*clears throat* Sorry for the outburst, just that I have to tear through the internet to find something with these two. Thousands of fics with either of them with Angel and/or Spike, but only a few with THEM. And it's irritates me because Xander hates vampires. Yes, that means there's foeyay between him and them, but there was blatant hoyay with these two, but no... Riley was Buffy's rebound from Angel and so the fandom hates him and won't use him anywhere, even if he's not with Buffy and...
Uh, sorry for the rant. This is kinda my OTP when it comes to the non-canon pairings of Buffy, so...
He was the rebound - he left because he knew that in her heart she didn't love him and still loved Angel. Riley was her 'safe' alternate - Angel was a vampire, if she slept with him, he'd lose his soul and become a violent murderer again, all that angst. Riley was supposed to be her non-dramatic relationship, because he was basically the ultimate nice, normal, human guy and his only tie to the supernatural was that he happened to be a military commando assigned to a group focused on killing monsters. And she was responsible for screwing up the relationship because apparently Buffy's love life needs drama to survive.
So, yeah, she's kinda damaged upstairs, but for several reasons that don't necesarily relate to her choice in men.
I just can't suspend enough disbelief to really see Xander getting into a relationship with a vampire, no matter what the circumstances. At best, he can reach the frenemy stage, but... In my head, Xander never forgot about his friend Jesse in 'Welcome To the Hellmouth,' and that even though he never mentioned him again, he blames vampires as a whole for it. 'Vampires killed my best friend, I will NEVER be friends with a vampire.' It's why, I feel, he holds such animosity towards both Angel and Spike, and not just because of the whole his-attraction-to-Buffy thing.
It's also why the Season Eight comics Dracula arc pissed me off - Xander became PEN PALS with the VAMPIRE who made him EAT BUGS?!
*clears throat* Sorry for the outburst, just that I have to tear through the internet to find something with these two. Thousands of fics with either of them with Angel and/or Spike, but only a few with THEM. And it's irritates me because Xander hates vampires. Yes, that means there's foeyay between him and them, but there was blatant hoyay with these two, but no... Riley was Buffy's rebound from Angel and so the fandom hates him and won't use him anywhere, even if he's not with Buffy and...
Uh, sorry for the rant. This is kinda my OTP when it comes to the non-canon pairings of Buffy, so...
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the bitch is damaged upstairs.
i'm sorry, i just wuuub david boreanaz XD (haven't seen angel tho...)
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So, yeah, she's kinda damaged upstairs, but for several reasons that don't necesarily relate to her choice in men.
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It's also why the Season Eight comics Dracula arc pissed me off - Xander became PEN PALS with the VAMPIRE who made him EAT BUGS?!
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