Re: Re: Mad Hamlet's post

[Aaron Davies <agdavi01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 15, 2005, at 5:35 AM, ebailey140 wrote:

> --- In buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Exiled" <exiled@r...> wrote:
> > > B/F is still going strong, so strong it's become the main BtVS 
> > > femmeslash ship.
> >
> > Just out of curiosity what data do you base this assumption on?  I 
> > *thought* it was Willow/Tara because my impressions were that Willow 
> > was a much more popular character than Faith.
>
> Just check out any fic archive that isn't centered around a specific 
> pairing, like fanfiction.net or (especially) adultfanfiction.net.  In 
> the latter, Fuffy has consumed the Buffy femmeslash section.  Or, 
> check out one of our Yahoo lists, BuffyFemSlashers, which has more of 
> a mix, but is dominated by Fuffy.  The Fuffies also happen to be a 
> prolific bunch.  They've got a ton of epics going on, and beat every 
> other femmeslash pairing with sheer volume.  Why does B/F inspire more 
> stories than W/T?  Pretty simple.  Who's the more interesting couple 
> to write about?  While I love both Willow and Tara, as a couple 
> there's not really a lot to explore that the show didn't.  Willow/Tara 
> had the burden of being a Big Social/Political Statement.  They had to 
> be The Ideal Perfect Couple, once the subtext became text.  Tara HAD 
> to be the perfect, unimpeachable, saint.  So, until Willow got all 
> power trippy, they became, well, pretty bland.  Buffy and Faith, 
> always staying subtext, and therefore having plausible deniability, 
> were allowed to be as screwed up as all of Buffy's other 
> relationships.  :)  You'll even find B/F in archives that are, for the 
> most part, non-slashy, right there with the B/A and B/S fics.

Also, I think there may be aspects of the B/F 'ship that appeal more to 
the sort of people who write most fanfic: in particular, the angst. The 
default B/F fic is an angsty post-coma thing about Faith finding 
redemption through her love for Buffy. Sound like Spuffy much? The 
default B/W fic is a sweet romance where Buffy simply wakes up one day 
and realizes she's been in love with Willow for years. If you're into 
heart-rending conflicts, B/W doesn't have nearly as much appeal as B/F. 
(Yes, you could write a post-Dark!Willow fic, and people have, but it's 
not quite the same thing.)
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