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Spike has always retained a bit more humanity in him than the average demon. The Judge makes it clear enough in Spike's first season that he stinks of it and as we get to know him we see how Spike is, indeed, driven by destructive, yet very human emotions from his preserved love for his mom, to his insecurities and desire to prove himself within the Whirlwind. He still remains a fairly normal, surely evil vampire, though.
Well he does up until the chip incapacitates him to physically harm people and puts him in a strange position. Additionally, he falls in love with his mortal enemy and begins fighting for the good team, though his reasons for that (getting to punch someone and impressing the Slayer) are definitely selfish. Or at least they are in the beginning. The question is what happens afterwards.
There are quite a few moments later on, such as him looking after Dawn over the summer following Buffy's death, a period when winning her affection was no longer an option, that can be difficult to attribute to an utter selfishness. So was there a change in him? Did he gradually, as a combination of both his inherent predilection and unusual situation, begin to cultivate some ability to act at least somewhat from a place of sincere care for others, or even to develop a form of artificial, incomplete, askew, and confused moral compass? Did that possible change and his fractured identity play a role into his decision to get back his soul? Lacking consciousness, he may have still been miles away from being a (good) person, but was he just as evil as before getting a chip?
Well he does up until the chip incapacitates him to physically harm people and puts him in a strange position. Additionally, he falls in love with his mortal enemy and begins fighting for the good team, though his reasons for that (getting to punch someone and impressing the Slayer) are definitely selfish. Or at least they are in the beginning. The question is what happens afterwards.
There are quite a few moments later on, such as him looking after Dawn over the summer following Buffy's death, a period when winning her affection was no longer an option, that can be difficult to attribute to an utter selfishness. So was there a change in him? Did he gradually, as a combination of both his inherent predilection and unusual situation, begin to cultivate some ability to act at least somewhat from a place of sincere care for others, or even to develop a form of artificial, incomplete, askew, and confused moral compass? Did that possible change and his fractured identity play a role into his decision to get back his soul? Lacking consciousness, he may have still been miles away from being a (good) person, but was he just as evil as before getting a chip?
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