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if one of them managed to fulfill the shanshu prophecy and become human, then maybe, but then my pick would be Angel. I just don't think it was ever real with Spike.

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Originally posted by embers:
Parker!

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Parker!

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Originally posted by msg:
Riley is the human equivalent of oatmeal. Wholesome and on paper a great idea, but in reality a bland and unsatisfying choice.

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Anyway, I loved Spike, because I kinda viewed that as her most grown-up and real relationship. Just my two cents.

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Anyway, I loved Spike, because I kinda viewed that as her most grown-up and real relationship. Just my two cents.

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So does anyone care to expand on how that relationship with grown-up, real and/or healthy? For both Spike and Buffy.

Hot, tight little body. Hot, kinky sex. Hot accent. But save the very end of the show, that relationship was just bad news.

I admit that Riley was a bit cardboardy, but he still made me hurt in Season Five when Buffy kept pushing him away.

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Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:
Is it the romantic love she has for Angel? No, but that doesn't make it less of a love.

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Just because it isn't healthy doesn't mean it isn't real.

The relationship with Angel is a fantasy. Every young girls desire. Especially when it is a LOVE THAT CAN NOT BE.

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The relationship with Riley wasn't real because Buffy was just going through the motions.

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The relationship with Spike was certainly unhealthy and I was taken aback with the whole almost raped her thing. There was real passion there - of both hate and love. And I disagree with your earlier statement that Buffy never loved him. I think she did and does. I just don't think she realized how much she had come to rely on and need him until it was too late. Is it the romantic love she has for Angel? No, but that doesn't make it less of a love.

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Originally posted by RugBug:
But now that I've ranted away, I went back and read the OP and I should just shut up. Because we were asked who our favorite is, not who was the best. Proceed with 'who's your favorite Buffy boyfriend?'

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I don't equate 'relying on' and 'needing' with love. And I think unconditional-ness (I need a better word here ) isn't necessarily a good thing. That's for pets.

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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
Well, my personal favorite was Spike. As in, I would want him myself. He's funny, sexy, kind of a badass, has a very tender aspect to him, the list goes on. In terms of his relationship with Buffy, though, I never liked it. Maybe because I liked him so much, I would have much rather seen him with someone who was, you know, not a psycho bitch to him. She wasn't good to him, and there were a lot of times he wasn't good to her, either. He was good to her a lot more than she was good to him, though. Pretty sure she only showed him any kind of caring after he gained his soul, lost his mind, and then saved the world. Their whole dynamic was warped, as I think it was meant to be, but I still love Spike above almost any other character.
Riley was a little bland, but not utterly. There were moments that made me love Riley, and I mostly felt bad for him, even when he was being a royal fuck-up. Again, Buffy wasn't very good to him. I think she liked him, and clearly there was chemistry and all, but she took him mostly for granted. He was never, ever, a priority for her. Not saying he should have been at all times, but she could have thought of him a lot more than she did. Honestly, the look on his face when she talks about how she cried when her mom was in the hospital and it hits him like a ton of bricks that he never got to see any of it, or give her comfort, or be a part of her life, it just twists my guts every time, because I know how he feels. Granted, he handled it badly, but like I said I still just felt sorry for him.
Now, I personally don't think I'd want to be with Angel. He's sexy, yeah, but so brooding and tortured and angsty. He's at his most interesting (and sexy) when he's evil, and that is of course where you don't want to be. There's also the whole curse, but even without that... I dunno. But, in terms of the Buffy/Angel relationship specifically, he was the one who she was actually good to, and he was good to her. Get around the curse and all, and they'd be together in a second. So, while not my personal favorite, he's clearly hers.

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