What I think some people are missing is that fannish love, like any kind of love, is really not a rational thing. I don't think any of us sit down to watch a new show and think "I am going to love this show and write fic and vid and make fanart for it". It just... sometimes there's a *ping*, sometimes there's no *ping*.

I seem to remember Spike claiming something along those lines way back in season 3. "Love isn't brains, people, it's blood."

And things don't have to be perfect to be loved. If we were only allowed to love perfect things then the world would be a love-less place.