#buffy and angel

[buffysummers]

Vampire Appreciation Week 2023 ↳ Day Two: Favorite vampire/non-vampire dynamic → Buffy and Angel (x)

#vamp appreciation week 2023 #bangeledit #btvsedit #buffysource #chewieblog #dailyflicks #dailybuffysummers #ruinedchildhood #userstream #bangel #televisiongifs #romancegifs #dailyhangover #throwbackblr #btvs #buffy the vampire slayer #buffy and angel #*gif #otp: you still my girl? always

[witchb1tches]

#im not mentally stable #vampires #he is everything to me #buffy summers #buffy the vampire slayer #buffyverse #spuffy #spike buffy #spike btvs #angel #angelus #angel and spike #bangel #buffy and angel #james marsters #sarah michelle gellar #david boreanaz

[thatonekimgirl]

i dream of cracking locks - guilty as sin, taylor swift

#this song feels perfect for this scene #buffy summers #angel #buffyverse #buffyverseedit #buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #btvsedit #bangeledit #buffyangeledit #buffy x angel #bangel #buffy and angel #david boreanaz #sarah michelle gellar #smgedit #davidboreanazedit #buffysummersedit #angeledit #mine #100 or less #buffy|angel

[bangelism]

hey! so since 2022 i've been working on this little project editing buffy and angel to songs from taylor swifts midnights!

so here it is! my completed passion project 💙

BUFFY & ANGEL X MIDNIGHTS

by lostlcve <3

1] LAVENDER HAZE

made oct-nov 2022

2] MAROON

made nov 2022

3] SNOW ON THE BEACH

made dec 2022

4] MIDNIGHT RAIN

made april 2023

5] QUESTION...?

made sep-dec 2023

6] LABYRINTH

made jan-march 2023

7] SWEET NOTHING

made jan 2023

8] MASTERMIND

made may-june 2023

9] THE GREAT WAR

made dec-jan 2023

10] GLITCH

made dec 2023 - jan 2024

#Youtube #buffy x angel #bangel #buffy #buffy and angel #bangel edit #otp: all i see is you #buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #btvs edit #buffy edit #buffy summers #buffy tvs #angel the series #angel the show #angel btvs #atsedit

[becomingbuffypodcast]

Who get the biggest passes from Buffyverse fans and can you give examples of the worst things these characters do?

Well this is a juicy question.

Spike, and Cordelia.

Interestingly, at some point, both characters were given the role of calling Buffy out on her "crap." James Marsters even talks about how he was brought in as a replacement for Cordelia in season 4, but then was replaced by Anya when they decided to do something else with him.

With Cordy being the mean girl, and Spike the soulless vampire, the writers had the freedom to use these characters to say and do some incredibly cruel things towards Buffy in the name of "brutal honesty," while also excusing their behavior because they weren't meant to be the hero...at least initially.

This worked a little too well, as Charisma and James were amazing in their roles. Each character is charming, beautiful, multifaceted, and extremely funny.

The problem is, you can't keep your characters stagnate, so the writers were forced to give Cordy and Spike character growth, but also find a way to retain who they are. This is incredibly difficult when your character was literally written to clash with Buffy, and is popular for saying mean, biting things in the name of "tough love."

-Cordelia-

While Queen C is more than the resident mean girl, her cruel words and selfish behavior are praised as "truth" and confidence, with her belittling nearly every member of the Scooby gang. She is constantly pitting herself against Buffy; (Homecoming, Halloween, etc) demeaning and belittling her when Buffy has personally saved her life several times. She begins to show signs of character growth in season 3, but once Xander cheats on her, reverts right back to blaming Buffy for everything. Instead of holding Xander accountable for his actions, she makes a wish that Buffy never came to Sunnydale, and then never sees the consequences for her own actions.

Even after her move to LA, she calls Buffy a cry-Buffy, blames her for turning Angel into Angelus, emasculates Wesley, victim blames and shames a SA survivor (Untouched), and is generally just careless about what she says or does, with no thought about how her words effect others.

Personally, while I do see some growth over her time on Angel, I do not buy her characterization in the later seasons where she is drastically changed to become a Champion, and then shoe-horned into a relationship with Angel. On top of that, she never atones for or even recognizes her need to change for her awful behavior, and that makes it very hard for me to forgive her for her past sins, let alone root for her.

It's possible that with better writing and without Joss being a horrible person, that her transition would have been more organic and believable.

-Spike-

For a show about feminism, the writers really spend a lot of time on this man. He steals Buffy's underwear, stalks her, makes a sex robot that looks just like her, attempts to kill her multiple times, boasts about killing and torturing other slayers, justifies it by saying they wanted it, ties her up, then spends a season belittling her just so that she'll sleep with him. THEN when she refuses sex with him, attempts to force himself on her.

And for those of you who say, "oh he just didn't have a soul yet." Fine.

After he had a soul, he boasts about assaulting her, shames her for using him for sex when he knew she didn't love him, shames her for not loving him, and blames her for the reason he's tortured with having a soul. (Beneath You)

He nearly kills Robin Wood, and then mocks him for not being loved by his mother (which is proven to be false in "Damage"), all while wearing the coat that he stole from Robin's mother after he killed her.

Not once does he apologize to Buffy or attempt to hold himself accountable, even after he has a soul. It is not until "Damage" on Angel that we see any sort of unselfish remorse.

Then to add insult to injury, season 7 has Buffy spending so much time taking care of Spike, rescuing Spike, training with Spike, reassuring Spike that he is a good man...all to the detriment of her other relationships. People like to blame the Potentials for why season 7 is as clunky as it is, but I blame the focus on Spike.

Even worse, the show doesn't seem to want Spike to change, as there's hardly a difference between pre souled and ensouled Spike. And that goes against the show's core tenant of choice and growth.

From the very beginning, vampires represent the opposite of adolescence in that they are stagnate and do not change. "Fool for Love" very clearly establishes that Spike's persona is created to compensate for his lack of an identity. Cecily's rejection of him deeply wounds him and he is shown to create a facade to mask his insecurities. So he takes from powerful women and forms a false identity around them to prove that he is not beneath them. The episode emphasizes this pattern with Cecily, Dru, and the two Slayers, continuing in present day with Buffy.

In order to be consistent with the lore and message of the show, ensouled Spike needed to look a lot different from un-ensouled Spike, but the writers knew he wouldn't be as popular.

And so we're left with a half baked season where we're supposed to believe that Buffy is distant from everyone but Spike, who looks the exact same as he did the season before when he tried to force himself on her.

It's just icky. It's the opposite of empowering. It blurs the lines of the lore. And it sends the wrong message.

We can like these characters and even root for them, but we need to be honest about their flaws, and not justify awful writing and problematic characterization.

#buffy summers #buffy the vampire slayer #buffy btvs #tv: btvs #buffy watching #becomingbuffypodcast #sarah michelle gellar #alyson hannigan #buffy anne summers #btvs s5 #anti spuffy #anti spike #anti cordelia #bangel #buffy and angel #buffythevampireslayer #not really anti #i dont hate them

[piglet26]

Top Four Romances I'm Furious Didn't Get a Happy Ending

4. Jack and Rose

Blame the door. Blame Rose. Blame James Cameron. Blame science. I don't care. I, and everyone else, HATED that Jack died. After all that.......... he dies? Seemingly in a dumb way.

James Cameron has obviously expanded on his decision making skills regarding deciding to kill Jack. Obviously while it was about Jack's science and the pure significance of the sum of loss the true meaning was......Rose. Rose went from her mother, to Cal, to Jack. She was always dependent on someone for survival, status, guidance or permission to live. If she had gone with Jack she'd be living Jack's life. Jack dying is what forced Rose to finally take control of her own life. I get that. It's noble. I also wanted Jack to live. The audience did as well and it did look like if she just moved over.... he would have.

Don't even get me started on "My Heart Will Go On" cause imma cry.

3. Buffy and Angel

Probably the greatest more tragic romance ever. A couple that defined the 90s with electric chemistry that saved this couple from being creepy instead made it sweet and chaste. Angel fell in love with Buffy the moment he saw her. It was her that motivated him to become A Champion. He gave her the iconic Claddagh ring.  That night, they slept together for the first time, which resulted in Angel experiencing the "moment of true happiness" required to end his curse. He was alleviated of his soul, and reverted to the guiltless, sadistic Angelus........ breaking viewers hearts. Especially this viewer. While Spuffy grew on me and Bangle grew apart..... it became clear even in the worst of times they were connected by the heart.

A romance destined to end in disaster all the same. This one was for the history books.

2. Augustus “Gus” Waters and Hazel Grace Lancaster 

Working through their illnesses together, the two manage a relationship that is mature beyond their years. Part of what makes the end of this romance so difficult to watch is the fact that though Hazel is much sicker than Gus, his cancer ends up making an aggressive and unexpected return. We should have known it wasn't going to end well, but we were hopefully, THEY were hopefully. The scene when Hazel gets the phone call that Gus passed away, pain just pain. Shailene deserved at least the very a nominiation.

Reylo

We could have had it all. Ben and Rey could have had the best of both worlds, powerful light and powerful darkness, a balance. Their love story could have brought balanced to the force.

Ben had felt alone and abandoned for a really long time, and had tried to channel those feelings to gain more power, but was clearly failing and having doubts. Then along comes a girl with whom he shares a fate-like connection, with a similar past of parent abandonment/betrayal issues, who opens up to him & seems convinced that he is meant to be someone better.... will become someone better.

But the internet is why we can't have nice things. Reylo benefited from it's fandom, it also was severely wounded from people determined to paint Reylo as something that it wasn't due to their own issues.

#reylo #star wars #ben solo #rey star wars #ben solo deserved better #rey skywalker #daisy ridley #adam driver #titanic #jack and rose #the fault in our stars #buffy the vampire slayer #buffy and angel

[wwprice1]

We said goodbye to Buffy 20 years ago this weekend. Forever iconic.

#buffy rewatch #buffy fandom #buffy summers #buffy s7 #buffy season 7 #buffy chosen #spuffy #bangel #angel #angel the vampire #angel the series #sarah michelle gellar #david boreanaz #buffy and angel #buffy and spike #faith lehane #eliza dushku

[davidboreanaz]

right so i’m 15k words into a bangel x fbi fic and idk if I should post it when it’s complete as a huge one shot or to chapter it. what do people prefer to read? chapters or all at once?

let me know bangel lovers

#buffy the vampire slayer #bangel #bangel fanfiction #buffy x angel #buffy summers #angel #angel btvs #angel ats #angel the series #buffy and angel #iz’s writing #fbi fic #fbi #fbi agent!angel #fbi agent!buffy #otp: always my angel

[hollows-of-my-eyelids]

Buffy and Angel

#buffy and angel #bangel #buffy summers #angel #buffy the vampire slayer #buffy

[girl4music]

STRIKING DIFFERENCES: SPUFFY VS BANGEL

I’m usually not a SPUFFY VS BANGEL person but if you put ‘Something Blue’ and ‘I Will Remember You’ side by side in a comparison/juxtaposition gif set… oh boy… does it ever show that they were backing up the wrong couple from the get go for being “healthier”.

“We’re not meant to be together” because of extenuating circumstances involving our responsibilities and destinies as The Slayer and The Champion and “We’re not meant to be together”because we’re literally mortal enemies who happen to forget it sometimes because we’re just people too.

Never mind that “I’m an evil demon” nonsense.

Moot point when “You’re just a girl”/“That’s what I keep saying” and “Timmy’s down the bloody well!”…

Bangel find all the reasons NOT TO BE TOGETHER even though they’re afforded everything that LETS THEM BE. Spuffy END UP TOGETHER despite the whole damn world telling that them IT’S ALL WRONG.

I’m just saying,… someone should make that gif set.

#buffy the vampire slayer #spike and buffy #spuffy #buffy and angel #bangel #something blue #i will remember you #striking differences #2 for 1 #I would like romantic tragedy and domestic bliss in a handbasket please #what do you mean they can’t be sold together? #oh #they’re incompatible #one literally cancels out the other #you’re saying a couple not being together means that they shouldn’t be #because they don’t know actually know each other #I see #never mind then #just domestic bliss please #it’s the healthier option #I will consume #oh they’re under a spell #but wait… what exactly is this spell? #it’s a spell brought on accidentally by somebody else’s feelings of jealousy #the actual people that are under it are just being unhibited happy idiots #so you’re saying their feelings are real but their situation isn’t? #and that’s a problem? #and the opposite is better? #you weird confusing people #spuffy ftw

[ann0yedpeach]

Okay, y’all did pretty good last time, so let’s try this again

I need some angsty/angry Bangel fanfic (HEA, please) anytime after season 3 that gives off Silver Springs by Fleetwood Mac vibes.

#buffy fanfic #buffy x angel #buffy summers #buffy and angel #angel #angelus #joss whedon #whedonverse #i want a very specific fanfiction but i dont want to have to write it myself i want someone else to write it for me #fanfic #fanfiction

[buffysummers]

One thing about Sarah and David, they’re gonna be diehard Bangels for life. I love winning 🤪

#Bangel #Buffy and Angel #sarah michelle gellar #david boreanaz #btvs

[witchb1tches]

Rest In Peace 🤝 I'm Just Ken

#vampires #he is everything to me #buffy summers #buffy the vampire slayer #spuffy #buffyverse #ryan gosling #ken #im just ken #spike buffy #spike btvs #buffy x spike #spike #james marsters #buffy meme #buffysource #buffy and angel #buffy x willow #the office #the office memes #barbie #barbie 2023 #barbie and ken

[astro-tag-9]

Hi! I’d like to join a couple ask

I’m an Aries sun Scorpio moon and Taurus rising

He’s Scorpio sun Aries moon and Leo Rising

Thank you<3

🩶Buffy and Angel🩶

#astrology #buffy the vampire slayer #buffyverse #Buffy and angel #angel and Buffy #buffy x angel #angel x buffy #Aries #Aries female #Aries sun #Scorpio #Scorpio sun #Scorpio moon #Taurus rising #Taurus #Leo #Leo rising #leo ascendant #Aries moon #astrology ask #astrology request #zodiac request #zodiac gif #Buffy #angel #Scorpio male #Scorpio x Aries #Aries x Scorpio #Scorpio moon and Aries moon #Scorpio astrology

[bangelism]

bangel x hits different

#from the moment i heard that bridge for the first time i knew i had to make this #Youtube #bangel #bangeledit #buffy #buffy and angel #buffy x angel #btvs #buffy edit #angel the series #ats #buffy the vampire slayer #btvsedit #buffy summers #angel btvs #otp: all i see is you

[heavenlyvixen]

I am an unapologetic shipper. I have shipped both fictional and real life couples. I have always done so with respect, kindness and good intentions.

There are a lot of people who would like to, and attempt to, make you feel bad for shipping. Don’t!!! If you’re a shipper, you’re probably just like me - you love seeing people happy and in love. And baby, there is nothing wrong with that.

However, if it’s real people, I don’t discuss them publicly. So, if you want to talk about ships with me, send me a DM. I can talk forever about the people I love.

With all the negativity in the world - all the hate - I think we all should be embracing love a little more.

Yes, this is a response to seeing people on twitter say we shouldn’t ship people. Virtue signalling at its best.

#shipper at heart #always and forever #I love love #wednesday addams x xavier thorpe #percy and jenna #tomdaya #tom holland and zendaya #peter and mj #buffy and angel #Michael and Maria #Tim and Julie #rick and evelyn #Deeks and Kensi #densi #jack and Sam #Starbuck and Apollo #Dom and Letty #Riddick and Jack #Bella and Edward #wenvier #wavier #wenthorpe #jax and tara