Exactly. I mean we saw them build a friendship over the course of the first half of season five (and in some ways as far back as the season three finale) and while the actual coupling occurs in just one ep, I've always maintained that you can feel those three years even if we didn't see them. I think that's due to the easy chemistry Holloway and Mitchell have.
THIS. We didn't see those three years, but I could believe their growing friendship turned into something more over that time. And yes, really, since like season 3 (yeah, the finale specifically, but even when they start out as enemies) they've had development.
Yes, that was definitely due to Joss' amazing writing, and the acting--OMG, Sarah Michelle Gellar is such a big reason for why I love Buffy the Character.
Just friended you. :) Oh man, I have no idea when I'll get to Richard/Anya fic, but maybe just a short interaction drabble sometime soon. Maybe something to do with bunnies.~ We know Anya is awesomely afraid of them, and my fanon is that while Ben probably hearts bunnies, to Richard they're just food. XD I dunno, more of my fanon is that bunnies are native to the Island--never mind that Dharma probably introduced them, I just like this idea better, 'cause then I make it so that way early on, rabbit was just one of the easiest things to hunt when Richard was younger, and he frankly acquired a taste for it.
Then more serious plotbunny with the idea of trying to Wishverse-Twist Lostverse to make Anya's introduction similar to Buffyverse, and Wish!Richard's the one to strike her amulet and trap her as human, replacing Giles' role there--and that just led to me thinking Richard/Anya reminds me of Giles/Anya in fandom. Except Richard has the bonus chance of possibly having more common ground with Anya since he's lived way longer (but I like that canon-wise, she would still be older). And that just made me wonder about any other similarities between Giles and Richard...I believe I'll have to think on that more.
And I like the subtle image in my head of Richard being even more polite than Xander when Anya asks him questions about modern humanity (since she has been out of the loop with them in that regard, at least on really intimate cultural details). And I think possibly Anya might cheer him up a little--at least when she starts talking light of Jacob and Esau/Smokey, she's met them before in kinda "casual supernatural" settings long ago, and mentions that Halfrek totally is completely infatuated with the both of them and her ex-Vengeance Demon boss always joked about Esau's imprisonment status.
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Re: Cordy/Angel FTW, Whedon's Amazing, Sawyer/Juliet was developed, & Richard/Anya too
Date: 4/14/10 02:46 am (UTC)THIS. We didn't see those three years, but I could believe their growing friendship turned into something more over that time. And yes, really, since like season 3 (yeah, the finale specifically, but even when they start out as enemies) they've had development.
Yes, that was definitely due to Joss' amazing writing, and the acting--OMG, Sarah Michelle Gellar is such a big reason for why I love Buffy the Character.
Just friended you. :) Oh man, I have no idea when I'll get to Richard/Anya fic, but maybe just a short interaction drabble sometime soon. Maybe something to do with bunnies.~ We know Anya is
awesomelyafraid of them, and my fanon is that while Ben probably hearts bunnies, to Richard they're just food. XD I dunno, more of my fanon is that bunnies are native to the Island--never mind that Dharma probably introduced them, I just like this idea better, 'cause then I make it so that way early on, rabbit was just one of the easiest things to hunt when Richard was younger, and he frankly acquired a taste for it.Then more serious plotbunny with the idea of trying to Wishverse-Twist Lostverse to make Anya's introduction similar to Buffyverse, and Wish!Richard's the one to strike her amulet and trap her as human, replacing Giles' role there--and that just led to me thinking Richard/Anya reminds me of Giles/Anya in fandom. Except Richard has the bonus chance of possibly having more common ground with Anya since he's lived way longer (but I like that canon-wise, she would still be older). And that just made me wonder about any other similarities between Giles and Richard...I believe I'll have to think on that more.
And I like the subtle image in my head of Richard being even more polite than Xander when Anya asks him questions about modern humanity (since she has been out of the loop with them in that regard, at least on really intimate cultural details). And I think possibly Anya might cheer him up a little--at least when she starts talking light of Jacob and Esau/Smokey, she's met them before in kinda "casual supernatural" settings long ago, and mentions that Halfrek totally is completely infatuated with the both of them and her ex-Vengeance Demon boss always joked about Esau's imprisonment status.