The Riley Super Duper Fan Club Appreciation Thread!

Skanky Vamp

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As acting Chair of the Riley Super Duper Fan Club Appreciation Support Group, I would like to welcome all new members. Welcome! In your introductory packet you will find several helpful tools (no! riley is not a tool!) to get aquatinted with the Riley Super Duper Fan Club Appreciation Support Group, one of which is our newly renovated 12 Step Program.

We are excited to unveil this program as it teaches you, the Riley Super Duper Fan, in 12 easy steps the art of ignoring all of the Angel and Spike haters in the verse.

Step 1:
Fingers in ears. In the event a Riley hater is speaking to you, a good way to not be influenced by their Riley hatred is simply put your fingers in your ears. But, please remember, as the old saying goes: nothing smaller than your elbow. Riley is all about the love, man, he doesn't want his Super Duper fans to be deafened as to not hear his lines.

Step 2:
If step 1 does not work, step 2 may be necessary. It is simply repeat step one while shouting 'we cannot hear you, we cannot hear you' until the pest vacates.

Step 3:
Step 3 is good for use on the information superhighway; when you encounter a Riley hater on the information superhighway, as true Riley Super Duper Fan, you must encourage the infidel to rethink their position. Explain the merits and benefits of Riley Luv. Use words like HUMAN, and EMOTIONAL; this will help to sway them from their preconceived notions of Riley as being Captain Cardboard.

Step 4:
If step 3 if not working, then you know you are dealing with an infidel of lower intelligence who simply cannot see the beauty of Riley luv. Rather than ruining your own glow with endless debate, simply close out of the program to return after a few minutes with the line 'i lost connection to the information superhighway, sorry' usually by this time the conversation has shifted to what haircare products Angel would use in real life.

Step 5:
Go undercover. As any good field op in the Riley Super Duper Fan Club knows, there are times when you must go under cover. Drape yourself in the Riley hate that others wear so as not to stand out. Blend in well with those Riley haters, learn their language, get inside their mind, gather all the intel you can and report back to the Riley Super Duper Fan Club Appreciation thread for further instructions. Riley understands if you have to say he is a 'tool' if the end result is spreading his love to others in the dark.

Step 6:
On forums such as the villainous BuffyBoards which does not have a Riley Fan Club!!! create a multitude of different screen names. Build a virtual army of Riley supporters that cannot be denied.

Step 7:
If your cover is blown and your army is in question, buy a second (or third if you are a really good Riley Super Duper Fan) computer and launch a conversation with you other personalities at the same time. This throws off the haters suspension and can give you valuable time to influence and win the support of the infidels who may be watching.

The Management feels that for the time being 7 steps are enough to get the newbies feet wet. The remaining 5 steps will be revealed upon your returning with one convert in tow. Remember, Riley is not FISHBOY (slayer!) nor Captain Cardboard nor a Tool. Riley is just super duper!

Once again, welcome to the Riley Super Duper Fan Club Appreciation thread and welcome to the revolution.

Viva Riley! Viva Riley!!

(the revolution will not be televised)
 
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Lindsey McDonald
ROFLMAO! Step 4 looks strangely familliar.... ;)
Me too Shemp. I don't think it's strange at at all, because in my opinion Riley is not that much unlike Xander. There are some things that are different but personality wise, I see some similarities.

I've always liked Riley as well, I think he and Buffy would have had a real shot if season 5 didn't have the Dawn dilemma. Between Joyce passing away, Buffy going into super protector mode and being kinda cryptic, I think Riley just had his doubts about how Buffy felt concerning their relationship.

Some Spuffies hate on Riley because of how mean he was to Spike. I see him as just trying to protect his girlfriend. Remember in "out of my Head" Spike would have had Buffy's throat if not for the chip that turned out to be a penny.

Riley was there, I'm sure he saw that. Throw in the panty stealing for weird 'stalker points' and I think he went too easy on Spike.

I could go down the road of 'Ruffy' but I won't, as this threads for Riley.

He had flaws, but they made him interesting to me. He gave up government work to stay where he thought he was needed, with his friends. He's alot like Xander to me and I'm glad he was in the series.

(Plus from Captain America to weapon X, I've always thought super soldiers were neato.)
 
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Fake Shemp
im a super soldiers fan too...
I actually always liked Riley- okay he made mistakes but who doesn't? I mean Spike made a lot of mistakes during his relationship with Buffy but he doesn't get half the you-know-what that Riley does for his mistakes.

Plus, your vair humorous list just made Riley seem all the more cooler, haha.
 
its the same deal with any xander hate over how he was with angel.... both riley and xander are the justified ones here, we just dont give evil characters any stick cause they are what they are. any humans trying to do the right thing seem to get the stick
 
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Joyce Summers
I agree. And I think your animated icon in your banner just hypnotized me....
I used to HATE Riley, but I really like him now, he doesn't annoy me as much, I just feel sorry for the guy. So I want to be in the fan club, pencil me in.
 
I thought Riley annoying when it first aired, but it was a long time ago, and in watching it through again twice on dvd.... i really really enjoy him. i thought he was such a good guy and it was nice to have someone just genuinely good on the show... even though granted some of the things he did later werent so great but it wasnt who he was to begin with, he was just pushed to the brink by circumstances.

I think Riley rocks.
 
OK, who's hair is better? Riley's hair, or Angel's hair? Also, Riley has a cool face.
 
They both have great hair, but I'm partial to Angel's just 'cause I think that spiky hair look on men is SO sexy. 🙂
 
^ I kinda agree, Riley and Angel are pretty much opposites hair-wise. (Riley's face is better though)
 
^ I kinda agree, Riley and Angel are pretty much opposites hair-wise.

WOT!! You agree that Angels hair is better! You are OUT of the club, Spoons! Anyone that claims their hair is different has clearly not seen Season 5 when Riley was trying to emulate Angel to get some attention.. witness spikey haired Riley:
riley_s5.jpg
 
^ Riley does have nice hair but he has a monkey face.
 
i even uploaded pics of him to the bb gallery... i was not realy but pretend i was that there was no folder for him
 
WOT!! You agree that Angels hair is better! You are OUT of the club, Spoons! Anyone that claims their hair is different has clearly not seen Season 5 when Riley was trying to emulate Angel to get some attention.. witness spikey haired Riley:
riley_s5.jpg

OK, OK, his hair looks decent there (his face still rocks), so you think he tried to emulate Angel? Would have been funnier if he tried to emulate Spikes hair...

Also: I don't wanna be OUT THE CLUB, you're mean, Scobro..
 
So no one else noticed that in that season he did try to emulate Angel? especially after they met? ya'll should look at it again.
The way he acts.. and in part looks
 
No, he wasn't emulating Angel! His hair still had a LITTLE curl to it... It was more the run-your-fingers-through-it kind of spikey... Angel's was don't-touch-or-it-might-cut-you spikey...

Both men are HAWT. Riley's got the boy-next-door thing going on but Angel's the darker, bad boy. They are each hot in their own ways, but I always rooted for Buffy and Riley 'cause Riley was human and STILL totally kick-ass!
 
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