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?

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.)

t stands next to Plei, for she is wise

Visceral gut reaction to the character originally the main avatar of the creator getting the girl. I would have stopped watching.

Hee. Okay, actually now I remember we've discussed (or disgust, in your case) this before.

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.)

I didn't like SKoW. In the end, I really do agree with Buffy's own assessment that she was cookie dough, so I'm glad she ended the series alone. I could have bought into B/X, though, if a lot of things had been different.

Really? I like that. Not enough to like B/X but...although there were times where they could be a them. Or you know in other words MunchNKai forevah. Different strokes... (But I do not believe that friendship is a thinly veiled anything, ftr.)

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.

Yes! Exactly why I hated Angel/Cordelia.

Heh. I just ordered Some Kind of Wonderful on DVD from Amazon. AND the soundtrack, too. I am terminally uncool. I blame Pamie.

In my defense... uhh, that cover of "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You" by Lick the Tins is really fucking great!

Heh. I just ordered Some Kind of Wonderful on DVD from Amazon. AND the soundtrack, too. I am terminally uncool. I blame Pamie.

Hee hee. I too thought of Pamie in the midst of the Some Kind of Wonderful bashing. I've never seen it.

In my defense... uhh, that cover of "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You" by Lick the Tins is really fucking great!

It is, isn't it? But it's even better at the end of The Snapper.

I loved that movie! Well, both of them, to be completely honest, but the Snapper is fresher.