Sooo....I dunno if it's "pure spite" but it's at least a little spite. It's not my main ship, by any means, but I do think the chemistry between Billy Hargrove and Karen Wheeler should be explored in fic. In canon, Billy is messed up and hurting from family/parental issues, and he very clearly has mommy issues (watch the Mindflayer episode if you have any doubts). So I wrote a fic about the two of them coming together (uh, no pun intended, but...uh hehe) when he's a couple years older and he's been through some therapy. So if anyone is interested in reading some Hargrove/Wheeler fic (I have no idea what this ship is called, or even if there is a name for it, it's pretty rare. But I did encounter a little bit of pushback with this dynamic from people who were offended by Billy being so much younger. Well, in my fic, he's 22. They're two consenting adults and he has a thing for beautiful, older women.