i just do not know what to do with myself

[lirazel]

sometimes i think that i'm kind of beginning to get over buffy and spike--well, not "over," really, but just that the obsessive, mad love is kind of fading into something a little more tempered?

but then.

tumblr photosets.

of faces.

and all i can think is, "I LOVE THESE STUPID KIDS AND THEIR STUPID FACES SO MUCH THAT I WANT TO THROW UP AND THEN DIE."




this has been a post.

Comments

[ellievanna.livejournal.com]

THIS IS ME. Except I never manage to convince myself that I am over them in any way because this happens on a really regular basis.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I just cannot wrap my mind around the idea that they exist (fictionally) and that they are really that perfect and that their story really unfolds the way it does and that we really do get all of those moments. SO MANY MOMENTS. WITH THE FACES. AND THE HANDS. AND THE FACES.

I just feel spoiled. In the best way.

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

LOL Wish I could have seen the faces that inspired the rebirth of love. :) I find myself becoming more interested in gen fics than I used to be, and more willing to read non-graphic stories about other ships, but I think the Spuffy love will always be there. When it goes, so will my interest in following the fandom. I think so, anyway.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I like gen and stories about others, but my fandom-investment is pretty much exclusive to this pairing.

here are some faces for your viewing pleasure!

[eilowyn.livejournal.com]

I've tried. I've honestly tried reading other pairings, but I always end up side-eyeing the characterization (because Buffy showing up at Angel's door Christmas Eve post-Chosen with a plate of baked cookies is TOTALLY something she would do, FLAMEY HANDS OF LOVE notwithstanding) or mocking the premise (Buffy baking cookies? What is she, Susie Homemaker?) or just general EEWage (they had sex after she brought Angel cookies. Angel sex totally makes the thought of cookies unpalatable), and I always end up trolling the Spike/Buffy tags at AO3 until three AM (okay, it was six AM last night, but I had to cleanse my palate after the Bangel Cookie Sex Fic).
So I'm done. Can't do anything else. Spike and Buffy. The end.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I really cannot ship either one of them with anyone else ever. Like, I enjoy the Spike/Dru dynamic in S2, but if the fic is set post-S4ish, it's only these two for each other. The end. Period.

Hey! Ms. Academic-Buffy-Writer! You can answer a question for me! Have any of the texts you've been reading explore the idea of Slaying as women's work? Because there should be an essay about that. Other than the ridiculous rant I just wrote on my tumblr.

[eilowyn.livejournal.com]

I can understand how Spike can be the Little Black Dress of fandom and see how you can ship him with everything . . . but I can't actually do it. And I get squicked whenever anyone but Spike is with Buffy, so no ship hopping for me.

I haven't read anything labeling slaying as woman's work! Do you have a link to your tumblr?

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I totally agree. In theory, Spike can absolutely be shipped with anyone because JM has chemistry with a literal DOOR and also everyone/thing else he was ever in a scene with. But I just have no interest in him with anyone but Buffy because I find them so emotionally satisfying together. Though I have a soft spot for Angel being in unrequited love with Spike because: YES.


The original comment is here and I also just posted a post about it here.

[coalitiongirl.livejournal.com]

I'm exactly the same, because gifing just...rejuvenates fandom love. Focusing on every single frame and every single facial expression and scene and word just makes you appreciate them even more and

JM. SMG. I HAVE NO WORDS.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I hold you personally responsible. It's really all your fault. ;D

That gif is so perfect I cannot even tell you.

[snickfic]

"I LOVE THESE STUPID KIDS AND THEIR STUPID FACES SO MUCH THAT I WANT TO THROW UP AND THEN DIE."

This makes the whole rainbow vomit meme make much more sense. :D

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Man, I had this instant, "Oh, I understand!" reaction to the rainbow vomit thing! Because sometimes I really do feel like I'm so filled up with love and happiness and rainbows that it might come streaming out of my mouth at any moment!

[smells_corrupt.livejournal.com]

This happens to me all the time! It's actually kind of unprecedented for me to stay so into a fandom/pairing for more than about nine months or so. I still like them and read the occasional fic, but my obsessive passion for it usually fades. But I got into Buffy over two years ago, and it is going nowhere. Sometimes I think it will, but then I see a gif, or I'll hear some song that I associate with them and then I ship them SO HARD I just want to punch something.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

and it is going nowhere. Sometimes I think it will, but then I see a gif, or I'll hear some song that I associate with them and then I ship them SO HARD I just want to punch something.

OMG YESSSSSS.

[ever-neutral.livejournal.com]

yes. this post knows my feels.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Best ship. Always.

[relurker.livejournal.com]

Let's face it: they are different.
I love to watch a bunch of different TV shows, but never another show took residence in my heart like this.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

You're right. And I think so much of it comes from A) the fact that they weren't intended to be love interests in the first place, it developed organically, and B) their relationship has gone through every possible incarnation imaginable.