Rightly so, I think. It was nice to have one male character besides her father figure that she wasn't romantically involved with.
The count of three isn't a plan. It's Sesame Street.
Buffy ,'First Date'
Buffy 4: Grr. Arrgh.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 11, 2004 2:51:25 pm PDT #9176 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
victor infante - Oct 11, 2004 8:46:16 pm PDT #9177 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Rightly so, I think. It was nice to have one male character besides her father figure that she wasn't romantically involved with.
And it would have REALLY messed up the Xander/Spike storyline.
Wait. What do you MEAN that was just in my head?
On the other hand, it would have meant less Buffy fussing with Spike.
Stephanie - Oct 12, 2004 3:11:43 am PDT #9178 of 10001
Trust my rage
B/X - eww
Fred Pete - Oct 12, 2004 4:12:47 am PDT #9179 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
X/S -- hmmmmm. Not least for the angst afterward.
DavidS - Oct 12, 2004 7:48:27 am PDT #9180 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
B/X - eww
Really? I can imagine at least three or four different ways in which it would work for a little while. They definitely hinted at it at the beginning of S7 with them obviously displaying a comfortable sort of married couple ease taking care of Dawn.
X/S -- hmmmmm. Not least for the angst afterward.
Nummy Treat - practically canon. They were roommates, after all.
P.M. Marc - Oct 12, 2004 8:05:56 am PDT #9181 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Could have worked != lack of ewww.
DavidS - Oct 12, 2004 8:13:04 am PDT #9182 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Could have worked != lack of ewww.
"Works" (for me - in this instance) stands for not ewww-ful.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 12, 2004 8:16:11 am PDT #9183 of 10001
What is even happening?
I would have hated X/S with a blinding passion. It would have (for me) completely ruined a good chunk of Xander's characterization over the 7 seasons. If I weren't being killed by a head cold, I'd probably propose that his relationship with an Anya who was largely unrepentant for most of the time, was nearly as bad.
Really? I can imagine at least three or four different ways in which it would work for a little while. They definitely hinted at it at the beginning of S7 with them obviously displaying a comfortable sort of married couple ease taking care of Dawn.
As much as I would have loved to see B/X, I never would have wanted it for a "little while" thing. It would have had to be a big commitment (and better to only come to fruition toward the very end of the series, like the last 5 episodes), for me to accept it. They were too dear to one another, for it to have worked for me, any other way--with the possible exception of it happening in season 5, soon before Buffy died. In that case, I could have accepted it not lasting through her resurrection.
Could have worked != lack of ewww.
How would it have been ewwwy for you, Plei?
P.M. Marc - Oct 12, 2004 8:30:59 am PDT #9184 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
How would it have been ewwwy for you, Plei?
Visceral gut reaction to the character originally the main avatar of the creator getting the girl. I would have stopped watching.
Also, I am squicked by the trope of Loyal Friend Finally Gets Girl After Years of Yearning. It fills me with acute nausea, as it appears to imply that friendship is merely a thinly disguised quest for poontang. (Note: I also hate it when the genders are reversed, and wanted to throw things at the screen when viewing Some Kind of Wonderful.)
Glamcookie - Oct 12, 2004 8:46:22 am PDT #9185 of 10001
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
t stands next to Plei, for she is wise