Re: Re: Wiffy Challenge!

["Howard Russell" <howardrussell2000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Everybody!

I think the main reason that there are so many shippers out there is that  
the ships in Buffy were all inherently wrong.  I believe that this was  
done intentionally for dramatic reasons since shows where the main/title  
character gets into a good relationship all die quickly.  So drama was  
created for our entertainment.  So we, the shippers, write our own ships,  
either by fixing an existing canon ship or by creating a new one, because  
we like the characters and want them to have the fairy-tale happy ending.

Not to start ship bashing, but every single canon ship *was* flawed.

Bangel: While many were entranced by the many "Romeo and Juliet" qualities  
of Buffy's first pairing, they all forgot that "Romeo and Juliet" was a  
tragedy.  Shakespeare's version was filled with pain and death, as was  
Joss's.

Fuffy: Only subtext that many wanted to see as text.  They did have  
serious chemistry but nothing officially happened between them.

Buffy/Riley: (Are there enough shippers to actually have a name?)  They  
had as much chemistry as any woman with a dildo.  She may get off, but it  
isn't a relationship by any means.

Spuffy: She may have made him a better man but he made her a worse woman.   
He dragged her down and that's canon.  As a demon, he had no qualms about  
destroying her in his efforts to get her.  He may have gotten a soul in  
the end but I think that's debatable.  The difference between Angel and  
Angelus were like night and day.  The difference between Spike and Spike...

Willow/Oz: Worked well until Seth wanted to concentrate on his movie  
career.  Then he became a cheating bastard that ran away.  Well, I hope  
Austin Powers was worth it.  Actually, their breakup was planned to take  
place in season four, Seth just rushed it for his movies.

Kitten: For two seasons, their relationship was a perfection of sweetness  
and light.  Then, Joss and co. decided to make Willow the Big Bad and  
destoyed it for them.  It wasn't flawed to start with, but it was made  
flawed for drama and to achieve an ill conceived end.

Willow/Kennedy: The lesbian version of Buffy/Riley.  Willow, coming from  
the loss of her big love story found a hot, hard-body to get off with.   
Nothing more, nothing less, tongue ring not withstanding.

So we shippers go and try to create happiness for our favorite  
characters.  We try to pair them with others that weren't considered in  
canon.  From almosts like Fuffy to pure fantasy that we see possibilities  
for like Wiffy.

Or we rewrite their partners so they are a worthy match, much as the  
Spuffies do.

It IS canon that the ships shown didn't work.  It was deliberate and  
intentional on the writers' parts.  Not trying to start any ship bashing,  
just saying what I saw.

So I concentrate on my happy fantasy that Wiffy could've worked.  I just  
want my favorite characters, Willow and Buffy, to be happy and I think  
they could be happy together.  It's a happy fantasy, but it's mine.  And  
apparently many of yours as well.

Your fellow 'shipper,
Howard
------
What did he do on his previous life to deserve this?! Kill babies?! Murder  
grandmothers?! Create Windows(TM)?
-- Sabikehchee

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