Res: The Incomplete Pass

["Rod" <myself03@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey,

You know , here I was , sitting quietly in my chair trying really hard to
catch my breath after reading the latest On occasions piece and listening to
Paul McCrane "Ïs it okay if i call you mine" and thinking how well it fits
Buffy/Willow when i saw this post ...Now, before anything i'd like to note
that i'm a HUGE B/W fan who for quite a long time had happies when a fic
dedicated at least a small part to the b/w relationship (don't worry , that
was awhile ago , we're out of that age of darkness now ) , so i take my B/W
fic reading in a very serious way...The thrill i get when i see a new fic
on my mailbox when i get the chance to check it is the same one i got more
than two years ago when i saw new chapters of "Two of a kind" hitting my
mailbox...A LOT has changed since then , real life got in the way , writers
have come and gone (well, some changed only ships , but still...) , Willow
got together with that girl(i'm a little bitter about that ) , i became the
worst listdad ever...You see my point , lot has changed, but the main reason
i like this particular relationship hasn't : they still complete each other
and belong together...This is why i watched season 3 a hundred times, why
Wild at heart is one of my fav eps and why Bargaining has now become my
favorite season premiere , even better than When she was bad , but mostly
that is why i can't ever imagine a fic where they don't end up together ,
where it doesn't work and that's it.The end...I can see it happening to
other ships , but not them...In fact , that's one of the reasons why i
stopped reading Back in Boston and why i won't go back until it's completed.
.Because i can see hapening to B/F or even B/S , because i think between
them it is something that wouldn't work...i can't see anything between them
being deep, being anything other than physical( and even that , i see it on
Faith's and Spike's part , not really on Buffy's) , no matter how good the
fic is...I mean , i may even see it , but only for five minutes , then i'm
right back to the "nah , they just don't go together"stage...In order for me
to believe in it the character would have to become someone different, like
what they ended up doing with Spike on the show , and i can't see that as a
good thing...

Okay , after having said all that i have to agree with you , it would be
interesting to see how it could be handled , but at the same time i don't
want it to happen, you know what i mean...Which is not to say i haven't
given the matter any thought...While not a writer i do have some ideas in my
mind , mostly general plot lines , things that are never especific enough to
become stories but that travel around my head nonetheless...And sadly enough
that particular thought crossed my mind quite a few times ( even more so
when my own relationship started hitting a really rocky path...) , how would
it be handled , what they would be thinking , how it would alter their
friendship , would it affect the group dynamics ...Things asked when they
get together are now asked after the break up...It's sad , but it is there..


You know , i'm a big fan of the friends in love thing ...I believe it's the
best type of relationship and the ones i'm usually rooting for...I mean ,
Ross and Rachel , Dawson and Joey (yeah , i admit , i watched it , but don't
worry , only first season and half of the second , plus it got me in the
Buffy world , so...) , Lois and Clark , Ed and Carol ...All these
relationships have , in some way or another , made me watch these shows and
root for these characters , and some still do...That's why i'm going to miss
Angel this season , because i'll be watching Ed , and it's the reason why i
ll tune in Friends this season even though i don't think the show is as good
as it used to be...Because i like the relationships, because i still think
they're good couple...I mean , all you need is to watch the past few seasons
of friends to see how a relationship could ruin a friendship , but also how
it can be rebuilt and even turn into something more , no matter how much
both parts deny it...I can see all of these character break up , hit a rocky
road, fall in love with others and then end up together again...And that's
one of the reasons why Buffy is different...Because with B/W i can never 
see" them in love with another people after having had it other... Maybe it
s because , unlike these other ships , B/W is not about what you see, it's
also about how they got there , what may be going on inside their heads , it
s not about what they are on the show , but what they could be...And that
makes them a little bit , i dunno , utopic...All the suffering must come
BEFORE they get together, because later , with each other , they reach
perfection...

Now, are you scared of me ? : ) Don't worry , i do have a live, i just
have strong opinion when it comes to these two... 
Still, you raised a very good point , kind morbid, but still a good point..
As for my own fics thoughts regarding the subject , i think it would work if
it was done in a Jerry Maguire or When Harry met Sally way (mostly Jerry
Maguire , i've had this jerry related idea in my mind for months...) or
maybe in the friends who sometimes sleep together way because they are alone
, then one gets someone , the oter realizes that what she feels is more that
just sexual and in the end they end up together, or them having a
relationship , willow leaving and then they meeting a few years later.....
It doesn't matter how it happens or how long it takes for them to get there 
but by the end of the day i'll still want them to end up together...


Okay , this didn't have a lot to deal with the original post , i guess i
just like talking about Buf and Will...It's in my DNA...

Okay i'm going now...You know , looking back on what i wrote i remembered
that i really , really , really have to go back to my english course...I can
understand almost everything that is spoken but i can't write to save my
life : (

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De: buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Data: Friday, October 05, 2001 13:30:39
Para: buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assunto: ::BuffyWantsWillow:: The Incomplete Pass

Greetings one and All,