You've effortlessly and beautifully summed up the perfection that is the B/A relationship. Like you, I'm still here, shipping B/A. For 8 years. EIGHT YEARS! *sigh*
The pairing evokes in their fans (and creators) emotional words and catchphrases like Passion, Forever, Always. Transcendent. Eternal. Innocence. We believe they represent to one another that impossible dream of a future where they can rest and live the peaceful lives they've always dreamed of, free of the burdens of their identities and destinies. She was a break in his endless storm – a Moment of Perfect Happiness that, ironically, almost destroyed the world. He was the only one who she truly let in to her heart.
This is the epitomy of B/A. Why I loved them then and continue to love them and have hope for them. Always and Forever.
That's the essential pull of them – the claddaugh personified. Love, loyalty and friendship. Basic, simple, tender affection. A gut-level draw to one another that defies the natural order of things, making you hope that maybe, just this once, love *can* conquer all. All set to a backdrop of horror, violence and death that seems like it should make such feelings impossible.
YES! Love, friendship, loyalty. Flowing in and out of each other's lives but never out of their hearts. Buffy and Angel are never OUT of love....only out of time.
They have so much in common now that Buffy and Angel are better suited for one another than they ever were in the days of graveyard smoochie-thons. Both have had time to learn and grow.
I have said this a thousand times. To see their separate journeys so closely mirror each other, to know that even apart, they are linked, walking the same path, being drawn closer together in terms of life and emotional experiences. They are even more suited for one another today than they ever were back then. They make even more sense now. And I want them together even more now.
Thank you. This is a truly beautiful essay and it makes me all glowy with B/A love.
You can still make me cry
The pairing evokes in their fans (and creators) emotional words and catchphrases like Passion, Forever, Always. Transcendent. Eternal. Innocence. We believe they represent to one another that impossible dream of a future where they can rest and live the peaceful lives they've always dreamed of, free of the burdens of their identities and destinies. She was a break in his endless storm – a Moment of Perfect Happiness that, ironically, almost destroyed the world. He was the only one who she truly let in to her heart.
This is the epitomy of B/A. Why I loved them then and continue to love them and have hope for them. Always and Forever.
That's the essential pull of them – the claddaugh personified. Love, loyalty and friendship. Basic, simple, tender affection. A gut-level draw to one another that defies the natural order of things, making you hope that maybe, just this once, love *can* conquer all. All set to a backdrop of horror, violence and death that seems like it should make such feelings impossible.
YES! Love, friendship, loyalty. Flowing in and out of each other's lives but never out of their hearts. Buffy and Angel are never OUT of love....only out of time.
They have so much in common now that Buffy and Angel are better suited for one another than they ever were in the days of graveyard smoochie-thons. Both have had time to learn and grow.
I have said this a thousand times. To see their separate journeys so closely mirror each other, to know that even apart, they are linked, walking the same path, being drawn closer together in terms of life and emotional experiences. They are even more suited for one another today than they ever were back then. They make even more sense now. And I want them together even more now.
Thank you. This is a truly beautiful essay and it makes me all glowy with B/A love.
*smooch*
-Luc