I can pretty much ship anything if it's done right and is fair to both characters. I'm an equal-opportunity shipper.
two years ago I never would have predicted I'd be reading leni_ba's Courting Sinverse (Buffy/Angelus) or il_mio_capitano's Buffy/Giles tics. But they are amazing, flawless writers. I can even dig the Xander/Dawn (a pairing I loathe) in eurydice 72's "A stones throw from yesterday" because her Dawn is mature and super fantastic and doesn't let Xander get away with his shit.
I'm not primarily a "shipper" so you can throw a ship at me and for the most part I'm good but I have some DNW places. No bashing Buffy, Dawn, etc (of course); Xander/ Dawn, Xander/Buffy, Xnader/Willow, Dawn/Andrew, Andrew/anybody, or Dawn/Tara; tara any male character. Buffy/Giles unless it's written by the aforesaid author.
It's not that I hate Willow. or dislike all of Willow/Tara. It's more that the Scooby dynamic is so toxic to me, that I don't really have strong emotional ties to the big three.
I hear you. Somewhere along the line I fell in love with Buffy, with the Summers women; but I would have given anything to have Tara, Anne, Cassie, Olivia alive in S7 to the end; Anya got shit on in unforgivable ways; and I would have paid hard earned money to see more Faith in S7. Those few moments we got were not enough by a long shot. TYG/WAY are on my top five episodes.
And I would have paid money I don't have to actually see the Coven.
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Date: 2014-10-14 10:48 pm (UTC)two years ago I never would have predicted I'd be reading leni_ba's Courting Sinverse (Buffy/Angelus) or il_mio_capitano's Buffy/Giles tics. But they are amazing, flawless writers. I can even dig the Xander/Dawn (a pairing I loathe) in eurydice 72's "A stones throw from yesterday" because her Dawn is mature and super fantastic and doesn't let Xander get away with his shit.
I'm not primarily a "shipper" so you can throw a ship at me and for the most part I'm good but I have some DNW places. No bashing Buffy, Dawn, etc (of course); Xander/ Dawn, Xander/Buffy, Xnader/Willow, Dawn/Andrew, Andrew/anybody, or Dawn/Tara; tara any male character. Buffy/Giles unless it's written by the aforesaid author.
It's not that I hate Willow. or dislike all of Willow/Tara. It's more that the Scooby dynamic is so toxic to me, that I don't really have strong emotional ties to the big three.
I hear you. Somewhere along the line I fell in love with Buffy, with the Summers women; but I would have given anything to have Tara, Anne, Cassie, Olivia alive in S7 to the end; Anya got shit on in unforgivable ways; and I would have paid hard earned money to see more Faith in S7. Those few moments we got were not enough by a long shot. TYG/WAY are on my top five episodes.
And I would have paid money I don't have to actually see the Coven.