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   Re: Joss Hated Spike!   
   21 Oct 17 06:04:56   
   
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   From: fredp151@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/21/17 3:16 AM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   > In article , "David"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> The actor told us that Whedon had intended for Spike to get killed off by   
   >> Angel, the show's moral vampire, early on. Whedon, who created the show, was   
   >> not happy when fans began to like Spike.   
   >>   
   >> "It was not supposed to be romantic, but the audience was responding that   
   >> way and Joss was freaking out," he told us. "He backed me up against a wall   
   >> one day and said, 'I don't care how popular you are, you are dead.'"   
   >   
   > The more I hear about the unvarnished Whedon, the more he sounds like a   
   > complete asshole.   
      
   Are we to believe that Wheedon hated the character so much, that there   
   was talk of a Spike movie after the series ended?   
      
   Because one doesn't really square with the other...   
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