Unambiguously Gay Picspam
For picspammy 's Trope's Challenge.
So it's no secret that I'm addicted to TV Tropes. I was on this like a fat kid on cake.
Since I'm working with television series here, I've stuck with one or a few episodes for each pair rather than the whole series because otherwise I'd never get this picspam finished. I fail at applying myself. After each pair I've listed some more Tropes I personally think apply to them. Or would have had things been different. There's also a smattering of links amongst the rambling, which should be proof enough for anything that I seriously am addicted to this website. Fuck Wikipedia, here's where the fun and 'I-just-lost-ten-hours-of-my-life' is at.
Without further preamble, onto the pretty. Yeah, look who I'm starting with. Shut up. They're my favourite ship ever and so very, very gay for each other.
Sam: I figured I'd need every weapon at my disposal to keep you around.
Brooke: I thought for sure that it was Josh.
Sam: Because only someone who cared deeply for you would go to such lengths?
It's ridiculous how quickly these girls can go from being the best of friends to bitter enemies and back again- within the space of a single episode. I suppose that's what you get from a Ryan Murphy show, he doesn't fool around.
And who doesn't love a cat fight? Or a food fight? Or another food fight? I'm not even kidding. These two sure like pelting each other with food. Not to mention the whole "I'm going to beat the shit out of you with this squishy bat because you betraaaayed me!" thing.
I'm taking a direct quote from the tropes page here because it's a perfect example of their relationship and how they're 'inordinately obsessed with each other':
"They spend 95% of their time thinking about each other, what the other one is planning or doing, and whenever they converse their dialogue is incredibly emotionally charged. Fortunately, there's a nice family-friendly explanation: they're arch-enemies, right?"
Brooke: We've been waiting for this date since the beginning, huh sister?
Sam: You know what, Brooke? I bet you fight like a girl.
Brooke: Oh, you want a piece of this? Let's go then! I'm gonna get you.
I don't even know where to start. Word Of Gay says Sam would have come out as a lesbian in season three and you can bet your sweet ass there would have been one Very Special Episode (because holy crap does Ryan Murphy ever love these) where she realized she was in love with Brooke. Yay, fake incestuous love! (They're step-sisters. BONUS KINK POINTS.)
This is what happens when two actresses who are best friends are supposed to play enemies. You get this charged atmosphere. They have this inexplicable chemistry and closeness that just doesn't fit with the fact that they're supposed to hate each other and- oh. There's definitely going to be some déjà vu in this entry.
And did I mention they delivered their baby half sister together? They need to be hysterical midwives in every fandom that ever existed. Comedy. Gold.
Brooke: Listen to me, this is ridiculous! We cannot deliver a baby! We fight over everything!
[beat]
Brooke: Okay, we're gonna deliver a baby right now! Let's go!
FUCK YEAH. TEAMWORK.
See also:
Not So Different, Aw Look They Really Do Love Each Other, Tomboy And Girly Girl, Odd Couple, Foe Yay, Volleying Insults, and Flirty Stepsiblings. Only...y'know, gay.
Rachel: You don’t think people whisper about me in the lunch rooms or draw pornographic pictures of me on the bathroom walls?
Quinn: That was me, actually.
These two started out like the first 13 episodes of Glee - amazing. But as the rest of the show went downhill, so did they. It felt as though it was slowly building up to something great, and then it got to the point they were barely in the same group scenes let alone one on one.
There were several important moments where one was absent- specifically when Rachel was egged Quinn was nowhere to be seen, while the rest of Glee club comforted her. In the same vein, Rachel is the only one to stay behind while everyone else goes running off the hospital with Quinn when she goes into labour. It's obvious that the latter was needed for plot development but It Just Bugs Me.
Rachel: I know everyone expects us to be enemies and be in competition but...I don't hate you.
Dianna and Lea have amazing natural chemistry (same as Carly and Leslie as Sam and Brooke from Popular - best friends in real life playing frenemies on screen) and while Di seems compatible with just about anything that moves, her sudden inexplicable friendship with Mercedes seems forced and out of the blue. Don't get me wrong, I love that Quinn has a friend but Rachel still has none. It felt like they were setting everything in motion for Rachel and Quinn to become friends and then just completely tore that idea down to focus on boosting ratings with guest stars, shitty autotune and lessons of the week.
And I refuse to believe that a girl draws love hearts on a picture of someone she "hates".
I can't go on about these two anymore or I'll give myself an ulcer. It's a tremendous sore spot for me right now and I'm only hoping the next season carries all the strength and charm of the first thirteen episodes as opposed to the suck it's been during the back nine. It feels like a completely different show and I hate it.
/rage
See also:
Terms Of Endangerment, Insult Backfire, Bathroom Stall Of Overheard Insults, I Take Offense To That Last One, Duet Bonding
Santana: Sex is not dating.
Brittany: If it were, Santana and I would be dating.
On a much lighter note, we have Brittany and Santana. They're technically canon, but that depends on who you ask. I certainly wasn't the only one who noticed the background!gay long before they were officially revealed to be bed buddies.
It bothers me that everyone is so obsessed with monogamy. Yes in many cases (and in most of my OTPs) I don't want them to be with anyone else. I fully believe as much as Ryan Murphy is pushing Rachel/Finn as endgame, that Brittany and Santana are each others endgame. Yes, they have sex. Yes, they obviously love each other a whole lot. Yes, they're absolutely adorable together.
They're also not exclusive. I know on the show it's played more as THEY'RE BOTH SLUTS but I prefer to view them as in a polyamorous relationship. While they might see other people, they always come home to each other at the end of the day. There's an integral bond between the two of them that they just can't/won't share with anyone else.
Santana: Let us give you an introduction into the way that we work. You buy us dinner, and we make out in front of you. It's like the best deal ever.
I think that Savage Garden said it best. 'Trust is more important than monogamy'. Yes, I just quoted Savage Garden. I LIKE THEIR MUSIC, I'M A CHILD OF THE NINETIES, IT'S TOTALLY ACCEPTABLE.
At the very least these two fit the mold of Friends With Benefits. Or BFF's with benefits. It's nice to see a relationship where two girls obviously care for each other very much and don't end up fighting over some boy - for once. Even if it is in the background, rumour has it they'll be getting more screen time in season three and that is definitely one thing I'll be looking forward to.
That and, you know, maybe we'll finally get to hear Heather sing. I want to see if gurl can sing as good as she can dance. HOT DAMN.
See also:
My Girl Is A Slut, Really Gets Around, Good Bad Girl, Dumb Is Good
Faith: "Isn't it crazy how slayin' just always makes you hungry and horny?"
Buffy: "Well... sometimes I crave a nonfat yogurt afterwards."
I got into this fandom years after it ended, and I'd heard a lot about the crazy gay chemistry between these two. I wasn't expecting it to be that gay. I frikkin love Joss Whedon for so many reasons, one of them because he sure likes lesbians and making the 'straight' girls rife with unresolved sexual tension.
Love hearts on windows, dirty dancing, handcuffs...be still my throbbing loins beating heart.
← "Cleavagey Slut Bomb" FOR THE WIN. It's no secret I'm a small boobs kinda girl, but hot damn, someone grab me a fire extinguisher while I sit here and combust.
Faith: "What are you getting so strung out for, B?"
Buffy: "Why are your lips still moving, F?"
Faith: "Did I just hear a threat?"
Buffy: "Would you like to?"
I love these two characters when they're together because they're so wild. The potential for kinky BDSM antics is of utterly ridiculous proportions.
Faith: Well, look at you. All dressed up in big sister's clothes.
Buffy: You told me I was just like you. That I was holding it in.
Faith: Ready to cut loose?
Buffy: Try me.
Faith: Okay then. Give us a kiss.
And as crazy as it sounds, while I love reading dirty, smutty fic about ships like these, I find it just as much fun imagining them in fluffy domestic type situations. Seriously. Just imagine them with a kid, or arguing about who put the empty milk carton back in the fridge, and who's turn it is to do the dishes.
Then going out and kicking vampire ass, only to return and stay up all night baking and vacuuming the curtains. No that's not a metaphor for anything. Like actually vacuuming the curtains because "THEY'RE DIRTY. I LOOK AT THEM AND THINK, 'ICK'. I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SEE MY DIRTY CURTAINS."
...I swear it's not a metaphor.
Is my baby!fic kink showing?
See also:
Foe Yay, Draco In Leather Pants, Rival Turned Evil, Start Of Darkness, Destructo Nookie
Willow: Tara, I have to tell you...
Tara: No, I-I understand. You have to be with the person you l-love.
Willow: I am.
I swear, I wasn't going to do these two because they're canon, but they started out as innuendo before they were officially outed, and I looove them, so...I couldn't help myself, okay? They're my favourite! Well, after Brooke/Sam- but they're canon! And completely and utterly adorable and they don't throw food on each other because they're both in gay denial. Also, I promised Jenny I'd include them.
Why are they so amazing? BECAUSE AMBER BENSON IS SO PRETTY WHEN SHE CRIES. They have a cat for crying out loud. A cat. And they tell each other bed time stories. And they have magic sex. And why the fuck would you slow dance when you can just float off the ground because you're so content to be in each others arms? Did I mention Miss Kitty Fantastico?
Tara: What did I have for breakfast this morning? Do you remember? I wanna say 'bagel' but I think that was yesterday.
Willow: You had two eggs, sunny-side-up. I remember because they were wiggling at me like little boobs.
I LOVE THEM. I can't believe there was ever any sub in this text.
Tara: O-o-our relationship?
Willow: We're friends.
Tara: Good friends.
Willow: Girlfriends, actually.
Tara: Yes, we're girlfriends.
Willow: We're in love. We're ... lovers. We're lesbian, gay-type lovers.
I will never get over how horrible season six was, and I flat out refuse to watch season seven. Depending on who you ask, that either makes me a horrible fan, or a sane fan. I would Die For This Ship and for me, this show was flat out Ruined FOREVER when Tara...I can't even finish that sentence, I'm so depressed right now. There can't possibly be anything more wrong than killing off Ta-
...oh. Really? That's who's next on the list? You're evil, self. Completely evil.
See also:
Headbutt Of Love, Beta Couple, Puppy Dog Eyes, and Tara is totally a Covert Pervert, I swear. It's always The Quiet One's.
Xena: Gabrielle, if I only had 30 seconds to live, this is how I'd want to live them; looking into your eyes.
Do not start with me. Do not even. It was impossible to make this list and not include these two, they're the femslash equivalent of Kirk/Spock. It was so hard deciding which moments/episodes to choose, so I just went with my favourites rather than those with the most subtext.
Aside from having an inappropriate crush on the original Pink Ranger and just wanting Duchess Raven Waves and Lady Lovely Locks to be friends, this was probably my first femslash ship before I even knew what that meant. I was five (holy shit) when this show started, so it was easier for me to hold the last few seasons in high regard, when I was old enough to remember them.
A few years ago, in a fit of nostalgia, I bought the entire series on DVD and had marathons with popcorn and gay. To this day I still haven't been able to watch the latter half of season six because I know how it ends and angst is my mortal enemy. That should be obvious enough from my favourite episodes considering most of them are the humorous ones.
Gabrielle: I almost got you that time.
Xena: No, you didn't.
Gabrielle: What are you talking about? I was this close.
Xena: You were this close because I let you get this close.
It never ceases to amaze me how up and down this show was with its genres. One second you'd be watching some ridiculous crack humour, the next episode you’d be balling your eyes out. I suppose that was part of its charm. Comedy has always been my favourite genre and for the most part this show does it very well. It's just a bonus that a lot of the humour is derived from gay subtext and inside jokes.
One of my most beloved clichés is people fighting Like An Old Married Couple. It's hilarious, adorable and shows a familiar bond between two people. It's hard to say if it's better when they're not a couple yet or if they're in an established relationship, but it's always a sight I love to see - and hear!
Need I mention the love duet? I will mention it, because if you looked in the dictionary under 'epic' this would be listed. This is show who knows how it's done.
♫ We'll overcome our damaged past
And we'll grow stronger side by side
To stand together through the storms
We're safe ‘cause love will be our guide ♫
See also:
Heterosexual Life Partners, Reincarnation Romance, Battle Couple
Cindy: You're gonna miss me when I stop coming around.
There's a reason I decided to put these two right after Xena/Gabrielle - the very same reason I listed Rachel/Quinn after Brooke/Sam. Because they're both like, 2.0 versions of those before them. I'm totally serious. Fandom differences aside, they have a very similar dynamic. There's even an essay about them. That shit is entertaining, let me tell you. A mere mention of Bram, even!
Great. Now I'm Zoidberg.
Aubrey Dollar is one of the cutest things ever. I want to carry her around in my pocket and have her take notes of everything. I love characters with eidetic memories, I don't care if it's becoming overused. And Angie Harmon is so tall. This one sets my height difference kink Up To Eleven.
Why are they Xena/Gabrielle 2.0? Well, we have Cindy Thomas - the wide-eyed and enthusiastic bard reporter. She's also extremely stubborn with a possible case of hero worship for one Lindsay Boxer - the hardened cop with a tragic past. Lindsay is emotionally shut-off as well as being completely dark and brooding, but also sensitive and very protective of those she cares about. Cindy is determined to stalk Lindsay until she relents and lets her help her out with the whole solving-of-the-murders-thing. Cindy eventually wheedles her way into the club and Lindsay's heart. Sound familiar?
Cindy: Jill and Claire never have to know, right?
Lindsay: I like your style, Thomas.
And Lindsay is always threatening to arrest her. She never does. Cindy is also compassionately…fierce. AND THEY MAKE SO MANY FUNNY FACES AT ONE ANOTHER. STOP IT. THIS IS SERIOUS.
Cindy: Here's the thing. At some point you're gonna be hit with a wave of loss and sadness so massive you're not even going to be able to breathe, so will you just shut up and let me be here for you?
Lindsay: Let's go.
Yeah.
See also:
May December Romance, One Head Taller, Bodyguard Crush, Everyone Can See It
Libby: You know, I'd like you a lot more if you'd just make fun of people.
Yeah, I hear you. Right now you're going "What the everloving fuck?" or possibly "OH GOD, MY CHILDHOOD!" but they dated, okay? Granted Sabrina was a boy at the time and it was for like, five minutes - but did I ever have a field day with that. This ship fits literally every main kink I have:
- Blonde and brunette
- Popular vs. unpopular/Good vs. evil
- Cheerleadersss
- Noticable height differences (okay, maybe at a stretch, but still)
- Snark and childish name calling
- Power play
Bonus Genderbending!
You see the pattern? Out of the ten ships in this picspam, at least 5 of them fit this list to a tee. Buffy/Faith totally counts because of that one time at band camp where Buffy was a cheerleader.
Sabrina: Do you wanna try a piece of our cake?
Libby: Like I'd taste anything you gave me. What's in it, poison?
Sabrina: No, just chocolate. Lot's of chocolate.
Libby: Really?
Sabrina: And sprinkles!
Shut up. It's so cute when you hear the inflections.
This is more or less wishful thinking. I will live happily in my delusions. Everything after season three sucked anyway. (Okay, so I just wanted ten on this list and my fandoms are limited...well, those that I actually have anyway.) I still ship it, end of story.
See also:
Just the one. Not related to shipping but still worth a look. The Libby. The trope is named after her.
Phoebe: Not that I'm okay with you stealing my stuff, but those earrings really do look amazing on you. Then again, what wouldn't?
Kira: You know, sugar, much as I enjoy the flattery and the bonding - and even the touching - you're not getting anything out of me until you make me human.
These two had such potential. It makes me sad for so many reasons. You'd think out of four sisters, living in fucking San Francisco at least one of them would be batting for their own team. Also, who doesn't love Charisma Carpenter?
Her role as Kira (The Seer) was one of my favourite arcs in the series, even if it was only for a few episodes. Word has it her character would have gotten a bigger role but then she got all pregnant and that idea was thrown out the window- so they killed her character.
Kira: I came back didn't I?
Leo: Because you need us.
Phoebe: No, and because she likes us.
Leo: Okay...are you two buddy-buddies starting to read each other?
Leo: Don't make me come back and seperate you.
It wouldn't be the first time Phoebe totally fell for a demon, and they had the whole ~psychic link~ thing going on. Not to mention the touching. Oh god, the touching.
Kira: You really care about what happens to me, don't you?
Phoebe: Yeah, I do. I guess.
Kira: That's nice. I like that.
So much potential for amazing. Poof. Gone.
See also:
Birds Of A Feather, Mindlink Mates, What Is This Thing You Call Love?
Caroline: It's not bad, it's just...dull. We're gonna make you pop!
Bennett: I'm not sure I wish to pop.
Caroline: You're gonna pop. And like it.
Oh my god, Caroline totally took Bennett's virginity. I refuse to believe otherwise.
It amazes me that Joss Whedon is able to squeeze so much gay subtext into just a few short flashbacks. He knows what he's doing. Aside from the fact that Summer and Eliza have pretty awesome chemistry in the first place, you just don't play tinkly, romantic music in the background of a hair-washing scene when you're trying to imply something platonic. I mean, really.
Bennet: I've often thought I'd like to be less me. More like...well, you, actually.
Caroline: Me? I'm still undeclared.
Bennett: You know who you are. You're so fearless. I'd love to get a look at your amygdala.
Caroline: You'd have to buy me dinner first.
Don't even get me started on Bennett asking Caroline to 'use her'. Then they go and blow up the damn Rossum building and Bennett gets all smooshed. Then for what is like, the first time ever, Caroline does something selfless - she takes the fall for both of them. Of course she leaves her best friend lying under the rubble, but for a good reason! Bennett will get the medical help she needs and she won't get arrested.
But no matter why they did it you'd still hold a grudge against someone for leaving you under a giant slab of concrete, am I right? I'm still disappointed at the lack of fic there is for these two. This is the only relationship on this show besides Sierra/Victor that I actually cared about.
See also:
Please Don't Leave Me, I Did What I Had To Do, It's Not You, It's My Enemies, Love Makes You Evil
Ugh. It totally looks like I got lazy at the end but I swear I made these last few ones first.
Comments are love. Gif!comments are sex.
I hope you liked it.
So it's no secret that I'm addicted to TV Tropes. I was on this like a fat kid on cake.
Since I'm working with television series here, I've stuck with one or a few episodes for each pair rather than the whole series because otherwise I'd never get this picspam finished. I fail at applying myself. After each pair I've listed some more Tropes I personally think apply to them. Or would have had things been different. There's also a smattering of links amongst the rambling, which should be proof enough for anything that I seriously am addicted to this website. Fuck Wikipedia, here's where the fun and 'I-just-lost-ten-hours-of-my-life' is at.
Without further preamble, onto the pretty. Yeah, look who I'm starting with. Shut up. They're my favourite ship ever and so very, very gay for each other.
Sam: I figured I'd need every weapon at my disposal to keep you around.
Brooke: I thought for sure that it was Josh.
Sam: Because only someone who cared deeply for you would go to such lengths?
It's ridiculous how quickly these girls can go from being the best of friends to bitter enemies and back again- within the space of a single episode. I suppose that's what you get from a Ryan Murphy show, he doesn't fool around.
And who doesn't love a cat fight? Or a food fight? Or another food fight? I'm not even kidding. These two sure like pelting each other with food. Not to mention the whole "I'm going to beat the shit out of you with this squishy bat because you betraaaayed me!" thing.
I'm taking a direct quote from the tropes page here because it's a perfect example of their relationship and how they're 'inordinately obsessed with each other':
"They spend 95% of their time thinking about each other, what the other one is planning or doing, and whenever they converse their dialogue is incredibly emotionally charged. Fortunately, there's a nice family-friendly explanation: they're arch-enemies, right?"
Brooke: We've been waiting for this date since the beginning, huh sister?
Sam: You know what, Brooke? I bet you fight like a girl.
Brooke: Oh, you want a piece of this? Let's go then! I'm gonna get you.
I don't even know where to start. Word Of Gay says Sam would have come out as a lesbian in season three and you can bet your sweet ass there would have been one Very Special Episode (because holy crap does Ryan Murphy ever love these) where she realized she was in love with Brooke. Yay, fake incestuous love! (They're step-sisters. BONUS KINK POINTS.)
This is what happens when two actresses who are best friends are supposed to play enemies. You get this charged atmosphere. They have this inexplicable chemistry and closeness that just doesn't fit with the fact that they're supposed to hate each other and- oh. There's definitely going to be some déjà vu in this entry.
And did I mention they delivered their baby half sister together? They need to be hysterical midwives in every fandom that ever existed. Comedy. Gold.
Brooke: Listen to me, this is ridiculous! We cannot deliver a baby! We fight over everything!
[beat]
Brooke: Okay, we're gonna deliver a baby right now! Let's go!
FUCK YEAH. TEAMWORK.
See also:
Not So Different, Aw Look They Really Do Love Each Other, Tomboy And Girly Girl, Odd Couple, Foe Yay, Volleying Insults, and Flirty Stepsiblings. Only...y'know, gay.
Rachel: You don’t think people whisper about me in the lunch rooms or draw pornographic pictures of me on the bathroom walls?
Quinn: That was me, actually.
These two started out like the first 13 episodes of Glee - amazing. But as the rest of the show went downhill, so did they. It felt as though it was slowly building up to something great, and then it got to the point they were barely in the same group scenes let alone one on one.
There were several important moments where one was absent- specifically when Rachel was egged Quinn was nowhere to be seen, while the rest of Glee club comforted her. In the same vein, Rachel is the only one to stay behind while everyone else goes running off the hospital with Quinn when she goes into labour. It's obvious that the latter was needed for plot development but It Just Bugs Me.
Rachel: I know everyone expects us to be enemies and be in competition but...I don't hate you.
Dianna and Lea have amazing natural chemistry (same as Carly and Leslie as Sam and Brooke from Popular - best friends in real life playing frenemies on screen) and while Di seems compatible with just about anything that moves, her sudden inexplicable friendship with Mercedes seems forced and out of the blue. Don't get me wrong, I love that Quinn has a friend but Rachel still has none. It felt like they were setting everything in motion for Rachel and Quinn to become friends and then just completely tore that idea down to focus on boosting ratings with guest stars, shitty autotune and lessons of the week.
And I refuse to believe that a girl draws love hearts on a picture of someone she "hates".
I can't go on about these two anymore or I'll give myself an ulcer. It's a tremendous sore spot for me right now and I'm only hoping the next season carries all the strength and charm of the first thirteen episodes as opposed to the suck it's been during the back nine. It feels like a completely different show and I hate it.
/rage
See also:
Terms Of Endangerment, Insult Backfire, Bathroom Stall Of Overheard Insults, I Take Offense To That Last One, Duet Bonding
Santana: Sex is not dating.
Brittany: If it were, Santana and I would be dating.
On a much lighter note, we have Brittany and Santana. They're technically canon, but that depends on who you ask. I certainly wasn't the only one who noticed the background!gay long before they were officially revealed to be bed buddies.
It bothers me that everyone is so obsessed with monogamy. Yes in many cases (and in most of my OTPs) I don't want them to be with anyone else. I fully believe as much as Ryan Murphy is pushing Rachel/Finn as endgame, that Brittany and Santana are each others endgame. Yes, they have sex. Yes, they obviously love each other a whole lot. Yes, they're absolutely adorable together.
They're also not exclusive. I know on the show it's played more as THEY'RE BOTH SLUTS but I prefer to view them as in a polyamorous relationship. While they might see other people, they always come home to each other at the end of the day. There's an integral bond between the two of them that they just can't/won't share with anyone else.
Santana: Let us give you an introduction into the way that we work. You buy us dinner, and we make out in front of you. It's like the best deal ever.
I think that Savage Garden said it best. 'Trust is more important than monogamy'. Yes, I just quoted Savage Garden. I LIKE THEIR MUSIC, I'M A CHILD OF THE NINETIES, IT'S TOTALLY ACCEPTABLE.
At the very least these two fit the mold of Friends With Benefits. Or BFF's with benefits. It's nice to see a relationship where two girls obviously care for each other very much and don't end up fighting over some boy - for once. Even if it is in the background, rumour has it they'll be getting more screen time in season three and that is definitely one thing I'll be looking forward to.
That and, you know, maybe we'll finally get to hear Heather sing. I want to see if gurl can sing as good as she can dance. HOT DAMN.
See also:
My Girl Is A Slut, Really Gets Around, Good Bad Girl, Dumb Is Good
Faith: "Isn't it crazy how slayin' just always makes you hungry and horny?"
Buffy: "Well... sometimes I crave a nonfat yogurt afterwards."
I got into this fandom years after it ended, and I'd heard a lot about the crazy gay chemistry between these two. I wasn't expecting it to be that gay. I frikkin love Joss Whedon for so many reasons, one of them because he sure likes lesbians and making the 'straight' girls rife with unresolved sexual tension.
Love hearts on windows, dirty dancing, handcuffs...be still my throbbing loins beating heart.
← "Cleavagey Slut Bomb" FOR THE WIN. It's no secret I'm a small boobs kinda girl, but hot damn, someone grab me a fire extinguisher while I sit here and combust.
Faith: "What are you getting so strung out for, B?"
Buffy: "Why are your lips still moving, F?"
Faith: "Did I just hear a threat?"
Buffy: "Would you like to?"
I love these two characters when they're together because they're so wild. The potential for kinky BDSM antics is of utterly ridiculous proportions.
Faith: Well, look at you. All dressed up in big sister's clothes.
Buffy: You told me I was just like you. That I was holding it in.
Faith: Ready to cut loose?
Buffy: Try me.
Faith: Okay then. Give us a kiss.
And as crazy as it sounds, while I love reading dirty, smutty fic about ships like these, I find it just as much fun imagining them in fluffy domestic type situations. Seriously. Just imagine them with a kid, or arguing about who put the empty milk carton back in the fridge, and who's turn it is to do the dishes.
Then going out and kicking vampire ass, only to return and stay up all night baking and vacuuming the curtains. No that's not a metaphor for anything. Like actually vacuuming the curtains because "THEY'RE DIRTY. I LOOK AT THEM AND THINK, 'ICK'. I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SEE MY DIRTY CURTAINS."
...I swear it's not a metaphor.
Is my baby!fic kink showing?
See also:
Foe Yay, Draco In Leather Pants, Rival Turned Evil, Start Of Darkness, Destructo Nookie
Willow: Tara, I have to tell you...
Tara: No, I-I understand. You have to be with the person you l-love.
Willow: I am.
I swear, I wasn't going to do these two because they're canon, but they started out as innuendo before they were officially outed, and I looove them, so...I couldn't help myself, okay? They're my favourite! Well, after Brooke/Sam- but they're canon! And completely and utterly adorable and they don't throw food on each other because they're both in gay denial. Also, I promised Jenny I'd include them.
Why are they so amazing? BECAUSE AMBER BENSON IS SO PRETTY WHEN SHE CRIES. They have a cat for crying out loud. A cat. And they tell each other bed time stories. And they have magic sex. And why the fuck would you slow dance when you can just float off the ground because you're so content to be in each others arms? Did I mention Miss Kitty Fantastico?
Tara: What did I have for breakfast this morning? Do you remember? I wanna say 'bagel' but I think that was yesterday.
Willow: You had two eggs, sunny-side-up. I remember because they were wiggling at me like little boobs.
I LOVE THEM. I can't believe there was ever any sub in this text.
Tara: O-o-our relationship?
Willow: We're friends.
Tara: Good friends.
Willow: Girlfriends, actually.
Tara: Yes, we're girlfriends.
Willow: We're in love. We're ... lovers. We're lesbian, gay-type lovers.
I will never get over how horrible season six was, and I flat out refuse to watch season seven. Depending on who you ask, that either makes me a horrible fan, or a sane fan. I would Die For This Ship and for me, this show was flat out Ruined FOREVER when Tara...I can't even finish that sentence, I'm so depressed right now. There can't possibly be anything more wrong than killing off Ta-
...oh. Really? That's who's next on the list? You're evil, self. Completely evil.
See also:
Headbutt Of Love, Beta Couple, Puppy Dog Eyes, and Tara is totally a Covert Pervert, I swear. It's always The Quiet One's.
Xena: Gabrielle, if I only had 30 seconds to live, this is how I'd want to live them; looking into your eyes.
Do not start with me. Do not even. It was impossible to make this list and not include these two, they're the femslash equivalent of Kirk/Spock. It was so hard deciding which moments/episodes to choose, so I just went with my favourites rather than those with the most subtext.
Aside from having an inappropriate crush on the original Pink Ranger and just wanting Duchess Raven Waves and Lady Lovely Locks to be friends, this was probably my first femslash ship before I even knew what that meant. I was five (holy shit) when this show started, so it was easier for me to hold the last few seasons in high regard, when I was old enough to remember them.
A few years ago, in a fit of nostalgia, I bought the entire series on DVD and had marathons with popcorn and gay. To this day I still haven't been able to watch the latter half of season six because I know how it ends and angst is my mortal enemy. That should be obvious enough from my favourite episodes considering most of them are the humorous ones.
Gabrielle: I almost got you that time.
Xena: No, you didn't.
Gabrielle: What are you talking about? I was this close.
Xena: You were this close because I let you get this close.
It never ceases to amaze me how up and down this show was with its genres. One second you'd be watching some ridiculous crack humour, the next episode you’d be balling your eyes out. I suppose that was part of its charm. Comedy has always been my favourite genre and for the most part this show does it very well. It's just a bonus that a lot of the humour is derived from gay subtext and inside jokes.
One of my most beloved clichés is people fighting Like An Old Married Couple. It's hilarious, adorable and shows a familiar bond between two people. It's hard to say if it's better when they're not a couple yet or if they're in an established relationship, but it's always a sight I love to see - and hear!
Need I mention the love duet? I will mention it, because if you looked in the dictionary under 'epic' this would be listed. This is show who knows how it's done.
♫ We'll overcome our damaged past
And we'll grow stronger side by side
To stand together through the storms
We're safe ‘cause love will be our guide ♫
See also:
Heterosexual Life Partners, Reincarnation Romance, Battle Couple
Cindy: You're gonna miss me when I stop coming around.
There's a reason I decided to put these two right after Xena/Gabrielle - the very same reason I listed Rachel/Quinn after Brooke/Sam. Because they're both like, 2.0 versions of those before them. I'm totally serious. Fandom differences aside, they have a very similar dynamic. There's even an essay about them. That shit is entertaining, let me tell you. A mere mention of Bram, even!
Great. Now I'm Zoidberg.
Aubrey Dollar is one of the cutest things ever. I want to carry her around in my pocket and have her take notes of everything. I love characters with eidetic memories, I don't care if it's becoming overused. And Angie Harmon is so tall. This one sets my height difference kink Up To Eleven.
Why are they Xena/Gabrielle 2.0? Well, we have Cindy Thomas - the wide-eyed and enthusiastic bard reporter. She's also extremely stubborn with a possible case of hero worship for one Lindsay Boxer - the hardened cop with a tragic past. Lindsay is emotionally shut-off as well as being completely dark and brooding, but also sensitive and very protective of those she cares about. Cindy is determined to stalk Lindsay until she relents and lets her help her out with the whole solving-of-the-murders-thing. Cindy eventually wheedles her way into the club and Lindsay's heart. Sound familiar?
Cindy: Jill and Claire never have to know, right?
Lindsay: I like your style, Thomas.
And Lindsay is always threatening to arrest her. She never does. Cindy is also compassionately…fierce. AND THEY MAKE SO MANY FUNNY FACES AT ONE ANOTHER. STOP IT. THIS IS SERIOUS.
Cindy: Here's the thing. At some point you're gonna be hit with a wave of loss and sadness so massive you're not even going to be able to breathe, so will you just shut up and let me be here for you?
Lindsay: Let's go.
Yeah.
See also:
May December Romance, One Head Taller, Bodyguard Crush, Everyone Can See It
Libby: You know, I'd like you a lot more if you'd just make fun of people.
Yeah, I hear you. Right now you're going "What the everloving fuck?" or possibly "OH GOD, MY CHILDHOOD!" but they dated, okay? Granted Sabrina was a boy at the time and it was for like, five minutes - but did I ever have a field day with that. This ship fits literally every main kink I have:
- Blonde and brunette
- Popular vs. unpopular/Good vs. evil
- Cheerleadersss
- Noticable height differences (okay, maybe at a stretch, but still)
- Snark and childish name calling
- Power play
Bonus Genderbending!
You see the pattern? Out of the ten ships in this picspam, at least 5 of them fit this list to a tee. Buffy/Faith totally counts because of that one time at band camp where Buffy was a cheerleader.
Sabrina: Do you wanna try a piece of our cake?
Libby: Like I'd taste anything you gave me. What's in it, poison?
Sabrina: No, just chocolate. Lot's of chocolate.
Libby: Really?
Sabrina: And sprinkles!
Shut up. It's so cute when you hear the inflections.
This is more or less wishful thinking. I will live happily in my delusions. Everything after season three sucked anyway. (Okay, so I just wanted ten on this list and my fandoms are limited...well, those that I actually have anyway.) I still ship it, end of story.
See also:
Just the one. Not related to shipping but still worth a look. The Libby. The trope is named after her.
Phoebe: Not that I'm okay with you stealing my stuff, but those earrings really do look amazing on you. Then again, what wouldn't?
Kira: You know, sugar, much as I enjoy the flattery and the bonding - and even the touching - you're not getting anything out of me until you make me human.
These two had such potential. It makes me sad for so many reasons. You'd think out of four sisters, living in fucking San Francisco at least one of them would be batting for their own team. Also, who doesn't love Charisma Carpenter?
Her role as Kira (The Seer) was one of my favourite arcs in the series, even if it was only for a few episodes. Word has it her character would have gotten a bigger role but then she got all pregnant and that idea was thrown out the window- so they killed her character.
Kira: I came back didn't I?
Leo: Because you need us.
Phoebe: No, and because she likes us.
Leo: Okay...are you two buddy-buddies starting to read each other?
Leo: Don't make me come back and seperate you.
It wouldn't be the first time Phoebe totally fell for a demon, and they had the whole ~psychic link~ thing going on. Not to mention the touching. Oh god, the touching.
Kira: You really care about what happens to me, don't you?
Phoebe: Yeah, I do. I guess.
Kira: That's nice. I like that.
So much potential for amazing. Poof. Gone.
See also:
Birds Of A Feather, Mindlink Mates, What Is This Thing You Call Love?
Caroline: It's not bad, it's just...dull. We're gonna make you pop!
Bennett: I'm not sure I wish to pop.
Caroline: You're gonna pop. And like it.
Oh my god, Caroline totally took Bennett's virginity. I refuse to believe otherwise.
It amazes me that Joss Whedon is able to squeeze so much gay subtext into just a few short flashbacks. He knows what he's doing. Aside from the fact that Summer and Eliza have pretty awesome chemistry in the first place, you just don't play tinkly, romantic music in the background of a hair-washing scene when you're trying to imply something platonic. I mean, really.
Bennet: I've often thought I'd like to be less me. More like...well, you, actually.
Caroline: Me? I'm still undeclared.
Bennett: You know who you are. You're so fearless. I'd love to get a look at your amygdala.
Caroline: You'd have to buy me dinner first.
Don't even get me started on Bennett asking Caroline to 'use her'. Then they go and blow up the damn Rossum building and Bennett gets all smooshed. Then for what is like, the first time ever, Caroline does something selfless - she takes the fall for both of them. Of course she leaves her best friend lying under the rubble, but for a good reason! Bennett will get the medical help she needs and she won't get arrested.
But no matter why they did it you'd still hold a grudge against someone for leaving you under a giant slab of concrete, am I right? I'm still disappointed at the lack of fic there is for these two. This is the only relationship on this show besides Sierra/Victor that I actually cared about.
See also:
Please Don't Leave Me, I Did What I Had To Do, It's Not You, It's My Enemies, Love Makes You Evil
Ugh. It totally looks like I got lazy at the end but I swear I made these last few ones first.
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