Awww.

[eliade]

Is there anything cuter than Xander in "Welcome to the Hellmouth" as he skateboards down the sidewalk, sees Buffy for the first time, gets lost in a gawk, and clotheslines himself on the handrail? I don't think so. It's so "The WB!" And yet so utterly not. (The hair! He's a floppy-haired boy! For about three episodes.) It's notable that you don't

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[eliade]

Just like to point out that the big guy/little guy thing does, indeed, work with Xander and Lindsey.

Or, well, with any other man in the world! ...except Spike.

(Hee.)

[ros_fod]

Spike/Jonathan!

No, I'm serious. It would be big guy/little guy, relatively speaking.

[eliade]

You know, I just rewatched "Teacher's Pet" and I'd never noticed that Xander's opening fantasy sequence was reprised later in "Superstar" with Jonathan--he goes through these suave, flashy action-hero dramatics and then takes the stage to play guitar the same way that Jonathan sings and plays the trumpet. (In both cases very much a Buckaroo Banzai homage, I feel, though B.B. itself may just be playing with a cliched source I don't know about.)

Anyway. Spike/Jonathan could work in Superstar, if J. were inclined that way. Given his thing for Swedish twins it's hard to see it occurring right away, but as absolute power corrupts and one grows jaded...um yes. I'm putting down the crack pipe and backing away now.

[kitanotjames]

L/A is canon, man. Canon. L/A/S OTOH? So hot it makes my keyboard melt. Could be my new OT3.

[eliade]

OT3. I like that. *g* I realized earlier that I've been corrupting and degrading the term "OTP" rather callously. Can you have multiple OTPs? Maybe. Can you have multiple OTPs with overlapping characters? Probably not. And yet that's kind of how I feel it works: one day it's all about the Spander, next day it's about the Spuffy...la la la.

[z_rayne]

Lindsey really wants Angel. No matter how much hot sex with Spike I give him, it's all "Angel, Angel, Angel, toss me over a table, Angel!"

So nice to have that recognized. [g]

So, can I talk you into beta-reading when I finally finish this stupid Angel/Lindsey thing that I've been writing (on and off) since Angel S1?

[eliade]

I suck as a beta reader--I spelled Wesley's last name wrong!!!--and I'm dubious that I'm a good person to give constructive criticism and all that, as I tend to swing to extremes of being inadvertantly brusque and soul-killing or blithe and useless. But if you still want me to when you finish, let me know. :)

[calendae]

Floppy haired Xander is one of my favorite incarnations. *points at icon*

[eliade]

Eeeee! So incredibly cute! *jumps up and down*

(Man, I'm giddy today.)