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[gabrielleabelle]

I do have an actual substantial post for today. Because I have a lot of thoughts churning in my head, and I want to kinda put them in words and see if they make any sense

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[mabus101]

Well, that does explain a lot.

Specifically, inasmuch as I don't seem to have shipping lenses at all. When I watched the original show (as with most shows I watched), I really wasn't looking for any couples to pay attention to. Wherever there was subtext, I missed it; where there was sufficient text, I simply noted it as "something that happened in the show". I might or might not like certain pairings, but I never feel it's my place to decide what "works" or doesn't.

So if I come across a noncanon pairing, unless there's some direct contradiction of an obvious part of the show (eg, Buffy cancels her movie date with Angel so she can hang out with Faith), I generally just kind of accept it and read on.

[gabrielleabelle]

Yeah, that's typically how I am while watching shows. I'm not a romantic at all, so the couples don't appeal to me any more than the rest of the show.

Buffy/Spike just snuck in there and took hold somehow. Funny how that can sometimes happen. :)

[mabus101]

Well, I should talk...I seem to get more and more into Xander/Illyria as time goes on, and I can't justify that in any way from the show.

Although people do keep telling me how well it works, so maybe that has something to do with it.

[speakr2customrs]

Of course you can justify it from the show. Xander is a demon magnet, and Illyria is the ultimate demon.

[mabus101]

Well, yes! LOL. I meant in terms of actual interaction, but what you said was exactly what gave me the idea.