30 Days of Buffy, Day #09

[itsnotmymind]

Day #01: Favourite season
Day #02: Favourite episode
Day #03: Favourite song used in an episode
Day #04: Favourite female character
Day #05: Least favourite female character
Day #06: Favourite male character
Day #07: Least favourite male character
Day #08: Favourite friendship
Day #09: Favourite romance
Day #10: Least favourite season
Day #11: Least favourite romance
Day #12: Least favourite episode
Day #13: Favourite potential slayer
Day #14: Favourite female villain
Day #15: Favourite male villain
Day #16:Episode you like that everyone else hates - Favourite piece of monologue
Day #17: Character you relate to the most
Day #18: Character who didn’t get enough screen time
Day #19: Character you like that everyone else hates
Day #20: Best Spike-centric episode
Day #21: Best Willow-centric episode
Day #22: Best Xander-centric episode
Day #23: Two characters you wanted to get together that never did
Day #24: Favourite example of 90s special effects
Day #25: Favourite Buffyverse saying
Day #26: Favourite Scooby moment
Day #27: Cutest moment
Day #28: Character you love to hate
Day #29: Episode you hate that everyone else loves
Day #30: What you think made Buffy so great


Day #09: Favourite romance
That's an easy one! Buffy/Spike. I had heard that this pairing existed (and had been spoiled for many things, including the attempted rape) before I started watching the show, so I was curious from the start. I started shipping them at that little moment in Halloween when Buffy regains her memory, says, "Hi, honey. I'm home." And punches Spike. The genderswapping and the violence, which about sums up my interest in the pairing. It wasn't until Fool For Love that I really became a shipper. I can't point to one moment in the episode that really spoke to me, so it would have to be the whole thing. For all the changes their relationship went through, I never lost interest.

Comments

[lokifan]

Their relationship is so consistently fascinating. I think it helps that Spike wasn't introduced as a love interest, but a villain who mirrors Buffy right from the start.

[itsnotmymind.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Riley and even Angel were both in the love-interest role from the start (and Angel didn't really grow as a character until he got his own show). Spike got to be his own character.