A quick hello...

[elisi]

Weekends are *not* good for LJ! Too much family time, too little me time (of course I am incredibly lucky to have a wonderful family etc. But...)

Anyway, I came to ask if anyone knows of a Spike & The Coat icon? (As in, Spike walking along wearing The Coat, all swirly and stuff.) One that makes you go 'Spike/Coat OTP4eva!OMG!' (No text necessary btw), I don't have one, which I'm beginning to realise is v. bad. Because I want one. (Or maybe something like this, but without the vamp face...)

And a small fannish thought for the day. I cannot count the ways in which I love ‘First Date’, and I’m not about to start counting. All I’ll mention is the Buffy and Spike’s tandem explaining to Giles about the chip. Because it is such a wonderful evocation of their tandem lying to Joyce back in ‘Becoming’

Buffy is even wearing identical hats!






ETA: You could also just check out the brilliant icon that I'm using! (By the_royal_anna!)

Comments

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Very good catch! I rewatched their scenes in Becoming the other day and wondered how did I not see their chemistry the first time and the way that they complete each other's sentences and have each other's backs even as mortal enemies? Oh yeah, the Angel angst was clouding my brain.

Buffy kept her hat for 5 years

Small quibble - the hat in Becoming is a utilitarian knit work/winter pull-on cap similar to this one, but a bit stiffer and heavier:

http://workingperson.com/workwear-1/headwear/winter-hats/port-and-companycaps-black-knit-cap-cp90-blk-74840.html

Whereas the hat she's wearing in FD is more of a cloche (I rewatched to make sure): it has a stiff, rounded crown, a rolled brim, and when she turns her head to the left you can see the outline of some sort of "flower" or "bow" ornament, similar to this:

http://www.hatsinthebelfry.com/product/belfry-rosa.html