I prefer the Xander/Cordy/Faith troika myself.
What story pulled of X/B/F decently?
It does as FireFly showed with Wash and Zoe. Or any number of series. It just takes more talent because you can’t write them abusing each other or yo-yoing between other love interests for drama!!!Indeed it would have, though I admittedly wouldn’t have minded a Xander/Willow pairing, personally.
Then again, this is BTVS. Call me cynical, but they never seemed to show any happy, stable relationships. Doesn’t make for good tv apparently...
I just rewatched the Cruciamemtum episode and it's still retarded; and Giles even considering it was retarded. Easily the worst episode in my rewatch so far.
I'm mildly tempted to write a fic where Xander tries the typical 'fuse the hyena, soldier and fishman!' Thing and then just fucks it up and mutates himself. Sick of seeing that shit.
The casual way it's done. I don't mind powering him up; haven't seen it done well as of yet though. Xander getting superpowers should be a dammed impactful thin that comes with some negatives.Sick of what exactly? Xander power up stories?
Assuming that Josh would write them as the good guys. And given this was the 90’s he would have faced more backlash then he would these days if he had not...You know, after the Watchers council basically abandons them in season three. Why didn't a different group approach to help? Like, say the Catholic church? After 2000 years they are bound to know a few things about demon fighting.
The casual way it's done. I don't mind powering him up; haven't seen it done well as of yet though. Xander getting superpowers should be a dammed impactful thin that comes with some negatives.
I remember reading one where a wizard 'enhanced' the soldier and Hyena in him so that their 'instincts' were always active and the result was a Xander that just casually became a combat god rather than considering the concept of being constantly on edge with a predatory spirit and a soldier in his head 'reeeeeeeing' that the trees are speaking vietnamese.
Hell Jack O'Toole presents a perfect entry to some power with a downside with his sentient undead thing. I just feel that a key part of Buffy is that power is a burden to the powerful.
Sounds better than anything I've read.I'm currently writing a story where Xander was kidnapped by Hydra and turned into a Super Soldier. There are net negatives that he has to go through as he'll never have his old life back. He'll always be on the run or looking over his shoulder for them or SHIELD, both of whom want him.
Sounds better than anything I've read.
I just rewatched the Cruciamemtum episode and it's still retarded; and Giles even considering it was retarded. Easily the worst episode in my rewatch so far.
It’s less than she survived that long and more that when she turns 18 it’s a test of her cunning and intelligence.I have no idea what the actual logic was behind that storyline, which was pretty damn idiotic. Were the Watcher's Council legitimately scared that Buffy had survived that long, rather than thinking it was a GOOD thing? You kind of want your Slayers to survive and thrive and be successful, instead of constantly having to train another Slayer to fill in the gap left behind the last unlucky dead gal. It almost seemed like the Watchers were treating their Slayers with the same regard the Soviets traditionally treated their average Red Army conscript, i.e. meat shields. Which is even more idiotic considering there can "be only one". Hey, I didn't write this crap....
Now, one way they could have saved this idea was, WHY were the Watchers so obsessed by putting Buffy through the Cruciamentum? Apparently she had survived far longer than most recorded Slayers, hell she came back from the dead at least once before that episode. So what could the future implications be? Could Buffy be slowing transforming into something more than a Slayer...and if so, WHAT? An interesting idea, no? Of course, that didn't happen...
Assuming that Josh would write them as the good guys. And given this was the 90’s he would have faced more backlash then he would these days if he had not...
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