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happy endings
Someone, recently, was commenting on the Buffy/Spike comic cover that was released – you know, the one with them fighting back-to-back. And they pointed out that, in fact, none of the Dark Horse people thought it was a shippy cover, because they didn’t realise that Buffy and Spike fighting back-to-back is incredibly shippy from a Spuffyish perspective.
In fact, a shippy Bangel cover is going to look very different from a shippy Spuffy cover, just because the two groups of fans have very different ideas about what a happy outcome is.
Which is all a long, roundabout way of saying that I’ve been thinking about what happy endings I’d want for each character…
Buffy:
- ends up in a relationship with someone (although not Angel)
- goes shopping for clothes and tacky souvenirs
- is also in charge of the Slayers – because she finally doesn’t have to choose between slayage and shopping expeditions
Angel:
- doesn’t end up in a relationship with anyone
- instead, drops in on all the Scoobies from time to time, and makes broody jokes that they only get a few hours after he’s left
- gets to watch Connor grow up
Spike:
- either dies in a blaze of spectacular fighting glory, or ends up with Buffy
- spends a lot of time hanging out with Dawn and trying to beat her at poker
- also makes fun of Buffy’s constant glaring at and subtle threatening of all Dawn’s boyfriends
Dawn:
- becomes a brilliant Watcher
- has a run of incredibly cool boyfriends, and then decides to go out with Andrew instead
- lives in Boston
Faith:
- ends up as joint head of the Slayers, at Buffy’s request (protesting this decision constantly, and making repeated attempts to step down)
- probably ends up single (but I’m not entirely sure)
- develops a secret passion for museums, but tries not to let anyone know, in case it hurts her cred
In fact, a shippy Bangel cover is going to look very different from a shippy Spuffy cover, just because the two groups of fans have very different ideas about what a happy outcome is.
Which is all a long, roundabout way of saying that I’ve been thinking about what happy endings I’d want for each character…
Buffy:
- ends up in a relationship with someone (although not Angel)
- goes shopping for clothes and tacky souvenirs
- is also in charge of the Slayers – because she finally doesn’t have to choose between slayage and shopping expeditions
Angel:
- doesn’t end up in a relationship with anyone
- instead, drops in on all the Scoobies from time to time, and makes broody jokes that they only get a few hours after he’s left
- gets to watch Connor grow up
Spike:
- either dies in a blaze of spectacular fighting glory, or ends up with Buffy
- spends a lot of time hanging out with Dawn and trying to beat her at poker
- also makes fun of Buffy’s constant glaring at and subtle threatening of all Dawn’s boyfriends
Dawn:
- becomes a brilliant Watcher
- has a run of incredibly cool boyfriends, and then decides to go out with Andrew instead
- lives in Boston
Faith:
- ends up as joint head of the Slayers, at Buffy’s request (protesting this decision constantly, and making repeated attempts to step down)
- probably ends up single (but I’m not entirely sure)
- develops a secret passion for museums, but tries not to let anyone know, in case it hurts her cred
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Agreed. Definitely agreed.
That's one of the reasons I'm a Spuffy shipper - because I think Spike is the most likely option of "people who will let Buffy be her". (Although I have two backup options.)
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Angel and Xander have ~ideas~ about who Buffy is supposed to be and it changes her, puts pressure on her.
There's this happy future that I imagine for her and the only person she's ever been with that I can see fitting is Spike.
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*wants to know backup options*
Um, Oz?
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(Fic-wise? I've paired her with 4 different people, in all. And only one of them doesn't make my list...)
Err - barring the Immortal, who she broke up with mid-fic, and Riley, who asked her out in the background of a fic, that is...
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It's the kind of wrong that's right. PLEASE FANDOM, WRITE MORE BUFFY/OZ FOR ME. I'M BEGGING YOU. SNICK!
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I just got home from work and apparently my rambling button is stuck in the "on" position. Expect irreverency.
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You're going to make me go look at your fic catalogue, aren't you? Drat.
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Yeah, when Buffy's not available (busy, down or dead), Spike gets shipped with Oz instead.
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