Late to this thread, which by now should be called 'The Alyson Hannigan appreciation thread'
😛 but here goes.
I personally don't get the hype over Faith's looks. She's beautiful like most BtVS/AtS women, but I don't see why she's the most beautiful. I also don't find her particularly sexy, least of all on Buffy. I don't find James Marsters attractive. Spike looks and is ridiculous imo.
The thing is, I can't separate looks from personality. I can, kinda, 'objectively' tell if someone is attractive or not, but I usually only find an actor truly hot after seeing him play a character I love (like Jamie Dornan in The Fall). As such, the only character on Buffy/Angel that I drool over is Angel himself. I cannot watch a single AtS S1 episode without thinking about how hot it is. Coincidentally, that season is my favorite for Angel's character.
Besides Angel, I think Buffy is particularly beautiful and cute in the first three seasons (and S4 too I suppose, just not with the curls); Lilah is very beautiful in every season; Wesley is very attractive in S4/S5 when he has stubble; Cordelia is particularly hot in AtS S1, S2 (her clothing suits her age and her hair is great save for a few exceptions), but I don't care much about her appearance in the other seasons; Fred is very beautiful too, Darla is hot, etc.
In conclusion, most of Buffyverse actors are really attractive but they don't do anything for me. Angel is the only guy that gets me hot:
I love Angel's hair! And everything else. I mostly just have pics of Bangel and unfortunately very few from AtS S1. Regardless, Buffy looks beautiful in the pictures too (even when you can only see hair
😛).