I wish they'd never taught her to fight.
But? There's always a but. When this is over, can we have a big 'but' moratorium?
Fred ,'Smile Time'
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§ ita § - Aug 14, 2004 7:07:21 am PDT #2122 of 3531
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - Aug 14, 2004 7:35:18 am PDT #2123 of 3531
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I wish they'd never taught her to fight.
I wish she hadn't gotten so good at it so instantly. I liked it initially since I was always bugged by the fact that it had never occured to Giles or Buffy that Willow and Xander might benefit from some basic self-defense fighting skills.
§ ita § - Aug 14, 2004 7:42:40 am PDT #2124 of 3531
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I like the idea that you can have a value in the fight against evil without being a ninja. That there was something else to bring to the battle. But no, they were tooling her up to be a worthy champion-mate.
Ick.
At least Lilah never made a habit of the fist fight.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 14, 2004 8:24:11 am PDT #2125 of 3531
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I think I was perhaps overly invested in the beauty of them as just friends. Because fuck, that's rare and wonderful.
Other than Dax and Sisko, I'm hard pressed to come up with one where they didn't eventually screw it up with romance (AU episode I just saw aside, which looked as squicky to Sisko as it did to me). Maybe Crichton and Chiana? Though they screwed that one up to in a way (a REALLY squicky way).
Scrappy - Aug 14, 2004 8:27:23 am PDT #2126 of 3531
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Scrappy - Aug 14, 2004 8:27:58 am PDT #2127 of 3531
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Mal and Zoe. Ed and Ruth-Anne. Will & Grace. The partners on Law & Order SVU.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 14, 2004 8:33:15 am PDT #2128 of 3531
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
smacks forhead
Mal & Zoe, duh. Will and Grace I'm not sure I'd count - the potential for romance is kind of missing (though...no, I can only hope that the show won't go there, not that I watch it anymore).
Oh, and those partners on Hill Street Blues (Ed Marinaro and...she's a film director now) - they never screwed that one up, did they? It's been ages since I watched that show (hell, not since it was on) and there were at least one or two seasons I missed or missed most of.
§ ita § - Aug 14, 2004 8:33:50 am PDT #2129 of 3531
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Mal and Zoe are comrades. There's a certain don't-fuck in there that I think mitigates it. I think Dax/Sisco doesn't work for me (as an example) primarily because it was Kurzon and Sisco to start with ... Sisco does a very transparent job of treating Jadzia like a new incarnation of an old friend.
I've also heard a rumour that Will's gay.
Consuela - Aug 14, 2004 8:37:44 am PDT #2130 of 3531
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
and those partners on Hill Street Blues
Although Coffey and... hell, I've forgotten her name. Played by Betty Thomas. Anyway, I think they did sleep together once, finally. I seem to recall she kind of had a crush on him, but I could be misremembering.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 14, 2004 8:40:19 am PDT #2131 of 3531
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Anyway, I think they did sleep together once, finally.
I was afraid they might have gone there. Oh well. sigh