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Findabhair said:
No, not when they were together. Buffy was using Spike. She was feeling so numb she got into that relationship with Spike, knowing he was interested in her, just to feel something. Throughout their entire relationship, she felt ashamed and dirty. At the end of the last episode, though, when Spike is burning up, Buffy says she loves him. I think she just has this deep feeling of respect for him, not love. Before that, they cuddle. Buffy needs someone, Spike is seeking redemption, and so is Buffy. Many feelings there, but I don't think it's love. Spike even says so when he is dying after she tells him. The end of their relationship is remarkable with all of the mutual respecting, considering Buffy abused the infatuated Spike for almost an entire season, broke up with him and crushed his dreams, and then the used Spike tried to force himself upon Buffy. Love? I think not. But definitely something. They tormented each other, much like Cathy and Heathcliff minus the ever-lasting love, starting from Spike's first appearance on the ipakita in School Hard.
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