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red_satin_dollWhen I realized that:
1) Buffy, Faith and/or Buffy/Faith (I can go either way) was starting to take up major real estate in my brain, my fanfic and in my
fandom conversations;
2) I can't decide from one day to the next which Summers sister I 'ship with Faith (I can go either way)
3) Buffy+Dawn+Faith+Tara = One True Family could totally be a thing in fandom;
...then it was way past time to get a new icon.
A.) Somewhere on the internet I saw an icon of Faith in Buffy's body in Who Are You, stroking Buffy's leg (now her own) in the bathtub with the text "Tell me again why Fuffy isn't canon?" (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
eleusis_walks's meta on Faith and Buffy describes the "masturbatory" nature of that scene. Tell us again why Fuffy isn't canon, Mr Whedon?) ETA: Mystery solved : it's beer_good_foamy's. Of course.
I haven't found that icon again but I came across a trove of Buffy/Faith icons on the "Fuffy fanclub" at Fanpop.com. All of them were posted by a member named AcidBanter by the source is only given as "LiveJournal"; so I suspect that AB isn't the original artist.
My apologies therefore and if anyone here does know, please let me know so I can give proper credit.
I wanted to go with #2, "WIll fuck with your sexual orientation" or one of the funny ones with text to start, but my template shrinks the icons too much and I have this bizarre kink about legibility. It's a thing.(#3 's "subtext" is just barely legible in this template.) I may end up rotating all of these anyway, thanks toelisi's instructions on how to do that by using the exact same keywords for the new icon as the one it replaces.
BTW, I haven't rewatched S3 in over a year btw so I'd forgotten how pretty Eliza was that season - and can anyone tell me what the what is going on in #8 below?
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B.) Now this is the sad part: Because I'm limited to 15 icons, someone else had to get booted off the island. And y'all know I love my babies something fierce. *sniffle* This is where I needed to be strong and decisive. Most of my icons were DO NOT TOUCH just TRY to pry them out of my hot little hands and behold the meaning the word "fierce". That left four candidates:
I've used this one to represent: Lesbianism, friendship and/or solidarity, proof on Willow-centric journals that I don't hate Willow; and that moment is one of my favorite moments in the entire series. CHILLS UP MY SPINE every time I watch it.
BTW - the W/T "spiritual handfasting" will be echoed by B/S in Chosen, and perverted by Glory in Tough Love. Speaking of which, check outclockwork_hart1 tribute fic to Tara's bravery and sacrifice in TL, "Shadows and Light". (Read it now and thank me later.)
Extremely useful for obvious reasons, and cute besides. Everyone needs a "huh"? or WTF? icon.
Do I really need another image from "Showtime"? Probably not. But it's useful for "fierce and determined" (as opposed to "extremely pissed off"). Buffy's the hand: when she sets out to get something done, shit gets done.
Also useful for "I have a lot of love for S7 despite the flaws"; "I actually do sorta-kinda think her wounds are a little sexy even if I'm too chicken-shit to admit it"; And of course: "Buffy is my Hero damn it! And she's the protagonist of the Buffyverse! Ergo it is my sworn duty to remind fandom of this fact every once in a while." (Believe me now and thank me later.)
Which leaves me with:
I know, sweetie, I know - it hurts me too. *sobs quietly* But it's the icon I probably use the least, and comlodge 's original artwork will always have pride of place on my Welcome post. (Don't mind me, I'll be all righ...*curls up in fetal position and sobs loudly*)
1) Buffy, Faith and/or Buffy/Faith (I can go either way) was starting to take up major real estate in my brain, my fanfic and in my
fandom conversations;
2) I can't decide from one day to the next which Summers sister I 'ship with Faith (I can go either way)
3) Buffy+Dawn+Faith+Tara = One True Family could totally be a thing in fandom;
...then it was way past time to get a new icon.
A.) Somewhere on the internet I saw an icon of Faith in Buffy's body in Who Are You, stroking Buffy's leg (now her own) in the bathtub with the text "Tell me again why Fuffy isn't canon?" (
eleusis_walks's meta on Faith and Buffy describes the "masturbatory" nature of that scene. Tell us again why Fuffy isn't canon, Mr Whedon?) ETA: Mystery solved : it's beer_good_foamy's. Of course.My apologies therefore and if anyone here does know, please let me know so I can give proper credit.
I wanted to go with #2, "WIll fuck with your sexual orientation" or one of the funny ones with text to start, but my template shrinks the icons too much and I have this bizarre kink about legibility. It's a thing.(#3 's "subtext" is just barely legible in this template.) I may end up rotating all of these anyway, thanks to
elisi's instructions on how to do that by using the exact same keywords for the new icon as the one it replaces.1.) 
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2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) BTW, I haven't rewatched S3 in over a year btw so I'd forgotten how pretty Eliza was that season - and can anyone tell me what the what is going on in #8 below?
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7.) 8.) 9.) 10.) B.) Now this is the sad part: Because I'm limited to 15 icons, someone else had to get booted off the island. And y'all know I love my babies something fierce. *sniffle* This is where I needed to be strong and decisive. Most of my icons were DO NOT TOUCH just TRY to pry them out of my hot little hands and behold the meaning the word "fierce". That left four candidates:
I've used this one to represent: Lesbianism, friendship and/or solidarity, proof on Willow-centric journals that I don't hate Willow; and that moment is one of my favorite moments in the entire series. CHILLS UP MY SPINE every time I watch it.BTW - the W/T "spiritual handfasting" will be echoed by B/S in Chosen, and perverted by Glory in Tough Love. Speaking of which, check out
clockwork_hart1 tribute fic to Tara's bravery and sacrifice in TL, "Shadows and Light". (Read it now and thank me later.) Extremely useful for obvious reasons, and cute besides. Everyone needs a "huh"? or WTF? icon. Do I really need another image from "Showtime"? Probably not. But it's useful for "fierce and determined" (as opposed to "extremely pissed off"). Buffy's the hand: when she sets out to get something done, shit gets done.Also useful for "I have a lot of love for S7 despite the flaws"; "I actually do sorta-kinda think her wounds are a little sexy even if I'm too chicken-shit to admit it"; And of course: "Buffy is my Hero damn it! And she's the protagonist of the Buffyverse! Ergo it is my sworn duty to remind fandom of this fact every once in a while." (Believe me now and thank me later.)
Which leaves me with:
I know, sweetie, I know - it hurts me too. *sobs quietly* But it's the icon I probably use the least, and comlodge 's original artwork will always have pride of place on my Welcome post. (Don't mind me, I'll be all righ...*curls up in fetal position and sobs loudly*)
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Date: 2013-11-22 06:02 pm (UTC)The icons are gorgeous and funny. I lolled at the "Subtext" one with Buffy and Faith reading something. XD
Talking about Fuffy (Or Baith. Baith doesn't sound better to you? Fuffy seems like a dog name or some kind of hoover. I don't know.) I must admit that my OTP is Buffy/Spike but I was fascinated by some pairings during the watching of the episodes (At some point, when I was younger, I even shipped Bangel and sometimes I even wrote Bangel - or, at some other point I shipped Spangel and I wrote a lot more about them) ultimately Spike/Buffy became my endgame for different reasons.
BUT, but, but.
Faith and Buffy together are too gorgeous for words. Faith is a very sensual character and I have a huge crush on SMG - don't let me even start/don't judge me. Picturying them together is kinda hot. (Plus, know that I think about it, Faith and Buffy have totally the same Loki/Thor dynamic. And I ship Loki/Thor with the burning passion of thousand suns)
My happy (and also angsty, at times) Fuffy place is post series, when they are more wiser and Faith knows more of what it means to love someone and to sacrifice for them. And latest seasons Buffy is mothereffin' HOT. Who doesn't want to jump on that? I sure that Faith would appreciate a lot.
My motivations are shallow. I'm shallow-girl.
Late comment is late
Date: 2013-11-28 01:05 am (UTC)And I'm sure Faith would appreciate your enthusiasm very much, - let your freak flag fly! - although I also ship Dawn/Faith post-series! (Buffy isn't quite sure what to make of that. (Her metaphorical sister Slayer and grandchild hooking up with her real (former Keyness) sister? Kind of a mind-fuck.)
And I definitely shipped Bangel through the end of S2. I've read people claim that Sarah and David had no chemistry but that's not what I thought at the time - admitting that doesn't tarnish my preference for Buffy&Spike!
Re: Late comment is late
Date: 2013-11-28 01:25 am (UTC)Not really. There are few stories about them and there aren't forums or sites involved with the pairing, as far I as know. (And I'm in the fandom since six/seven years ago) The popular ships, I guess, are still the canonic Spuffy, Bangel and Tillow (with some other hetero non-canon pairings as Faith/Angel and male slash stuff) As far as I know there aren't many Fuffy fans over here. Pity.
(Still, the name Fuffy makes me think about a small dog XD)
Dawn/Faith has potential. I don't ship it but I would like to know about - I think it would be intriguing. I generally think that Dawn would fall in love for a guy like Spike or generally a friendly guy with lot of sense of humor. (I don't know if it makes sense, but that's my only headcanon about Dawn and love stories. I'm totally refusing to accept Xander/Dawn as a thing.)
Re: Late comment is late
Date: 2013-11-29 10:31 pm (UTC)I don't have direct links but if you search Faith/Dawn or Dawn/Faith at AO3 you can find some; or just check out brutti_ma_buoni's or beer_good_foamy's fic if you haven't already. BGF is an awesome Dawn writer anyway.
I see Dawn as being more flexible or nonchalant about her sexuality even though there's no proof of that in canon - it's.
fanon. But she's a W/T shipper, whereas that wasn't even on Buffy' radar until Willow came out. Things have changed rather rapidly; I didn't come out of the closet until my 20's whereas my sister, who is eight years younger than me, had friends who came out in high school and even younger and it was no big deal to her.
I can't ship Dawn with Xander mostly because of the "family" vibe esp S7. (Buffy/Giles shipping mystifies me!) Eurydice72's post-series Spuffy fic A Stone's Throw from Yesterday is an exception; her Dawn is mature and believable and calls Xander out on his shit.
Some writers ship Dawn/Andrew but that's a huge NO for me. She deserves better.
And I kind of feel the same way about "Fuffy" as a smushname as I do about "Spuffy" - too close to "fluffy" and too cutesy for those very dark and twisted ships; but I don't think Baith is an improvement in English. Although maybe you should do a poll!