Clairel
2006-08-09 18:00:01 UTC
I always assumed that when Spike brought Drusilla to Sunnydale hoping
something on the Hellmouth would cure her sickness, the reason he was
so anxious about it was just that he wanted her strong and vigorous
again, instead of weakly languishing for all eternity. I didn't think
there was any kind of time-constraint, such as her sickness getting
worse and eventually killing her. Did anyone think there was real
urgency in Spike's efforts in the first half of season 2 -- I mean
urgency in the sense that Dru would have died if no cure had occurred?
The reason I now think there might have been this kind of urgency is
because I was listening to Spike's exact words in "What's My Line."
This is where Angel is being held captive, and he almost succeeds in
verbally goading Spike into killing him. Spike realizes what Angel is
trying to do and says (emphasis added): "If I kill you now, Dru
doesn't have a chance. IF DRU DIES, your little Rebecca of Sunnyhell
Farm and her mates will be spared her coming-out party."
Well, if you just take the first sentence by itself, it could seem as
if it just meant "Dru doesn't have a chance to regain her strength
without her sire to complete the ritual." It could mean that Dru would
just continue on, weak and sickly, forever. That's what I always took
it to mean.
But I never thought about the implications of the next clause, "IF DRU
DIES." The idea that Dru could continue on forever weak and sickly
would have been better expressed by saying something like "If Dru
doesn't regain her strength."
Presumably that's what the writers would have scripted if that's what
they had meant. But, thinking about the implications of the words "IF
DRU DIES," I have to conclude they were implying that lack of a cure
would have killed Dru.
How long would it have taken? How long had it been since the incident
with the mob in Prague that made Dru weak and sickly to begin with? I
don't know, but it seems as if Spike felt that time was running out.
No wonder he was so worried about Dru's cure that he was willing to
hire the Order of Taraka, if a swift cure meant the difference between
surviving and not surviving for her.
That's a much more urgent thing than just the difference between a
robust existence and a weak, languishing existence. And it puts a
whole new spin on the first half of season 2, to me at least. Has this
ever been discussed before?
Clairel
something on the Hellmouth would cure her sickness, the reason he was
so anxious about it was just that he wanted her strong and vigorous
again, instead of weakly languishing for all eternity. I didn't think
there was any kind of time-constraint, such as her sickness getting
worse and eventually killing her. Did anyone think there was real
urgency in Spike's efforts in the first half of season 2 -- I mean
urgency in the sense that Dru would have died if no cure had occurred?
The reason I now think there might have been this kind of urgency is
because I was listening to Spike's exact words in "What's My Line."
This is where Angel is being held captive, and he almost succeeds in
verbally goading Spike into killing him. Spike realizes what Angel is
trying to do and says (emphasis added): "If I kill you now, Dru
doesn't have a chance. IF DRU DIES, your little Rebecca of Sunnyhell
Farm and her mates will be spared her coming-out party."
Well, if you just take the first sentence by itself, it could seem as
if it just meant "Dru doesn't have a chance to regain her strength
without her sire to complete the ritual." It could mean that Dru would
just continue on, weak and sickly, forever. That's what I always took
it to mean.
But I never thought about the implications of the next clause, "IF DRU
DIES." The idea that Dru could continue on forever weak and sickly
would have been better expressed by saying something like "If Dru
doesn't regain her strength."
Presumably that's what the writers would have scripted if that's what
they had meant. But, thinking about the implications of the words "IF
DRU DIES," I have to conclude they were implying that lack of a cure
would have killed Dru.
How long would it have taken? How long had it been since the incident
with the mob in Prague that made Dru weak and sickly to begin with? I
don't know, but it seems as if Spike felt that time was running out.
No wonder he was so worried about Dru's cure that he was willing to
hire the Order of Taraka, if a swift cure meant the difference between
surviving and not surviving for her.
That's a much more urgent thing than just the difference between a
robust existence and a weak, languishing existence. And it puts a
whole new spin on the first half of season 2, to me at least. Has this
ever been discussed before?
Clairel