Buffy Season 7

So last night Stu, Laura and I finished Buffy season 7.

I have to say...I didn't quite like how everything wrapped up. Especially since I know what goes on in Angel!

Here is my dream pairing for main characters [sorry, I'm a girl. These things matter!]

1. Angel + Cordelia
2. Spike + Buffy
3. Willow + Oz
4. Dawn + Xander [Remember how Laurie and Amy got married? Same idea here]
5. Principal Wood/Robin + Faith

Angel and Cordelia are already in a relationship by this point...but Angel comes to see Buffy and there's an idea that "someday they'll be together." Stupid Angel. You and Cordy already have a great thing going! Don't ruin it!!

Spike DESERVES some happiness, after all the hell he went through for the entire series!!!! I believe, at the end, Buffy does love Spike, but he pretends she doesn't so he won't mind so much when sacrificing himself...anyway, that's what I tell myself. I think they're perfect for each other. And Spike > Angel. 'Nuff said.

So...Kennedy should just DIE already. Gosh. And Willow and Oz know they still love each other...and Oz has been in Nepal...so he'll figure out a way to keep from going crazy. Willow and Oz were wonderful/will be wonderful. I promise!

Dawn and Xander isn't such a crazy pairing - again, I refer to Little Women. Besides, they're the two w/out powers so...they kind of go together.

Faith and Principal Wood...for obvious reasons. He takes her down a notch and they're one-of-a-kind individuals, in their own ways. I don't like them much but they deserve some happy after the horribleness that was season 7!!

Anyway...

Besides the obvious relationship stupidness, I like how it ended. The last shot is great. And the last battle is pretty epic. Now if only what Stu wanted to happen would have happened - Buffy and gang show up to help Angel at the end of season 5. That would have ROCKED.

I just...can't count the comics as canon. They are TOO ridiculous.

The thing that gets me is Spike. The way his character evolves throughout the show is so powerful. It's incredible to see him going from one end of the spectrum to the other, and at the end you're just like "WTF, SPIKE IS THE COOLEST CAT ON THE PLANET, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING, BUFFY?!?!?!?!" Sheesh. Angel may have been Buffy's first love, but Spike was always there for her. And really went to the ends of the earth to become the man she deserved! Poor Spike. :( He's the Snape of the Buffy series.

Anyway...I feel a little lost and sad that it's now over, but thankfully I have all seven seasons so if I REALLY miss them a whole lot...I can start back at the beginning. :)