Buffy: ships, sexy vampires, and sexier geeks

[dangermousie]

Ended up watching BTVS's season 3's ep "Beauty & the Beasts." The monster-of-the-week is a bit of an aferschool special (gasp! abusive boyfriends are baaaaad!) but it has Faith and my favorite Buffy/Angel moment of them all: the supremely melodramatic and effective scene of Angel, who's just returned from hell, asking "Buffy?" and dropping on his knees, holding her, and sobbing, as Buffy cries. Yes, I am a sap. And yes, my inner 12 year old is squeeing to the rafters.

I think Buffy was the first show I really really loved. I've never been much of a TV watcher (all the shows I love number on the fingers of one hand. Well, if one had 6 fingers, that is), and never before did I actually bother to remember when a show was on, anticipate it, look for spoilers, and engage in other fannish activity. Never before did I actually "ship" for the characters, either. Perhaps it would have been better if I didn't, as everyone knows how every ship on that show turned out.

But, hey, Buffy/Angel were probably my first ship and I fell hard. All that doomed love and angst was just slurped by yours truly. And of course, my other ship of choice for BTVS was Willow/Oz. Because I am a glutton for punishment.

So here are some Buffy/Angel pics, Willow/Oz pics, and Spike/Buffy pics (because even though I am not Spuffy shipper, they were pretty hot, and hey, being a Buffy/Angel OR Buffy/Spike shipper ended up being equally futile, in Joss world of "all ships are doooooooomed" :P).



My favorite B/A pic:


Take out SMG and replace her with me, and that's a private fantasy right there:



Dancing at the Prom. I bet she had the oldest date there:


I wish I had a personal trainer that devoted:



He might be undead, but isn't she worried about sniffles?


Where are his hands, precisely?


Take off your shirt! Now!


Angel channels Aaron Echolls:


Poor man, apparently the gypsy curse had an addendum: "may you never find shirts with buttons!"


Shmoop. Cute shmoop:


Mechanical arm. Awww, who can beat that as a gift!


How many couples do you know where it's the guy who fantasizes about weddings:


Chained up and shirtless? Joss, Season 7 is forgiven!


And at this rate, with the mouth thing, you are working off the bad karma of Season 6, too!


Lunch!



Surprise/Innocence. Best abstinence video ever made:




I wanna play in the snow too. Especially plastic, California snow:



That's not what *I* find in my kitchen:



And the gist of my ship. Angst. Angst with sharp pointy things:





"I will remember you" otherwise known as "Dangermousie bawls so much there is mold on the couch:"





BAWL!!!!!




Best pic ever:


So much awwww:


The sweetest nerds around:


*is dead from the cute overdose*


*loves*


In my denial land, they are totally reunited. So there:




Mmmmm:


Does being a vampire automatically give you better physique? Because look at Angel and then Spike. Da-yum!


Mmmmm, Part 2:


Hot:


Hotter:

Comments

[antiqueskies.livejournal.com]

Oh man, you have no idea how much I love you right now. Buffy/Angel was the best 'ship possibly ever. Definitely my second real 'ship (The honor of first goes back to when I was so young I still thought boys had cooties. Yep, that's right, Will Riker and Deanna Troi from TNG. Total geek right here.)

I squeed and fangirled so much through seasons 1-3, and then I Will Remember You. Ahhh. Angel in chains! Good stuff. Heck, I even was for Angelus/Buffy, because there was definitely some screwy chemistry there.

Oz/Willow. Oh man. I was so pissed when he left. So pissed. And then she was a lesbian suddenly (apparently bi doesn't exist in Jossverse.), and not even the chance of them getting back together anymore. Sadness. Did you notice in one of those picturse that his hair matches hers? Awwwww.

Ugh. Spike/Buffy. Ugh. I definitely enjoyed Spike/Drusilla more. Heck, even Spike/Willow was better. Blargh.

And bah to Joss for saying "No 'ships! HA!". Cruelness.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

The "lesbian" thing still makes me see red. How hard is it to use the word "bi?" Especially since that is what she clearly was (she was in love with Oz, had a crush on Xander for years etc etc). Don't get me started.

Buffy/Angel is just so dramatic. So much love. And of course "I will remember you" is just evil evil evil and I cried so hard...grrrrr.

Spike/Dru was lovely. So twisted and fun.

[spacedwriter.livejournal.com]

/shakes head/
Sometimes, I will never understand what happened during Season Four. Least. Favorite. Season. Ever.

Buffy/Angel was pure angst, drama, and then the randomly sweetest moments ever imaginable. I think that s3 was best for that, especially when he came back from Hell (which she had sent him to) and she was torn to keep away from him or to stay with him. Ahhhh I love that season.

Twisted and fun and somehow devoted. Well, on Spike's end. I never understood that crazy unending devotion he had for her. For someone without a soul (until they decided it'd be fun to make another pseudo-Angel), he sure was crazy in love with her.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

during Season Four. Least. Favorite. Season. Ever

Heh. You mean you didn't *gasp* like Riley? Or the sudden lesbianism of Willow? How odd :P

Buffy/Angel was pure angst, drama, and then the randomly sweetest moments ever imaginable.

Oh yes. Plus, the OTT sap in me loves that his last word before going to hell dimension was "Buffy" and so was his first one on coming back. The boy was fixated. I think it's because so much of his personality was worn down to nothing because of his post-soul issues, he used Buffy to fill up the holes and cracks.

Season 3 was fab. I love how she tried to hide him from the Scoobies and help him heal and they had this attraction that they knew could go nowhere and the angst is just...

It's funny, because DB is not the best actor to end the universe, and Angel was already starting out from "depressed" but it's startling how much more quiet and withdrawn and hesitant he is in S3 compared to pre-Angelus S2 where he is a lot more out of the shell...

*sigh* Guuh, I miss B/A badly.

[antiqueskies.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Guuh, I miss B/A badly.

Me as well. I rewatched one of my favorite episodes, "I Only Have Eyes For You." Oh. My. Gawd. The angst with it being Angelus, then the sweet moment at the end where they're kissing... Then she whispers his name and he freaks and runs. Aahh.

So. Good.

Season Three also had Faith. You forgot to mention that. Faith is awesomely wicked. Probably the best "villian" they've ever had, aside from Angelus & Co.

There was also "Graduation Part 1 & 2." One of my favorite scenes from the whole show is where she forces him to drink her blood to save his life. Guh. And then when she nearly dies and he's freaking. Ooohhhh love.

Sigh.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, the scene in Graduation is just...guuuuuh. And then of course everyone blames Angel (again). I also love that she was definitely getting it on with the biting. :Theirloveissotwisted:

In Graduation, it kills me when he is delirious and he begs her to stay and tells her he was wrong, but it's not her by his bedside but Willow (guuuuh, wish Willow told Buffy about it). Because the break-up? Drives. Me. Insane.

Faith was great. Loved the Mayor even more though. Fave villain ever.

IOHEFY is so good, with Buffy projecting her issues onto the ghosts. Plus, it gave us some B/A lovin' in the middle of Angelus' carnage.

[antiqueskies.livejournal.com]

Poor Angel. Always being blamed, particularly by Xander. If there is one thing I can say I liked about the later seasons, it's that Xander became less of an insecure little twit. Because really.

Man, now why is it that Buffy's friends fail to tell her important things regarding Angel? Seriously. Worst. Friends. Ever.

The Mayor was amuuusssiinnggggggg. And brainwashy. I like this brainwashyness.

Buffy was so having an intense orgasm with that scene. And the censors did nothing. HA! Take that FCC loonies!