From: atropos@mac.com   
      
   On Feb 7, 2026 at 11:06:37 AM PST, "The True Melissa"   
    wrote:   
      
   > Verily, in article <10m80kb$1b21q$1@dont-email.me>, did atropos@mac.com   
   > deliver unto us this message:   
   >>   
   >>  On Feb 7, 2026 at 1:30:41 AM PST, "Ubiquitous"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>  > What TV Show Character Did You Slowly Hate More And More?   
   >>   
   >>  Spike on BUFFY.   
   >   
   > Spike was legit cool when he first appeared, and he wasn't supposed to   
   > stay. The fans loved him, the execs decreed him a permanent character,   
   > and the writers didn't know what to do with him.   
      
   Faith was the same way. Only supposed to be in a few episodes, then gone. But   
   she quickly became a fan favorite and the writers figured out how to make her   
   work without making us hate her like they did with Spike.   
      
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