to his actions in seeing red. in other words, this person is essentially blaming buffy for being sexually assaulted, ala the incredibly sexist fandom narrative from 15 years ago that led to so much buffy hate at the time. but op used modern progressive language to express this, which is why literally no one in the notes took issue with such an obviously ridiculous, bullshit misogynistic take.