Help me, wise flist.

[elisi]

I've managed to talk/nag/push/nudge Promethia into watching Buffy [insert Dance of Joy], and here's her latest comment:

So, Cordelia steps onto the scene in oxblood leather, and I have to ask myself:

What are the chances that she'll pwn all their sorry asses, resume her role as bitch queen goddess of the school, and start up a torrid lesbian affair with Faith?

Basically: Is there fic?

I figure there must be, but I was never an aficionado of Cordy/Faith, so could anyone direct me to the appropriate place? AO3 any good? Old archives?

Comments

[owlboy]

I don't have any fic, but HIGH FIVE.

[elisi]

I am currently trying to nurse her through S3 B/A with the promise that it'll SOON GO AWAY!

Although, S3... Band Candy. Lovers Walk. The Wish. Helpless. The Zeppo. Doppelgängland... I tend to see it in terms of 'Lots of fun standalones and Faith and the Mayor yay!' and just remove all knowledge of B/A from my mind.

[owlboy]

I love season 3. Season 4 is a slog. Bloody Riley.

Band Candy... Giles in braces.....mmmmm....

[elisi]

I love season 3. Season 4 is a slog. Bloody Riley.
Well Riley (and all he presents) apart I am very fond of S4. Some absolute gems. And no more high school. \o/

Band Candy... Giles in braces.....mmmmm....
There is no bad.

[owlboy]

Some of the best episodes are in s4 [like RESTLESS nnghh] but as a narrative whole... it's kind of a mess.

I have to go do some Giles-perving now...

[elisi]

Oh no arguments there. I'm just VERY good at ignoring the stuff I don't like. Oh. Although if you view Riley as a metaphor for male privilege he's suddenly more interesting.

Enjoy!

[promethia_tenk]

See, elisi, I'm not being paranoid! You are all out to get me!

*builds sofa cushion fort to hide from the Joss-ites*

[owlboy]

You could not hide from it forever. IT HAS GILES, HOW COULD YOU RESIST.

[promethia_tenk]

Yeah, but Giles spends so much time being exposition/explanations man. And he's not a *fantastically* interesting character, although I do like him quite a lot. It's a lot to ask him to carry the weight of the show, even when Xander and Willow aren't playing will they/won't they *glowers*

I think I'd really like a show, actually, that was more about the relationship between Giles and Buffy rather than Buffy and her peers. Kind of a Mulder/Scully thing but with a teacher/student or parent/child vibe rather than a shippy one.

[owlboy]

The parent/child thig does get explored... and Giles starts off as a kind of British stereotype doddering librarian, but he gets more interesting later on [this happens a lot in Whedonverse]

I never liked Xander at all... (gets shot)

[promethia_tenk]

I think my favorite thing about both Buffy/Angel and Giles/Jenny was the fodder they provided for the relationship between Buffy and Giles. If only the emphasis could have been flopped around so that the Buffy and Giles stuff was the *point* rather than the afterthought.

I never liked Xander at all... (gets shot)
*stares in incomprehension* How is this in ANY WAY a controversial opinion?

[elisi]

so that the Buffy and Giles stuff was the *point* rather than the afterthought.
You'll like S5 I think. :)

*stares in incomprehension* How is this in ANY WAY a controversial opinion?
Xander is Mr Average Joe, and a lot of people favourite because he's just *normal* (well, he doesn't have any superpowers). There are also people who hate him, because of his... opinions on supernatural beings. I'm not really bothered either way. He's just Xander.

[promethia_tenk]

You'll like S5 I think. :)
\o/

Xander is Mr Average Joe, and a lot of people favourite because he's just *normal*
Mr. Average Joe characters tend to get on my nerves. And there's something about him that is aggressively annoying in this respect.

[elisi]

Well try to tune him out then, 'cause he's along for the ride...

And I love, love, love the themes/arc of S5. The early seasons are all about growing up, but in S5 they start digging into properly interesting stuff.

[owlboy]

>>*stares in incomprehension* How is this in ANY WAY a controversial opinion?

he's such an entitled POS Nice Guy and I can't stand him and the way he treats women but EVERYONE THINKS HE'S SO CUTE AND FUNNY @___@

[elisi]

Oh the posts I could link you to if they weren't flocked... (Your tribe is out there, oh yes.)

[owlboy]

This sums up pretty accurately how I feel about Xander.

[elisi]

I see you know your tribe already. Good for you.

(I'm just not that passionate. And I can see the positive sides too. But don't mind me, by all means keep hatin')

[promethia_tenk]

he's such an entitled POS Nice Guy and I can't stand him and the way he treats women but EVERYONE THINKS HE'S SO CUTE AND FUNNY @___@

I hadn't even made it this far into reasoned critique, but he bugs something fierce. He's got a used car salesman kind of charm going on there . . . *unimpressed face*