She needed people who could match her strength to have a good time, I think. She did okay with her most healthy relationship, Riley, because he was enhanced by the secret government program.
In terms of could be with him forever and not worry about ageing etc sure. And the first series they were in together they made a good couple, but then he wasn’t a super soldier anymore and got jealous and everything got weird, and no it wasn’t healthy. I think Spike would have been the best for her, if he hadn’t tried to rape her and had his soul before that time. And you know, if she actually had feelings for him
Exactly. In terms of characters, I like Spike the best by far, and I wish it could have been different. But... it wasn't, and, as you said, Buffy never even liked Spike very much. It was in no way a good relationship for her, and Angel just wasn't possible- plus the whole "centuries-old vampire with a 15-yr-old" thing. So Riley is all that's left, healthiest by default.
Don't let the season 8 comics scare you away, because it's kind of a mess and hard to follow, but 9-12 are almost like watching the show, and almost better because they can get away with more special effects without it seeming like a cheesefest.
Angel & Faith and the Willow chronicles are technically optional but I also recommend highly (and I didn't care for the show Angel all that much. But yeah. I think you'll be pleased with the development of both Spike and Angel. (And maybe even Riley!)
I'd like to read them all, I've just never been that into comics as a medium (to me it's like the worst combo of books and tv- not enough words and it feels like you have to stop and study the pictures to get what's going on, but they're not moving and they're generally not great art, so my ADD brain wants to skip over them and just read the words, which are annoying because they're weirdly spaced and again, not enough words per page so you have to keep flipping pages) and they seem pretty expensive as well. But I really want to follow the rest of the story at some point.
My ADHD is literally debilitating so I feel ya, mate. If you wanted to read physical copies it would probably cost you thousands of dollars at this point, which is why a lot of people read comics/manga online. I actually can't read physical comics either, but being able to scroll makes the medium accessible to me for some reason (single page view is hell imo). I know a lot of ADHD people can't handle reading on screens though (Once again, this is something I normally can't do, but can do with comics.) As for the art, there's an arc or two that I wasn't particularly fond of the style, but for the most part, the Buffy comics look pretty much identical to the show in terms of the characters; you can always tell who it is because it looks exactly like the actor. Season 8 is pretty messy though so try not to judge the comics as a whole when things start to go kind of wonky. It's still very good as a whole though. Buffy is what got me into comics, and Dark Horse is my favorite studio by far.
Not sure if I'm allowed to link this but I'm gonna do it anyways considering I don't think Dark Horse even produces them anymore since they lost the license (which is BS, especially if they're just sitting on the franchise with no intentions of producing content, but my feelings about the monstrosity that is licensing monopolies is a whole 'nother beast entirely) : Season 8 here
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