I was just talking about this with... hum, somebody. I've had a long day of work, it all blurs together.
But the short of it is that I love me some A/W, but I think of all the ships out there they're one of the few that lends itself to a threesome, and particularly a threesome where the third is effectively their stable pony. So Angel/Wes/Spike to me is very viable, as is Angel/Wes/Cordy. In other words, the third party has things they can bring to both Angel and Wes individually, but collectively can look at the both of them and actively poke holes in their desire to brood and drama queen (for them) their way through life. Somebody to take the piss out of them, in other words.
Which is why I guess it always amused me as an A/W shipper to see all these doom and gloom people going "WAH! SPIKE SHALL VERILY RUIN OUR OTP, FORSOOTH AND WHYFORE!" whereas my immediate reaction was "Hell, through him in the bedroom and hand him the lube to help." ;)
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Date: 2004-08-26 07:46 pm (UTC)But the short of it is that I love me some A/W, but I think of all the ships out there they're one of the few that lends itself to a threesome, and particularly a threesome where the third is effectively their stable pony. So Angel/Wes/Spike to me is very viable, as is Angel/Wes/Cordy. In other words, the third party has things they can bring to both Angel and Wes individually, but collectively can look at the both of them and actively poke holes in their desire to brood and drama queen (for them) their way through life. Somebody to take the piss out of them, in other words.
Which is why I guess it always amused me as an A/W shipper to see all these doom and gloom people going "WAH! SPIKE SHALL VERILY RUIN OUR OTP, FORSOOTH AND WHYFORE!" whereas my immediate reaction was "Hell, through him in the bedroom and hand him the lube to help." ;)