(Fic) Experimentation

[stormwreath]

Two fics in the same month? Must be something in the water. And this is another Buffy/Willow fic (yes, the slash there is deliberate), this one set post-series.

This was partly inspired by the discussion on BuffyForums about Buffy and Willow's relationship over the course of the show. Now, I'm not claiming my ideas here are canon or anything like

Comments

[erimthar]

Hmmm... seems to me Buffy is down to 90% and falling fast.

I hope poor Satsu isn't watching this on her iPad too... or if she is, that she's someplace with some privacy. :-)

[stormwreath]

In strict percentage terms, the vast majority of Buffy's sexual experiences have still been with men. Probably a lot more than 96% of them. :)

I kind of hope Satsu has moved on and found someone nice by now. Possibly Kennedy, so the two of them can bitch about Buffy and Willow.

[erimthar]

Hmmm... Buffy's Sexual Experiences Tally Sheet:

Angel: 2 (only 1 of which she remembers)

Parker: 1

Riley: God only knows... 300?

Spike: Uncertain... a couple dozen?

Satsu: 2

And now Willow: 1(?)

The Parker incident, and the first Angel incident (considering its aftermath) might actually count as net negatives toward Buffy's heterosexuality, and the season 6 Spike stuff might be a wash.

Right now it's just down to her athleticism with Riley that her positive heterosexual experiences outweigh her positive homosexual ones. (The embarrassment factor of Batsu 1.0 doesn't seem to have spoiled Buffy's enjoyment of it in the long term).

As for how Willow affects the balance... I guess we'll have to wait for the sequel to this story. :-)

[stormwreath]

Possibly 0.5 or so with Faith, as well. :) My personal canon is that Buffy never did anything with Faith that she herself would acknowledge as sexual, certainly not at the time - but there might have been a few incidents during highly-charged after-slaying sessions that an older and more mature Buffy might wonder about, when she came to consider her sexuality as I've outlined in this fic.

[gingerwall]

I loved the way you did this story.

I've never read any Buffy/Willow before (so I'm not prone to "buy it",) but this was totally in-character and just so lovely.

[stormwreath]

Thanks! Buffy and Willow's relationship has a great mix of friendship and snark/teasing that's just so much fun to write, regardless of whether you're slashing them together or sticking to canon...