As much as it pains me, I'm going to go with Xander. Willow turned dark and needed to re-earn Buffy's trust. Xander always had B's back, yo.
Jayne: Yeah, that was some pretty risky sittin' you did there. Wash: That's right, of course, 'cause they wouldn't arrest me if we got boarded, I'm just the pilot. I can always say I was flying the ship by accident.
'Serenity'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
Glamcookie - May 18, 2005 6:34:45 am PDT #815 of 10458
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Ailleann - May 18, 2005 6:36:47 am PDT #816 of 10458
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delurking in threads all over this joint
I think this is a stumper because it changes. Early on, Willow is right there, being Buffy's sympathetic ear for all of her HS drama. Xander is the goofy boy, who starts out being awkwardly attracted to her, then is awkwardly jealous and not-understanding (see: Angel).
But then as they get older, Willow's the one who goes off to college/finds a nice girl/gets on the crack!magic. Buffy, who's feeling left behind because of her isolation as the Slayer, can more easily identify with Xander's more homespun success. Plus, Xander's around, whereas Willow is raising evil temples to destroy the world. She needs Xander's quiet strength and support.
t never realized she was a closet B/X shipper until this very moment
Connie Neil - May 18, 2005 6:38:16 am PDT #817 of 10458
brillig
Xander always had B's back, yo.
True, but I think Buffy took it for granted.
§ ita § - May 18, 2005 6:39:34 am PDT #818 of 10458
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, there is that lie about Angel. That wasn't perfectly healthy, helpful and supportive, by a long shot.
Topic!Cindy - May 18, 2005 6:40:26 am PDT #819 of 10458
What is even happening?
No, but he didn't flay anyone, or try to kill her and her little sister.
Frankenbuddha - May 18, 2005 6:45:21 am PDT #820 of 10458
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
when Buffy, Willow, Giles, and Xander were walking through the high school together before the fight and splitting up one by one, Xander was the last to leave her side.
Didn't they split off in reverse order from how she met them in WttHm? Giles, then Willow and then Xander.
Glamcookie - May 18, 2005 6:48:06 am PDT #821 of 10458
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
True, but I think Buffy took it for granted.
I think this is true for Seasons 1-4 but not for 5-7. Xander and Buffy developed an adult friendship but it doesn't really seem like she and Willow ever did. (And by adult I don't mean porn.)
DebetEsse - May 18, 2005 6:49:15 am PDT #822 of 10458
Woe to the fucking wicked.
But Buffy doesn't know about that lie, ita.
Glamcookie - May 18, 2005 6:51:49 am PDT #823 of 10458
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Also the lie, while shitty, doesn't come close to the things Dark!Willow did.
ETA: I can't believe I'm slagging Willow and defending Xander! My world is turned upside down!
Narrator - May 18, 2005 6:52:32 am PDT #824 of 10458
The evil is this way?
Well, there is that lie about Angel. That wasn't perfectly healthy, helpful and supportive, by a long shot.
Sees dead horse. Rides same. I disagree. He thought that Buffy needed to focus on the fight and save the world without being distracted by the real long shot that Willow could resoul Angel.