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This excerpt from Joss's The Write Environment DVD cheered me up no end. Thank you so much to icafreak for transcribing it and for unflocking her post so we can all read it.

Pity the DVD's not available on Amazon.co.uk.

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Hi, ToM. Sorry to have been such a long time answering comments on this post. I don't know if I agree it's a retcon. Joss feeling this way about Spike would in no way preclude him still feeling that Spike subverted the premise of his show, as JM thinks he does.

I think a lot of JM's resentment does stem from the season 6 storyline, personally, which of course Joss signed off on. It was tough for JM, and maybe he's the sort who broods?

I couldn't say whether or not Joss sounds resentful about having to have Spike in AtS season 5 without hearing the tone of his voice when he talks about it. Whatever his feelings, though, judging by this, he seems to have thought it worked out okay.

I know what you mean about Joss's style. It can be a bit wearing. And I'm not a fan of everything he writes. Not keen on Firefly and totally fail to get the attraction of Doctor Horrible. As for the season 8 comic...enough said really.

However, I'm very, very grateful to Joss for having said this. You never know, he may never talk about Spike ever again, and if this is his last word on the character, I'm happy to take it.