"The Spike Wars are so 2002."
Thanks to an anonymouse on wank_report, some short but nostalgic Spuffy wank!

belle_icons is lavellebelle's community for the pretty pretty icons she makes. One day, she makes a Multi-Fandom Icon Post with icons ranging from BtVS/AtS to Lost to Friends to text quotes. The pretty pretty icons go over well for exactly six comments, until spikeylover takes offense to the fourth icon, which happens to be of Spike raping Buffy with the caption "OTP! (My ass!)"

Considering all the couples in the Buffyverse, why pick on Spike/Buffy? After the soul, they seemed to be the MOST healthy relationship of all of them.

lavellebelle replies simply and rationally, Because I don't like them. Simple enough.

And all is well. Or not, since blessed_beast decides to reply as well.

Most healthy...especially after he tried to rape her, right?

Kablammo! Rape debate!

Do you ship Buffy/Angel? You do know that Angel raped a woman he was obsessed with, right?? (Drusilla) I could care less who you ship, but don't be a hypocrite.

And just because Spike went off to get a soul voluntarily does not excuse him trying to rape Buffy. I mean, that's like saying "Well, he tried to rape me, but I stopped him, and then he felt bad and went and donated to a charity, so it's all good." What he did was wrong.

Please grow a pair and get a life. Quite bitching about an icon! Where in her post it says "HA HA, spikeylover I MADE THIS ICON JUST TO MAKE FUN OF YOU AND INSULT YOU!"

With some Morality-Of-Spike debate thrown in, but that's not particularly wanky, just... familiar.

After the first debate dies down, more Spuffy lovers jump into the fray to defend their ship. You can usually tell which ones they are; they generally have names like spikes_nibblet. None of these get the same level of response as spikeylover's reply, though, just a token answer by lavellebelle, who now sounds a little bored with it all. xandersgirl18 disapproves of icon bashing because it violates first amendment rights. adventurous feels like taunting Spuffy shippers for the fun of it. And many people, Spuffy peeps included, come out to say the icon is cool.

The thread stays entertaining, however, as new commenters mix their compliments with mockery of the objecting Spuffy shippers, such as:

OH MY GOD, HOW COULD YOU IMPLY THAT FAITH IS SOUL SEARCHING? YOU HYPOCRITE! TAKE YOUR FILTHY ICON LIES SOMEWHERE ELSE!

How dare you make an icon with Mal and the word grey? Why must you imply he has no color or depth! You hypocrite!

How DARE you make an icon portraying Cordelia in the sun with the text sunshine on it. How is that fair for vampires who never get to see the sun or feel the warmth of sunlight on their pale, toned bodies?