#Spuffy is endgame

[littlenastieswewhispered]

“buffy ended the show single :)” ok but only because her current love interest just DIED!! (he near quite literally died in her arms! in sacrifice for her!) her last words of the entire series were telling him she loves him and then saying his name in admiration. she isn’t single; she’s a widow.

[elysianfieldsarchive]

When caption met art. *chef's kiss*

Artwork by the incomparable @isevery0nehereverystoned, modified/shared with permission.

[o-cm-draw-o]

🖤 "With others I live, with you I exist..." 🖤

[elysianholly]

Fuck, marry, kill?

The best ships do all three.

[raisedbythetv89]

OH MY GOD

In the season 2 Halloween episode Buffy didn’t dress as Liam’s type

SHE DRESSED AS WILLIAM’S

IM SCREAMING ACTUALLY SPUFFY IS SO FATED

[dreamcaught]

Is it wrong that I legitimately blame SMG for Spuffy's breakup in S12.

[violettathepiratequeen]

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[buffygirlfail]

joss whedon is going to hell for numerous reasons already but forcing the b*ng*l agenda in the later half of s7 after ruining cordelia's character in ats is one of them !!

[nicollekidman]

the way once more with feeling HAD to be a musical because the revelations in it are too dark for them to have put into one single traditional episode el oh el

[andthesunwillalwaysshine]

EXCUSE ME THE MUSIC IN TOUCHED AS SOON AS IT CUTS TO SPUFFY CUDDLING RIGHT AFTER ANYA TELLS XANDER IF THEY’RE DONE HAVING SEX SO SHOULD EVERYONE ELSE PLEASE JUST STAB ME IN MY HEART ALREADY WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS EPISODE 

BONUS: and the thumb caressing HIS HAND - the hand caressing HER HAIR and THE HEAD KISS +++ THE SOFT LOOK ON BUFFY'S FACE AS SHE WAKES UP AND THEN LOOKS AT HIM OH TOUCHED IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL EPISODE

[littlenastieswewhispered]

[elysianfieldsarchive]

21 years ago, Buffy chose her Champion.

21 years ago, she didn't go up those stairs.

21 years ago, Buffy chose the person she wanted to be with on what could have been her last night on earth.

"She'll tell you. Someday, she'll tell you."

21 years ago, she did.

21 years ago, Spuffy fans were gifted with the most romantic imagery from the whole damn show.

Happy 21 years of Spuffy being endgame.

[o-cm-draw-o]

20 years later, I rewatch this series, and I confirm : this couple still fascinates me ! What alchemy ! 🖤😍

[elysianholly]

Why Spuffy

Decided to put this here so I can find it more easily. Originally answered on r/Fanfic: What is your OTP?

Why? There are a lot of assumptions made about Spike/Spuffy fans. Like, we're just whores for good cheekbones. We're blinded by Spike's abs. We're all just abuse victims waiting to fall in love with the wrong person. And honestly, after 2+ decades of this nonsense, it'd be nice to just say: "read this then get back to me."

So. What is your OTP?

Buffy/Spike from BtVS. They've owned my heart for more than 20 years and show no signs of slowing down.

At first, it was the enemies-to-lovers thing. I've always been a sucker for that. Especially for a villain who turns to mush for a hero in the falling process. That is still true, but my love for them has become more nuanced the older I've gotten. I just turned 39; I fell in love with Spuffy when I was 17. What I love most about them today is that their history as enemies means they know each other better than anyone, have seen each other's faults, have done the worst things they could do to each other, and have a very honest, non-rosy view of their relationship. Spike is also the only man in Buffy's life (on the show; I'm not counting comics) who owns the hurt he's caused without making it her fault or imposing his view of things and convincing her he's right. He shows her that loving her doesn't always mean sacrifice or suffering, the way it was with Angel or Riley, but that she can make someone want to be better. And he also knows her well enough to know she will assume the responsibility of the soul he sought for himself (the most effective and tortuous sentence for the demon who hurt her), so he first tries to hide it from her, then encourages her when she starts dating Robin Wood that she owes him nothing, that she doesn't need to consider his feelings. It's the first time someone she's been intimate with has not been petty or jealous at the thought of her moving on. And because he has seen the best and worst in her, when he says he loves her, it's with a view of the whole person Buffy is.

And for Buffy, loving Spike is about loving herself. He was her outlet for her depression, a representation of all the bad things she thought about herself when she was at her lowest, and she punished him for that. She was conditioned to believe her friends' acceptance of her had strings attached. By Season 7, after she has come to peace with the worst thing she went through, she is no longer apologizing for herself or making excuses. She is unapologetically in charge. Loving Spike means loving the parts of her she always thought were ugly or twisted or irredeemable, going all the way back to how she carried the burden of Angel having lost his soul when she was a 17-year-old girl in love and had no idea what was going to happen. Furthermore, how she was made to feel responsible (side-eyeing Xander here; Giles and Willow get a pass but Xander was the most egregious offender). She also assumed the responsibility for her relationship with Riley falling apart even after he negged, gaslit, and cheated on her. Spike showed Buffy that she is not the problem in relationships, and allowing herself to love him meant an acceptance of self she struggled to find throughout the course of the show. In the end, after bringing out the worst in each other when they were at their worst, they learned to bring out the best in each other. It's just beautiful.

And that's why Spuffy, friends.

[raisedbythetv89]

IF THESE TWO DONT CUT THIS SHIT OUT RIGHT NOW I SWEAR TO GOD IM GONNA LOST MY EVER LOVING MIND 😭😭😭

The always mirroring each other is just getting out of HAND IM GONNA GO INSANE 😭😭😭 Buffy stepping CLOSER to him as she turns her back to him????? PSYCHOTIC considering he just had to free her from being chained up BY HIM 💀💀💀

Their body language around each other has been absolutely SCREAMING from day 1 they literally just orbit each other. The gravitational pull to each other is just too strong neither of them ever stood a chance of fighting against it they are the embodiment of one being split into two physical forms it’s absolutely insane

[leaisterrified]

Some thoughts on AtS s5

im watching angel season 5 for the first time and i honestly dont get why angel keeps trying??

i mean like, in buffys finale before he disappears into the shadows they have this whole thing with the cookie dough analogy, and them being all "maybe someday [we could make this work]" . and angel pretty much confirms that no matter how much he loves cordy (or his other friends for that matter) (and i still dont think angel ever actually had romantic feelings for cordy) (but thats a whole other thing) he'd still go back to buffy if he was given the option,

so, like, i just dont get why he doesn't give up the whole shanshu destiny thing (resign it all to spike since he wants it so bad) and use wolfram and harts endlessly plot convenient resources to track down one of those big green guys that made him human in ATS season 1, and then just book himself a flight to europe

maybe he's just too valiant and championy to give up the fight for the greater good, but like there was a whole episode about how his heart isn't even in it anymore. becoming human in the end was like the one thing keeping him going, and he doesn't even has that anymore. barely. when he can genuinely just stop waiting to trip over his 'destiny' and go get it. he's the only (established character) alive who knows the only way a vampire can become a human again (now that cordy's gone) and he's just holding onto that information for himself and maybe im just like making a big deal out of a little early 'what if' episode. that gave us a little bit of lore they're probably going to effectively ret-con by introducing some new bit of lore that makes it all meaningless. but STILL.

i get how before buffy was the slayer, and she had this responsibility to protect the world and guard the hellmouth and kill the vampires and what not, and if angel couldn't fight he'd just be a liability to her ,

but thats not even an issue anymore because like. they activated every single potential slayer. theres about a few thousand potential buffys that can do the job just as well, or they wouldn't've been chosen. and theres at least like two of angel at the moment, if they removed themselves from the fight now the fallout wouldn't be nuclear anymore or anything

they've reached this point where they could have the normal lives they always wanted they're just refusing to go get them??