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[redbrunja]

Comment with a pairing and I'll tell you:

1. When I started shipping them
2. What I think their challenge is
3. What makes me happy about them
4. What makes me sad about them
5. What moment I wish had never happened
6. Who I'd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other
7. My happily ever after for them

If you comment with a pairing I DON'T like, I'll tell you why.

Comments

Faith/Buffy

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

1. When I started shipping them After watching here's luck's fantastic vids for them.
2. What I think their challenge is They don't ever seem comfortable with each other.
3. What makes me happy about themHot chicks being badass together
4. What makes me sad about them How they can't seem to connect with each other in a healthy way.
5. What moment I wish had never happened In comics season 8 where Buffy sleeps with a chick who isn't Faith.
6. Who I'd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other For Faith, Wesley, for Buffy, Angel. (The show ruined Spike/Buffy for me.)
7. My happily ever after for them Honestly? Faith gets in a relationship with Wesley, and I don't care what happens to Buffy.

Re: Faith/Buffy

[meitah.livejournal.com]

They really aren't comfortable with each other, and I mostly blame that on Buffy. She's always been The Slayer, and she doesn't know what to do when "The" becomes "a." So she takes that out on the new Slayer. I'm fairly sure she did the same thing to a lesser degree with Kendra, too. And Faith reacts to that defense mechanism with her own, and conflict grows exponentially. Faith wants to be liked, she just doesn't think she deserves it. Buffy unintentionally uses that against her, which leads to her switching to the dark side.

But if they could ever get past all of that, they'd be so amazing.

Re: Faith/Buffy

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Faith wants to be liked, she just doesn't think she deserves it. Buffy unintentionally uses that against her, which leads to her switching to the dark side.

I totally agree, and that's a great way to put it.

There is also that factor that, especially in later seasons, Buffy is well aware that Faith wants what she has, even if Faith isn't pursuing it anymore. Honestly, I think Faith will always want to BE Buffy more than she could ever WANT Buffy.