#comicships

They’re the example of a couple who can make it through anything, they know each other better than anyone else ever could. But the main thing is… they like each other’s families (well, Billy’s family likes Teddy). Either way, that last one basically screams “meant to be”.

Оther than that, they have a pretty strong and healthy relationship with just enough drama, so that it’s still fun to watch them. All the tough stuff seems to only bring them closer, and after Empyre they’ve been happily married. Unless I missed any updates, because I haven’t been following everything. But I believe if anyone can make it, they can.

Writers seem to value their marriage as much as the value Sue and Reed’s, Northstar and Kyle’s, Jessica and Luke’s. Notice how I mentioned everyone who didn’t become boring after tying the knot (I’m looking at you, Romy)? 

I’m definitely here for it.

Destiny is more of a supporting character, there are only a few stories where she’s an active participant and that’s a shame. Especially now with everything Krakoa has. However, she is also one of the main threats to Moira.

Mystique is Mystique, do I really need to say more? I love stories involving her, and her occasionally conniving, occasionally selfish personality.

But then there’s the problem: while we know Destiny and Mystique have been on and off for ages, we have only glimpses of their time together. We saw them as “really good friends”, sure. But we haven’t seen them properly, not nearly enough. Because if you take away all the censorship, that’s a crazy beautiful story about them sticking together through everything, Mystique staying the same age while Irene gets older, their kids and family drama. I kinda wanna see that.

So while I really love this pair, it’s the potential that I really see in them. Give them time together, give them a family.

I wrote enough salty posts after tRoS, which was a disaster. But let’s focus on the good things. The dynamic that we saw un The Last Jedi, the chemistry and the getting to know each other without reaching for a lightsaber.

The idea of star-crossed, the ones and the inevitability is essential to Skywalkers/Solos. And the Force bond or as TLJ fans branded it, Force-skype, gave us a few incredible scenes. Before anyone reminds me that it’s a movie, and we’re doing comics, I’m gonna pretend I’m talking about graphic adaptations. 

Now before you start throwing quotes in my face and backing up Angel’s statement that he never loved Darla, I’m going to defend our boy Angelus. Because he most definitely did, and she loved him too. Yes, their love was twisted and dysfunctional, like a pretty vicious game. But it worked for both of them, so it works for me.

You can’t spend a hundred years with someone without forming an attachment, and theirs was pretty strong.

Sure they betrayed each other left and right: Darla left Angelus to deal with Holtz, he payed her back with the same coin, they cheated on each other, spent time apart. But in the end they cared for each other enough to always go back.

But the positive side in all of this, is that to them it was all a game, that excited both Darla and Angelus.

That’s why out of all the couples in The Show (“The Show” being Buffy & Angel), they seem most likely to make it.

When they were a couple, they both had an interesting past, that occasionally came in and affected them. Like occasional Jean resurrections or references, because she was a huge part of Scott’s life and pretty much the whole driving force behind his development. Like Emma’s struggle with her past and her more emotional vulnerable side. 

That’s actually what I love about her most — Emma has a way more deep personality than Jean, and I’ve already covered that here and here.

And then when they were over, we got to see that happen, and we got to experience the aftermath. They were not the same, but they still had the spark. This is the kind of relationship that’s not naive and romantic, but mature and dramatic, thus more deep. I guarantee you, I’ll use this exact argument but in reverse to defend another one of my picks. This is the kind of relationship that maybe deserved another chance. But maybe not.

In the end we got a complete story from start to finish. A story that feels well planned out, despite being a patchwork of different writers having a go.