I thought he had decent chemistry with Darla in Season 2, but then Julie Benz has good chemistry with lots of actors, especially CK.

I think Julie Benz is the female equivalent of James Marsters. She'd have chemistry with a BBOC. Although, I thought her most compelling performance was her manifestation to Connor in season 4. I think it was the only episode where she wasn't trying to sell sex. And she did a wonderful job selling her love as a mother to Connor, it was compelling and heartwrenching.

You know what would be hot? Julie Benz and James Marsters.

There might well be chemical burns.

I'm probably one of the few who actually liked Angel and Cordy.

Sheesh. You and SA.

Crazy people! ;)

Seriously. It's one of my few remaining fannish squicks. As in, visceral eewwwwwwwwwwwww. I don't even get that with Buffy/Giles anymore.

(edited to add: sa tries to convince me, so I always counter with the beauty of CoCo, to which she screams and runs from the room. I suspect our pairing arguments are very circular.)

I think I was perhaps overly invested in the beauty of them as just friends. Because fuck, that's rare and wonderful.

Yeah. Aside from the event horizon of chemistry and St. Cordy issues, the tinkering with a romantic pairing destroyed what I thought was the best friendship on television. It was wonderful that they had no illusions about each other's worst qualities but still had a deep afffection for each other, warts and all.

I think C/A could have worked. When we first started getting hints that the show would go in that direction (season 1 of A:ts, really), I expected it to work.

It did not work for me.

I thought was the best friendship on television.

So did I. And that's why I thought it had a chance of moving into a totally adult romantic relationship, unlike the teenage angst of Buffy. To me, an adult relationship is built on a profound friendship. It's why it lasts. Buffy and Angel, as Spike so aptly put it, were never friends. Angel and Cordelia had a chance at something lasting. It was a natural segue from where they were at.

And, as Cindy said, even though it was going there storywise, it didn't work for me on screen.

It was a natural segue from where they were at.

I thought staying friends was an unnatural segue from there, but mostly in TV world, where everyone gets mixed and matched as much as possible.

I feel the lack of great adult mixed-sex friendships on TV more than I feel the lack of sexual relationships built on friendships.

So I wanted it to stay that way. Also, they acted it better.

I don't know if I would have minded an Angel/Cordelia romance, but then I never got to see one. Angel/St. Cordy made me want to gag.