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   http://www.buzzfeed.com/jarettwieselman/james-marsters-will-be-t   
   am-spike-for-all-of-eternity   
      
   James Marsters Will Be "Team Spike" For All Of Eternity   
      
   Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s ultimate bad boy reflects on his seven years   
   working in Joss Whedon’s world, his desire for artistic freedom, and turning   
   to fans to help fund his new movie.   
      
   Every now and then there is a pop culture moment so huge, it forces a   
   semi-dormant fan base to roar back to life. The Buffyverse recently   
   experienced one of these massive in-community controversies when former   
   Buffy star Sarah Michelle Gellar was asked during a Reddit AMA if she was   
   Team Angel or Team Spike.   
      
   Had the internet been as omnipresent when Buffy the Vampire Slayer   
   originally aired (from 1997–2003), this question would have been asked and   
   answered a zillion times over, so fans of Joss Whedon’s seminal series were   
   glued to their computer screens as Gellar typed, in all caps, “ANGEL.”   
      
   Angel, played with a brooding intensity by David Boreanaz, was Buffy’s first   
   love, but subsequent seasons paired The Slayer — somewhat controversially —   
   with James Marsters’ Spike, an unapologetically bloodthirsty vampire whose   
   redemption became a driving force in the show’s final years. The fandom had   
   long been split over who was truly worthy of Buffy’s heart, but with five   
   letters, Gellar let us all know where she stood.   
      
   “Well, I have to say, I really messed with her a lot, so perhaps there’s   
   more to her choice than just what happened on the show,” Marsters told   
   BuzzFeed during a recent interview. “I grew up as a subversive artist, and   
   you have to be so polite to the lead on a film all the time — whether   
   they’re   
   nice or not — so something about that stuck in my craw and I would,   
   sometimes, lovingly mess with her. It’s mean, but I couldn’t help myself.   
   So, maybe I understand why she said that.”   
      
   Marsters also understands why, more than a decade after the series finale,   
   he’s still approached on a near-daily basis about his role on the WB (and   
   later UPN) series. “I didn’t write Buffy, I didn’t produce Buffy, I   
   didn’t   
   direct Buffy, so I’m not bragging when I say it was a really good show,” he   
   stated. “I stood on tape and wore the hair and scowled in the correct   
   manner, so I’m just glad to have been a part of it. But I always knew that   
   even after the special effects got a little old-looking, generations would   
   appreciate this. I remember telling Sarah that we may go on to lots of money   
   later in our careers, but we would never touch the nerve of the world like   
   we are today.”   
      
   Since Marsters’ role in the Whedonverse came to a close (following Buffy’s   
   conclusion, he played Spike on the final season of spin-off Angel), the   
   51-year-old continued to release music with his band, Ghost of the Robot,   
   while consistently working within the genre world, guest-starring on such   
   shows as Smallville, Torchwood, Caprica, and Warehouse 13, and in the odd   
   film.   
      
   The latest role added to Marsters’ résumé is that of Lord Tensley in Dragon   
   Warriors, an all-CGI medieval comedy that is currently seeking   
   post-production funding on Kickstarter. Although he’s dealt with CGI for the   
   majority of his career, working against nothing but a green screen was an   
   exciting new adventure.   
      
   {{more of the article at the link. And three animate GIFs of Spike vamping   
   out}}   
      
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