Questions Post #7

Feb 01, 2006 02:26

I'm invoking my official capacity as . . . Official Capacity Invoking Gal to declare this month the Month Of The OTP ( Read more... )

ship: buffy/angel, discussion: shipping, questions: shipping, character: angel, character: buffy, request: fic

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southernbangel February 2 2006, 00:35:06 UTC
What's your one true pairing/3/ship of choice/favorite pairing/tripling/orgy/people you sometimes like to see have sex (OTP3SOCFPTOPYSLTSHS)? Well, besides Fairy!Spike/Unicorn!Wes? That would be B/A, little buddy.

What's something you love about it? Honestly, too many reasons to name but one reason I adore the B/A relationship is that through everything--life, death, resurrections, sons, new lovers, old lovers, hellgods, apocalypii, everything--there is still that connection that draws them together. Try as they might to ignore it or push it aside, they can't. And *that* sucks me in like nothing else.

What's a reason you think these characters are good together? See above. Also, they know each other in ways no one else does and that knowledge only serves to enhance their love.

What would you say about it if you wanted to try to get someone interested in it? Best.ship.ever. Nothing I could say could get anyone interested in B/A because all they would hear is "OMG!B/A4vaandeva!SQUEEE!"

Is there any meta/manifesto/discussions you might link to for someone just getting into the pairing? Off the top of my head, Ducks' B/A manifesto. That, in a nutshell, is why I ship B/A.

What's a scene in canon that occurs between these two characters you really like (if they met in canon)? Too many to name, but I love the scene in "Chosen" when Angel watches Buffy fight. Also, in "Ted" when Buffy is bandaging his hands? Something in that scene--the innocence, the comfort?--tugs at my heart everytime I watch it.

What's a fic you love that features it? marenfic's The Mature Plan and chrisleeoctaves Forgiven. Both beautiful in their own ways.

What's a fic you consider a "classic" to it (even if you yourself don't think much of it)? Ducks' Something Old series and jade_okelani's Bittersweet Legacy, two old school favorites.

What's a fic you might rec to someone to introduce them to it/romance them into it? Probably something of Sienna's, like Infinitely Gentle, which is fluffy and smutty, but doesn't shy away from their messy past. It's a lovely introduction to them.

What's an element you like to see in fics about it? Both coming to terms with their pasts, both individually and as a couple.

What's a fic you've written that features it (if you write fic)? Ha. Me? Yeah, right. Dude, I write freakin' crack!fic about fairies and magic cocks. Or featuring HGTV decorator shows.

What's one thing you like one of the characters in it to say when they're having wild monkey sex? "I love you" and "Mine." Seriously, hard-core biting/"mine" kink fan. *Hard-core*.

What's something you dislike about it (the pairing itself, not fandom's treatment of it)? Both try to do the noble thing.

What's something you dislike about the way you percieve fandom views it? That it's merely high school love, "puppy love", Angel is a cradle-robbing perv for liking Buffy, blah blah blah.

What's something that turns up in a lot of fic about it that isn't to your taste? Either one as a cowering puppy, begging to be forgiven for his/her wrongs.

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lettered February 2 2006, 01:14:55 UTC
Well, besides Fairy!Spike/Unicorn!Wes? That would be B/A, little buddy.

Yeah, I should've clarified my post with a disclaimer that Xander's Cock/World was really everyone's ship, and that I meant besides that. ;o)

through everything--life, death, resurrections, sons, new lovers, old lovers, hellgods, apocalypii, everything--there is still that connection that draws them together.

Oh, me too. I have a meta-like-thing about it I'm about to post. Yay!

all they would hear is "OMG!B/A4vaandeva!SQUEEE!"

I understand completely. Sometimes when I think about them I just get this goofy smile on my face. They make me happy in a way I can't really express. But I try.

Off the top of my head, Ducks' B/A manifesto. That, in a nutshell, is why I ship B/A.

I love that essay.

marenfic's The Mature Plan

Ack. I've been meaning to read that one forever.

Ducks' Something Old series and jade_okelani's Bittersweet Legacy

canadiangirl86 is going to kick me out of B/A fandom and take away my B/A bonnet because I've never read either of these. I keep meaning to.

Probably something of Sienna's, like Infinitely Gentle, which is fluffy and smutty, but doesn't shy away from their messy past.

I love anything by Sienna.

Ha. Me? Yeah, right. Dude, I write freakin' crack!fic about fairies and magic cocks. Or featuring HGTV decorator shows.

Honey, sometimes I think you do yourself too little credit. You've written some lovely little B/A fics. Like Love/That Night.

"I love you" and "Mine."

You now what's funny, is "Mine." was a big thing in another fandom I was in, for another ship (my OTP for that fandom) and I loved it there, too. But in B/A I like it not only when Angel says it, but when Buffy says it. That? Is hot.

That it's merely high school love, "puppy love"

Agreed. Drives me nuts.

Either one as a cowering puppy, begging to be forgiven for his/her wrongs.

Oh, good one! I hate Buffy being weak, period. And I hate it when Angel has to suck up to her for months for leaving her. That's ridiculous. I like that he left her. I think he did the right thing, and to me, it only shows how powerful their love was that he could leave her. *sniffles*

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marenfic February 2 2006, 01:34:19 UTC
but when Buffy says it. That? Is hot.

Then you are going to like Touchstone, my friend.

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lettered February 2 2006, 05:59:51 UTC
Yay! There's a lot of your fic I've been meaning to read. I like having time and feeling unstressed when I settle in for a good fic, so I've been biding my time with a lot of fic.

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