Spike in Space!

[shadowscast]

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

Comments

[chase820.livejournal.com]

God, that episode was so orfel. No wonder they could never get JM back to reprise the character.

That said, he was awfully, awfully pretty in it, wasn't he? I love the two-tone hair.

[shadowscast.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, pretty. Yes indeed. And there was the obligatory gratuitous bare-chested scene, too!

I'm quite fond of the two-toned hair, myself! The only time we see Spike with that look is in his first crazy!basement ep, right?

Embarrassing fact: when I was younger, I didn't realize the two-toned look was the result of a dye job growing out. I thought people did it on purpose, painstakingly dying just the tip of each hunk of hair.

[chase820.livejournal.com]

What I like about that two-tone basement scene is that it's proof-positive Jossverse vampires have hair that grows just like everybody else's.

This is very useful if you like changing Spike's look in fics, which I do. I've seen a few where he's stuck with the platinum forever, and that kinda sucks.

[shadowscast.livejournal.com]

Hey, you know, that's a good point! I guess that is the only proof.

Now that you've got me thinking along those lines...I guess it's also proof that Spike's as hairless as a prepubescent boy. 'Cause it's only logical that if he's too far gone to dye his hair, he's also too far gone to shave, and he certainly wasn't showing any 5 o'clock shadow. :P :)

[chase820.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, good point. Well, JM used to wax himself shiny playing Spike, so one could wank that Spike doesn't have much natural body hair at all. Doesn't quite work, though, does it?

Y'know, there's no sense even trying to make Jossverse canon re vampire biology work, is there? I mean, they never did satisfactorily explain why they're able to eat, when in 99% of the other vamp stories out there they can't. Not to get gross, but where does the food go?

[shadowscast.livejournal.com]

I wave my hands and say "poof, it's magic!"

Personally I'm rather fond of the body-hairless Spike idea. But that's just my kink...

[chase820.livejournal.com]

You and deborahmm, man. Have you read her Furnitureverse series? Lots of shaving goodness in that one.

I prefer him smooth and shiny myself. It's always a bit of a shock to see James off-season with actual body hair.

[shadowscast.livejournal.com]

Have you read her Furnitureverse series?

I have, I have indeed. :) In fact it's a plot point there that he's not naturally hairless (I think that aesthetician must be one of the most evil OCs ever created for a fanfic!)