Spike ,'Touched'
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.
I always liked Fred, and I liked Fred and Wesley together. I didn't care much for Pylea because it seemed so cartoonish after seasons of broody noirness, but I liked getting Fred out of it, so.
Exactly my feeling. With the partial exception of Wesley planning the assault on the castle, and knowingly sending men to die.
"You try not to get anybody killed, you wind up getting everybody killed."
Jesus, I need to rewatch. I forgot all about Fred and Gunn. I liked them, too!
I loved them both individually and together.
I liked everyone, really. Except for Cordelia, after about the third season. After Pylea, I guess, actually.
I didn't like some of what they did with Fred (see how I make it not actually Fred? Coping technique ahoy), but her introduction was fucking awesome. And I have to remind myself she only said the "Handsome man!" thing once. We just had the pleasure of reliving it weekly.
I couldn't tell you what the problem with them is, though.
They induced nausea in sensitive individuals. Fred and Gunn was my favorite pair, though.
I have to say that I had a higher tolerance for Fred and the romantic triangle after the bullshit Angel/Cordelia stuff.
That was so awful that I had to look upon previous awfulness with appropriate context.
And even Angel/Cordelia was out-awfulled by Cordelia/Connor