Spike in Space!

My husband* had a wonderful surprise for me when I got home from work today: a taped episode of "Andromeda" with Spike in it! Er, well, James Marsters really, but the character was pretty darn Spike-like on the surface, what with the bleached hair and the kinda British accent. Hee! I squealed and everything.

How is it that I didn't know this existed? I mean, I'm an obsessed fangirl. Shouldn't I know about James Marsters having appeared in other sci fi series? (Andromeda's a show I've seen enough eps of to be intrigued, but not enough to really understand what's going on.)

*use of the term "husband" not meant to imply that I'm straight

the strange worldview of a non-slasher

Those of you with fantastic retention for trivial facts may remember me mentioning that I watched many Buffy episodes with E, a straight male friend of mine who refuses to see the Spike/Angel slashy subtext. Even after the intimate quote! "He didn't mean it that way," insists E.

As soon as I read Joss's quote about Spangel on LJ, I emailed E. Then I decided our exchange was funny enough to share with the world, and he gave me permission. (With, y'know, our real names edited out.)

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From: Shadowscast
To: E
Subject: Ha! :)

"Spike and Angel; they were hanging out for years and years and years. They were all kinds of deviant. Are people thinking they never... ? Come on, people! They're opened-minded guys!"

- Joss Whedon, commentary to A Hole in the World

:)

-Shadowscast

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From: E
To: Shadowscast
Subject: Re: Ha! :)

"So Joss, you and David Fury are open-minded guys and you've been hanging out for years and years..."

;)

-E

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From: Shadowscast
To: E
Subject: Re: Ha! :)

So what you're saying is, you're running off to start writing Whedon/Fury real-person-slash?

-Shadowscast

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From: E
To: Shadowscast
Subject: Re: Ha! :)

Joss: "Don't sing to me about mustard unless you mean business David, you tease!"

-E