'Ships: OK, I said I would make a decision at the end of my rewatch, and I have. As our good friend Litheran said to me: "I'm not much for fences; bloody dangerous." I have debated in my mind over Spuffy & Bangel, but I'm now calling it. I'm coming out of the closet to declare my Bangelness. I've always been sort of Bangely, but now (even despite the events of s8), I am committing LOL. So, I guess someone needs to make me a new banner, even though I'm reluctant to replace Emzzie's awesome SS banner for me! Apologies to my Spuffy friends, I really do love you guys.
This is not to say that I don't like Spuffy. I do. Angel, Spike & Buffy are my favorite characters, and I love the Buffy/Spike interaction, & find their relationship to be complex and fascinating. I do believe she meant what she said when she told him she loved him. But, as Spike says "Love isn't brains, children, it's blood...blood screaming inside you to work its will." So, I really can't explain it as well as a lot of you, but Bangel is where my heart lies, it's what moves me the most. But I'm not a super-duper die-hard shipper, I don't need to cut down other 'ships in order to make my choice valid.
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