Cordy's Best Ship

Who was Cordelia best with?

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Angel Angel Angel

To me their relationship epitomized the definition of soul mates. Buffy and Angel never clicked for me because obviously she was the Vampire Slayer and he was a vampire. However, Cordy and Angel evolved naturally. At first she just saw him as a hottie, and he saw her as, well an airhead. But all that changed and evolved and they became best friends. The romance just seemed more genuine to me. Buffy/Angel felt like it was too much for ratings and was far too juvenile and dramatic - plus too idealistic. Xander and Cordy was a relationship of convenience. The romance blossomed from adrenaline, and that never lasts. We never saw them have meaningful conversations or if there were any there was no real connection. For Xander it was always Buffy. Even with Cordy he gave off the vibe that he was just lusting for Buffy. Another juvenile relationship. Also with the opposites dealio. Xander: geek, Cordy: popular. Buffy, Xander, Doyle, Groo - these were all stepping stones to each other for Cordy and Angel. (sidebar- Groo was an obvious cartoonish Angel. Cordy's subconcious at work??)

Cordy and Angel complimented one another. Where he was disconnected, she connected him. Where she was shallow, he deepened her. The relationship developed naturally and it was or could have been a mature and healthy relationship based on genuine love and understanding. And they obviously adored each other even when they didn't know it themselves.

I get so frustrated when I think of Cordy being written off and I blame Joss. While I LOVED her return in You're Welcome, I grew further frustrated because the writers seemed to make the love between them ambiguous. They had it set up where viewers could interpret it either way: platonic or romantic.

For me it was and always will be romantic in the end. Angel and Cordy were soul mates.
 
Well first of all, CANGEL FOREVER!!!! yeah of course I voted for Angel. Its hard to believe from where they each started, but they both went a long way in all those years and grew together and they so deserved to be happy together *sigh*

I like Cander too, but as we know Cordy was such a different person in high school... at that time Xander was perfect for her and I think having that relationship with Xander, allowing herself to date someone like him (out of her comfort/ popular zone) and be happy and then ultimately go through the very painful break-up and betrayal, largely contributed to the woman she became on Angel. Without Xander she very likely would have remained shallow forever, so I appreciate Cander while it was going on and I thank Xander a million times over for paving the way for Cangel 😉

I do believe Angel and Cordy are soulmates... theirs is like the perfect story of kismet, these two people who meet and are completely wrong for eachother and seemingly have not much effect on eachothers lives... but then they meet again on Angel (FATE) and who knew, they compliment eachother better than anyone that ever came before. They become bestfriends and before they themselves realize how it happened they fall in love like it was just the most natural state of being for them, and if it hadn't been for stupid Skip they would have met and declared their love for eachother. I know you all remember how freakishly happy Angel was just at the prospect of that meeting between him and Cordy. He loved her. She loved him. Their potential was cut tragically short but from all that we see through the show, especially S3, Angel's actions and attempts to get Cordy back in S4 and Cordy's brief return in S5 I will go ahead and take a stand and say that were Cordy alive and Angel was presented with a choice between Cordy and Buffy, he would choose Cordelia and I don't even think the choice would be all that hard for him.
 
Angel. I am not saying this to get Bangel out of sight, but they really fit together. Cordy grew along the series and evolved to the more rational voice of Angel. She saw things when he was in denial, and she really deeply loved him. Along the road Angel realized that he too felt something that was more than friendship, but Mr. Broody wasn't quick enough.When he finally got to terms with it, it was too late 🙁
 
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