From: nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com   
      
   On Sat, 7 Feb 2026 19:48:19 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701    
   wrote:   
      
   >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.   
   >   
      
   Though wasn't the timing a bit different. As in Josh was still around   
   when Faith was introduced but Spike got ruined after Marti Noxon took   
   over. At least I think that fits the time line.   
      
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