Bloody William

William

A flashback to Spike’s past in Fool For Love reveals that his original vampire name ‘William the Bloody’ (first mentioned in School Hard) was actually given to him when he was human - but he was called ‘William the Bloody Awful Poet’. William/Spike was shy and nerdy as a human, and it took him many years to prove himself when he first became a vampire. We later discover in the episode Lies My Parents Told Me that after he was vamped by Drusilla, Spike went on to sire his mother, to cure her of her illness.
We discover in Fool For Love that Spike got his trademark scar on his right eyebrow from a fight with a Chinese slayer during the Boxer Rebellion. As vampires heal rapidly, leaving no scars (as evident on the bodies of both Spike and Angel throughout the years), and since Spike is already a vamp when he gets the injury to his eyebrow, how would he scar permanently?

   
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    Added: › 24th May 2005
    Updated: › 21st January, 2006
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    12 Comments about “Bloody William”

    1. leah53 says:

      I read somewheer that James Marsters got that scar when he was mugged. they probably needed a way to explain it. they could have done better, though by saying he got it as a human or something.

    2. Abby M. says:

      When James went in for make-up for the first time for School Hard, he told the make-up artist he had the scar so he should try to cover that up. The artist thought it would be cool to bring that out so not only did he not cover it up, he used make-up to enhance and bring it out!

    3. Smash says:

      That’s not entirely true. In several season six episodes when Spike is shirtless (which is just about every episode in season six) you can clearly see the scar from Glory’s torture session on the left side of his chest, the cut she made when she compared Vampires to apples.

    4. MagicBone says:

      This is random, but did anyone get what Glory was talking about when she compared a vampire to an apple?

    5. buffybot says:

      you know how people amuse themselves by trying to peel all the skin off an apple in one go (so it goes in a spiral shape)? she was gonna do that with spike i think. eeewww

    6. MagicBone says:

      I see….oh, very ewww

    7. Smash says:

      It was gross, but I loved lines like that that showed just how cruel Glory really was. She was too evil for hell after all.

    8. MagicBone says:

      Well you gotta be pretty damn evil to be a hell god and kicked out of hell by your fellow hellgods.

    9. ildjarn says:

      Or maybe she was too good, so she got kicked out, and wanted to do something evil to get back.

    10. buffybot says:

      Glory was one of three hellgods who ruled over a demon dimension. Her power started to outstrip that of the other two and they expelled her from their dimension

    11. Juleshortstuff says:

      This is probably just me trying to rationalize one of Joss’s oversights, but quicker healing doesn’t necessarily mean no scaring. I have a wicked burn on my arm that has healed, but there is still a mark there.

    12. mairceridwen says:

      Slayers heal fast too, but Buffy still has the scar from the angry puppy

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