Ugh, so I typed out this whole reply to you yesterday and then my internet crashed. But, because I had pretty much finished the comment, I sort of assumed I posted it and then forgot. Fail.
Anyway, I totally get the Dana/Alice deterioration, but it is The L World. We don't exactly watch it for strong characterization and seamless storylines. I never did ship Fred/Wes, so shipping Illyria/Wes came quite naturally to me and I kind of ran with it. And, of course, Buffy/Faith is so close to my heart.
We must be the only two C/L people on the entire internet! I'll admit that I really liked this ship in the early years. There was a even a time when I didn't know who I wanted Lorelai to end up with - Christopher or Luke. In fourth season, Luke ended up winning out because of awkward flirting and the most perfect first kiss ever, but I always had a lot of affection for Christopher. He didn't really become a jerk until the later seasons and I, personally, consider everything after fifth season to be painfully bad and out of character for everyone involved. Chris was never cared about money. So, it kind of annoyed me that they tried to make him into a rich jerk.
Yeah, if there was one word to describe S6 Buffy/Spike it would be dysfunctional. Although, the attempted rape never stopped me from shipping Buffy with Soul!Spike in S7. After all, I ship Buffy/Angel like mad and I don't think Angelus would have any reservations about raping her. (I sorta ship Buffy with everyone, but her and Xander are my OTP.)
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Anyway, I totally get the Dana/Alice deterioration, but it is The L World. We don't exactly watch it for strong characterization and seamless storylines. I never did ship Fred/Wes, so shipping Illyria/Wes came quite naturally to me and I kind of ran with it. And, of course, Buffy/Faith is so close to my heart.
We must be the only two C/L people on the entire internet! I'll admit that I really liked this ship in the early years. There was a even a time when I didn't know who I wanted Lorelai to end up with - Christopher or Luke. In fourth season, Luke ended up winning out because of awkward flirting and the most perfect first kiss ever, but I always had a lot of affection for Christopher. He didn't really become a jerk until the later seasons and I, personally, consider everything after fifth season to be painfully bad and out of character for everyone involved. Chris was never cared about money. So, it kind of annoyed me that they tried to make him into a rich jerk.
Yeah, if there was one word to describe S6 Buffy/Spike it would be dysfunctional. Although, the attempted rape never stopped me from shipping Buffy with Soul!Spike in S7. After all, I ship Buffy/Angel like mad and I don't think Angelus would have any reservations about raping her. (I sorta ship Buffy with everyone, but her and Xander are my OTP.)