Thread:Queen Misery/@comment-24859393-20160605013023/@comment-2059440-20160609204955

also Buffyverse vampires tend to keep some of their human personality when they are sired, it is just twisted to the darkest parts of said personality by the demon inhabiting it..

hence Spike, Angel and Drusilla all having very unique personalities but still all on the "sadistic killer" spectrum.

even ancient vampires like the Master were quite human, deep down (Master loved Darla and the Anointed.. the Anointed even comforted Master and the elder vampire responded to it).

That's why demons like Scourge hate vampires, they know vampires can act more "human" than "demon" at times, so treat them as such (if not worse) : it wasn't really until Angel that we began to see truly "good" demons, which complicated the rule of "soulless beings" as demons in Angel clearly had moral choice.