argh this is hard toooooo, for the aforementioned reason that I am stubborn about shipping and will rarely admit to having been wrong. But, um, Buffy/Angel. When I first watched BtVS I shipped it hardcore, helped by the fact that I was overidentifying leik woah, being also in possession of an older bf that people thought was bad for me. Turns out he actually was - this is the asswipe I left last year, after a long period of escalating emotional abuse. Hindsight's a bitch.
I think that connection is part of why I just can't DO Bangel anymore, but I've also found that my engagement with Buffyverse stuff in general has been moving away from romance and toward rage - because I think I actually really disagree with Joss about how love/relationships work(s), but the man makes pretty pretty cathartic kill em' all anger stories. I don't care about Buffy's love life, I just want to watch her sucker punch the patriarchy.
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Date: 2012-09-01 01:20 am (UTC)I think that connection is part of why I just can't DO Bangel anymore, but I've also found that my engagement with Buffyverse stuff in general has been moving away from romance and toward rage - because I think I actually really disagree with Joss about how love/relationships work(s), but the man makes pretty pretty cathartic kill em' all anger stories. I don't care about Buffy's love life, I just want to watch her sucker punch the patriarchy.