Characters
I was once a bad-assed vampire. But love and a pesky curse de-fanged me and now im just a big, fluffy puppy with bad teeth.
— Spike · Angel
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The description shrinks a fearsome vampire into a fluffy puppy, making lost menace sound ridiculous rather than tragic. Love and a curse are blamed for the change. The remaining bad teeth become a comic trace of a once intimidating identity.
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