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It's about power...or something...

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I literally woke up with this poll idea in my head. Weird. Anyway, while this could be done for some of the other couples, I want to just throw it out there for S6 Spuffy, because that's one with some interesting power dynamics (and one I hear a lot of differing opinions on).

Read these instructions first! Don't get ticky-happy before you read! This is only for Buffy/Spike in S6! Specifically, after Smashed when it's discovered that Spike's chip doesn't work on Buffy. On the poll, Buffy is 1 and Spike is 10. So choosing 1 would mean "Buffy held all the power; Spike was pretty much powerless" and 10 would mean "Spike held all the power; Buffy was pretty much powerless". I know that this can be tricky as the power shifted quite a bit throughout the season, but just zoom out and consider the season as a whole and estimate where you think the power balance would lie.

And...go!

Poll #1564694
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 117

Indicate how you think the power in the Buffy/Spike S6 relationship was distributed (with Buffy=1 and Spike=10):

View Answers
Mean: 3.67 Median: 3 Std. Dev 1.27
1
4 (3.4%)
2
8 (6.8%)
3
49 (41.9%)
4
33 (28.2%)
5
14 (12.0%)
6
5 (4.3%)
7
3 (2.6%)
8
0 (0.0%)
9
1 (0.9%)
10
0 (0.0%)

Comments

gabrielleabelle
May. 16th, 2010 02:59 am (UTC)
I think it's overlooking the power struggle Buffy and Spike had (highlighted especially in Dead Things) to simply say that since they could both walk away, their power was equal. A 50 year old man dating a 16 year old are in the same situation; either one could walk away. But the age differential brings with it a significant power imbalance. The current mental/emotional state of both Buffy and Spike is what brings the potential power imbalance as seen in S6.

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