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In fact it seems that a sizeable number of Redemptionistas were also early Spuffy shippers, who wanted to see a romantic relationship between Buffy and Spike, which would be impossible without a redemption arc. Writer David Fury was dismissive of any storyline which could result in a less evil Spike beginning a romance with Buffy, and some fans viewed his comments as insulting towards Spuffy shippers and redemptionistas.

In early seasons some show writers showed a noticeable preference for Evil Spike on public discussion forums, on which they interacted with fans. They (We!) believe that Spike can overcome his vampire nature to embrace his humanity. Redemptionistas look at Spike as an anomaly among vampirekind, they see his tremendous capacity for empathy and humanity. Originally, this term referred to MBTV posters who refused to see Spike as Just Another Evil Vampire. At BTVS-TabulaRasa, most of us believe that Spike will be redeemed through his interactions with the other characters, and especially Buffy. Redemptionistas come in many shapes, sizes and flavours. Redemptionistas: People who believe that Spike can be redeemed, despite his lack of a human soul. According to the fandom glossary on Tabula Rasa: There was very little discussion of the possibility of Spike regaining his soul, as this appeared highly unlikely. These terms were in fairly widespread use before there was any hint of Spike's redemption arc in canon, and early theories focused on his ability to be redeemed when he lacked a soul.

Some fans, known as Redemptionistas, liked Spike's story of redemption and the others, the Evilistas, preferred to explore his evil side. Within the Spike fanbase, there were two distinct groups of fans. This resulted in the Bangel vs Spuffy ship war. In season five, Buffy/Spike emerged as a potentially serious canonical rival to Buffy/Angel. Fans were compelled by Spike's slow, fraught shifts of allegiance, and argued vigorously about whether a soulless vampire could ever really propel himself into redemption. This change in his function on the show, and every subsequent change for the next four years, provoked vast amounts of angst, joy, wank and fanac. Although people had been writing about him ever since his introduction in season two, Spike-centric fanac exploded during season five, with his shift from comically obnoxious antihero to lovesick woobie (evil woobie, thanks very much. Spike was an enormously popular character.

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Spike is a vampire from the Joss Whedon TV shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel the Series.

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