I've come across an interesting (to me) observation. I can read early-season B/A fics with little difficulty as far as "buying" it. Oh, it doesn't rock my boat or anything, but...of course, I can see it.
However, when B/A fics are set farther and farther away from, say, S4, I have more and more difficulty suspending my disbelief. I think it's cause I see Sanctuary/The Yoko Factor as the final death knell of the canon ship, so when I read a fic set post-NFA with Buffy and Angel together (with no explanation), I'm left squinting and going, "Huh. I don't get it."
Course, the opposite holds true for Buffy/Spike. I can buy Buffy/Spike fics set, say, S5 and on. No problem. However, as B/S fics are set earlier and earlier in the series, I find I'm having to make greater mental leaps to assuage my love for canon-compliance.
On the other hand, since I am a Spuffy shipper, certain well-written B/S fics set in S1-S4 still rock my boat to the point where I just mentally hand-wave away the fact that I could never ever buy the canon-ness of it (Especially S1-S3 fics because Buffy was so into Angel during those seasons...I just can't see it).
It's like...well, like the Buffy/Xander ship. I could buy it for fics set in S1 or S2 (maybe S3...though it would have to work at it). By the time we get to S7, though, Buffy/Xander not only sets off an immediate squick reaction in me, I just can't buy that those two would get together.
Yeah, I have no real point to these thoughts. I just thought they were interesting, and, hey, I have some free time, apparently.
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Again, I'd expect a phone call from him, at the least.
AtS Seasion 5 Spike is most like Buffy Season 5 Spike, to be honest.
Really? I tend to think of him as a more moral BtVS S4 Spike, actually.
I dunno, it could have been done better. They were so focused on keeping him interesting, devoid of his relationship with Buffy, that they may have taken it a few too many steps in the wrong direction.
One is that Spike had to stay on the show, so they couldn't have him running off to go back to Buffy at the first opportunity. So they came up with some wonky motivation to make him stay.
Two is that Joss appears to be physically unable to resolve the big Bangel vs Spuffy question. He had to leave Spuffy up in the air and ambiguous and unsettled. Otherwise there would be shipper riots or something. I dunno. This is probably the big reason why Spike didn't even contact Buffy at all during the season. Cause that might lead to some closure that would upset either the Spuffy or Bangel factions. As it is, only the Spuffies were upset...so that's okay.
Three is that Spike's main role in AtS is to provide a contrasting parallel to Angel's character. Spike does more to bolster Angel's own character development than anything else. So Spike's Buffy Issues are on the backburner because he's occupied with Angel.
I'm pulling stuff out of my ass at this point. I need to go check to see if I can access my stats exam, yet.
As far as your points—even the ones you pulled out of your ass—I pretty much agree.