A Chasing After Wind

 ...there was a time when I would have argued that Buffy/Angel was worse than Bella/Edward from Twlight - because Bella and Edward suck no matter what they are doing while Buffy and Angel are actually decent characters when not in the same room together.
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From rogueslayer452

Rules: name your top 10 favorite characters from 10 different fandoms and then tag 10 people.

01. Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) (Oh, I wrote a post about this, old but still relevant)
02. Dr. Owen Harper (Torchwood) (I also wrote a post about this)
03. Jessica Jones (Jessica Jones) (Trish is a close second)
04. Sam Winchester (Supernatural) (Can't remember exactly when he became my favorite, but I realized it watching It's A Terrible Life for the first time)
05. Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist) (I've just started watching, so this will likely change, but right now I love Ed because he is difficult)
06. Deth (The Riddlemaster-Trilogy) (I love these books and so few people have actually read them.)
07. Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics) (After a brief flirtation with the Human Torch I settled on Matt Murdock as my favorite Marvel character)
08. Karolina Dean (Runaways) (Definitely my favorite in the comics, and I think she's my favorite on the show as well)
09. Leo McGarry (The West Wing) ("I take a bullet for the President. He doesn't take one for me.")
10. Renee Montoya (Gotham Central) (A comic series about police officers in Batman's city)

I'm not tagging anyone. Consider yourself tagged if you want to me.

I encountered this conversation, about what would have happened if Wesley had been Buffy's watcher from the beginning, instead of Giles. I think he would have had to earn her respect - and it would have taken awhile.

But another what-if question occurred to me: What if Wesley had shown up to be Faith's watcher before/instead of Gwen Post. If the events of Revelations hadn't happened, if Faith hadn't been so badly burned, could she have embraced Wesley as her watcher? Would she at least have given him a chance?

So I read this argument on tumblr, and for the most part I want to stay out of it. But one of the arguers made an argument that disturbed me.

( Leaving Dawn with a rapist )

Please take, just comment and credit.

Vague idea for a post-show fic I will probably never write (note that I do not read comics or consider them canon, so I am just thinking in terms of show canon here):

What if Buffy and Spike decided to have a relationship/partnership that was romantic, but not sexual? That after the events of Seeing Red, Buffy could not find it in herself to enjoy sex with Spike, but they still wanted a relationship? Maybe an open relationship, where they might have other boyfriends/girlfriends on the side with whom they did have sexual relations.

This exchange between Buffy and Willow in Enemies struck me recently:

Buffy: I went to Angel's last night and Faith was there. They looked sort of intimate.

Willow: No way. I know what you're thinking and no way!

Buffy: You're right. Faith would never do that.

( Faith's the do that girl )

I stumbled upon this tumblr post in which a Buffy/Angel shipper listed their top favorite scenes for the ship. So I started thinking, what are my favorite Buffy/Angel scenes?

( Hint: 'Close your eyes' is not one of them )

I wandered through my "btvs" tag and confirmed what I thought: I haven't made a post addressing my opinion on that much debated topic among Buffy/Spike fans: Did Spike believe Buffy when she told him she loved him in Chosen?

I think the question itself contains a pretty big assumption: That the answer is a binary. Either he believed her immediately and never seriously wavered in that belief, or he just plain didn't believe her, and essentially held onto that lack of faith all the way to the end of AtS.

In my opinion, Spike's perception of Buffy's "I love you" was complicated, and evolved both in the moment and following his resurrection, as he got distance from the moment.

( No, you don't )

Sorted using the links here.

Warning: It takes awhile to sort all your favorite episodes and characters.

( Favorite Buffyverse characters and BtVS episodes )