Although I have to admit I didn't add it to my AtS forum because I believe there's a lack of Buffy/Angel interaction on that show. That's why I endorse Angel with Cordy for AtS, and Angel with Buffy for BtVS. Mostly because I can't decide who should be with whom at all. They none of them seem to have a soulmate on the show (except for perhaps Cordy and Doyle in Season one, and Cordy with Angel in You're Welcome...best episode ever!). But for me it seemed to fluctuate from season to season, because, face it, the characters definitely changed over time on this show and on BtVS. If you look at my profile with the couples I like for TV shows, most of them are from either AtS or BtVS, and each person has about three different pairings that I like, depending on the time period of the show.

Wow that was a long and very off-topic post about pairings. But I liked it anyway. Any thoughts? Or more B/A talk?

~Crystaltambaia

PS: I Will Remember You = another amazingly awesome perfect episode. And Hero. And Waiting in the Wings. Argh! I can't choose!

I would be greatly interested to see what the matured Buffy/Angel relationship looks like. Season 5 Angel is nothing like Angel on Buffy's show. And Buffy herself has also grown. Not to mention there's now Connor to consider. Buffy would logically end up a stepmom. The Angel on Buffy's show didn't have the ingenuity to bring down Wolfram and Hart. He gained that only after being in LA on his own.

Because they have both matured, I just can not see Buffy and Angel together again in a romantic way. Connor wouldn't really have much of an effect on their relationship, as he is now an independant adult in his own right.

Ah, but look at it this way:

Willow takes Angel to a mystical convergence point in the mountains. After a short ritual, the curse is gone.

Willow waves a hand at a curtain, to reveal Buffy standing there. "You two play nice, now that you're fresh out of excuses not to..."

Willow teleports away, leaving them both there.

Fanfic Begins...

The problem is that Willow, or some other mystical force removing Angel's curse, has been done to the point of being cliche`d in fan fiction. There are a few canonical ways Buffy and Angel could possible be together; one being Angel shanshues, becomes human, and he and Buffy begin a relationship. But this would also present many logistical problems, such as, how and why do the two reunite, and what prevents Angel from becoming just another Riley Finn after this?

I see Buffy as having become a very strong independant woman who is not wanting to get into a relationship until she discovers herself, and becomes at peace with who she is. She pretty much said as much to Angel in the last episode of Buffy. She may expieriment with short term attractions, but I can't see her getting into a serious relationship until much later.

Angel was her first love, and as such will always hold a special place in her heart, but even if the curse hadn't existed, both Buffy and Angel have alfa personalities, so both would have been fighting for dominance. The relationship was hot, passionate, and bittersweet between the young inexpierenced Buffy, and an emotionally immature Angel. But this is not the kind of relationship that can last for the long run; not without making one or both of the characters out-of-character, and having the relationship grow and change while keeping it believable, which is very hard to do.

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