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I haven't really seen them turning towards Bangel either, because people are also nowadays more aware of how problematic a grown man dating a teenager is. Overall I think more people are turning to shipping Buffy with herself/happiness and that.

From what I’ve seen, there’s definitely been a rise in the popularity of Bangel. Also, the age difference isn’t really problematic when one takes into consideration the emotional maturity of the parties involved, the balance of power within the ship and how Buffy always has agency and autonomy within the ship.

curiousorigins replied to your post “UO for Buffy: I would have loved to see Willow/Fred, especially over...”

I completely agree. Though I would have liked to eventually have seen some Will/Fred. After proper mourning

They definitely would’ve been more interesting than Willow/Kenned ever were.

whiskeywin replied to your post “If you're still doing UOs, mine is that Season 7 is SO underrated and...”

I misread that as the Scoobies taking breakfast, and I was like "you know what, they did eat breakfast a lot in season 7..."

omg you’re RIGHT! The Summers’ kitchen was featured heavily during season 7.

cynassa replied to your post “What do the green and yellow parts in your icon mean?”

@sulietsexual oh gosh, now I'm gonna say that that's why I did it XD. But no, I just wanted it to look pretty tbh because our marshmallow deserved /the best/

I’ll owe you forever for making my lovely icon, and I’m glad we agree on our new origin story for it :)

thecaptainoutoftime replied to your post “Unpopular opinion angel shouldn’t have come back after he was...”

The Only reason Angel was brought back at all was because of the spin-off. Whedon intended him to stay dead.

That’s why I said I can’t wish he wouldn’t have come back, it’d mean no ATS.

rahirah replied to your post “UO - Angel/Spike is a Decent-ish ship”

Back In The Day Spangel rivaled Spander as the most-shipped m/m pair, so I would hardly call this an unpopular opinion!

Agreed. Maybe the “decent” part is unpopular. I would call it an indecent ship :P

moratheexplorer replied to your post “UO fuffy should’ve been a thing in s3”

Ehh considering what happened in season 4 with Faith I'm kinda glad we don't have another canon wlw who is a rapist. (I know you already talked about this in another ask but I seriously can't get over the fact that Faith never gets any consequences from that)

Season 4 events probably wouldn’t have happened if Faith and Buffy had become a thing in season 3. But I totally agree with you about never getting over the fact that Faith is not held accountable for the rapes.

gendervilleusa replied to your post “UO: the love triangle shouldn't have been duncan-veronica-logan, it...”

I'm also strongly anti love triangle, but I gotta say, Weevil/Veronica/Logan would be pretty great. It'd be more like a love sphere -- like who even is trying to get with who? THE ANSWER IS ALL OF THEM.

I KNOW! UST OFF THE CHARTS!

catefrankie replied to your post “Unpopular opinion angel shouldn’t have come back after he was...”

We'd also miss out on Amends!! which is a really powerful episode. Strong is FIGHTING

Another good reason to keep Angel around!

imhairybuffalo replied to your post “UO - Angel/Spike is a Decent-ish ship”

Strongly agree, they'd have had loads of sexual tension with Angelus occasionally doing Drusilla etc a fanged foursome was how they spent hundreds of years (or at least decades) so I even highly doubt it was only once, though dru and Darla also express bisexuality which probably translated into a lot of their smuttier victim choices

They were the kinkiest vampires in town, that’s for sure.

emilykinncy replied to your post “zur-en-arrhbatman replied to your post “I don’t know if this is an...”

season 7 is my fave buffy season too! haha so now you've found 2 of us

Apparently, season 7 as a favorite is not an unpopular opinion at all. I even read an article about it the other day.

happilyshanghaied replied to your post “Unpopular opinion: Veronica and Duncan in season 2 felt really forced...”

Duncan is straight up loathed by this fandom. Like, people may find Piz annoying, but they don’t have the same vitriol. Duncan is a garbage person and Veronica did look like a massive idiot falling for his bullshit.

Random TMI, this is the first 'lesbian sex scene' I ever saw in my life, for a while it shaped my fantasies about lesbian sex, i though it always involved a tongue ring and licking someone's belly...

This is a very interesting question, one that I’d never thought of before. I noticed that the writers had been building up the arc towards Xander’s coming out, which wouldn’t have been surprising at all if you’d been paying attention (there were a lot of hints here and there.) I wouldn’t change Tara for anything in the world, though, so that makes it a bit hard for me to imagine what it would’ve been like to have Xander as the token gay character (because, let’s face it, there’s no way in the world they would’ve had more than one main character be gay...)

On the one hand, I think it would’ve been quite interesting because it would’ve affected the group dynamics and Xander’s arc in a very different way. Would have Xander come to terms with his sexuality as naturally as Willow did? Would have his internalized misogyny been addressed and, more importantly, resolved? Would have he been able to be in a stable relationship like Willow did? 

The thing is, it’s really difficult to predict what the writers would’ve done with Gay Xander, considering they had a tendency to write arcs/plots not exactly in line with our expectations - sometimes that was occasionally a blessing and quite often a curse...

On the other hand, I have a very strong feeling that one thing would have been completely different had Xander been made the Gay Character. Willow’s lesbianism was NEVER treated as a joke. The writers were very much aware that they were providing viewers with very much needed representation, and regardless of how the Willow/Tara relationship ended (their BIG mistake), they never actively made fun of Willow or Tara for being gay. If jokes were made, they weren’t at the expense of them. The writers weren’t making Willow the laughing stock because of her sexuality. Quite the contrary, she was so comfortable in her own skin and with her sexuality that she was confident enough to address it in a jokingly way. (”I think I’m kinda gay” “I’m a breast gal myself.” “It's a total loss of control, and not in a nice, wholesome, my girlfriend has a pierced tongue kind of way.”)

Now, if Xander had been the Gay Character, I think he would’ve been the butt of every joke, and not in a good way, just because that’s how they always treated Xander as a character. That’s just how I picture the writers would’ve handled his homosexuality, and that’s something that wouldn’t have sat well with me. So for more than one reason, I’m kind of glad they decided to go the Willow/Tara route. 

Jaja ni yo entiendo Borges y el español es mi lengua madre ��. I'd suggest starting with some comic strips like Mafalda, which is also usually available in English too

¡No sé por qué me encanta Borges tanto, tiene un cuento “El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan” que es mi favorito!

I’ve never heard of Mafalda before. 

justanothercinemaniac replied to your post “How come when buffy died the second time there wasnt a third slayer?”

When I read "How come when buffy died the second time..." I was honestly expecting that to go in a very different direction. History does like to repeat itself. ;)

as shown by how many times I’ve been asked about the slayer line.

videogamesartandsuch replied to your post “Ive been rewatching buffy and i just got to the episode with The...”

anyway i love tara more than my life and this episode is v stressful because of it

I agree 100%

videogamesartandsuch replied to your post “Ive been rewatching buffy and i just got to the episode with The...”

me every time Tara drops her textbooks and we see the gentlemen in the background slowly coming up the street toward her, even though I've seen the episode a thousand times: GIRL, PLEASE GET UP. LOOK BEHIND YOU, THEY ARE COMING!!! RUN!!!!! PLEASE!!! GIRL!!!!!!!

except, if you were actually there to warn her, you wouldn’t be able to!

alittleillumination replied to your post “I forgot how loudly buffy and rylie make out, please help me. Im too...”

accurate. also team spuffy

yes. and yes.

moratheexplorer replied to your photoset “btvs rewatch ✞ 6x12 Doublemeat Palace”

Ha, I love Hallfrek turning her head like a confused puppy. Me too, girl