I am so much in an Angel/Cordy mood, SO OMG PERFECT PROMPT IS PERFECT. I'm on the fifth season, fifth episode or something and they're trying to shove Eve/Angel down my throat and I'm all FUCK YOU. But seriously, this prompt is exactly my view of Angel/Cordy in canon D:
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S IN A GOOD WAY OR BAD. But really, I was all so excited with the whole 'omg, it's my first canon otp' deal, and ofc it turned out I'd been shipping the doomed ship to end all doomed ships /life choices
Re: We Couldn't Bring the Columns Downgryfndor_godessApril 3 2012, 01:17:57 UTC
WELL, BREAK MY HEART WHY DON'T YOU. Seriously, I am borderline tearing up at the last two sentences.
(and he suspects that if he were to lose his soul again it would hurt still.
THIS. I've always thought that if he lost his soul, Angelus would turn Cordy rather than kill her so that she would still be with him. I've had this plot bunny for ages about that conversation but haven't gotten around to it.
(He understands Spike’s love for Buffy in ways he will never be able to explain).
Aw, I like that he's at peace with it and understands it.
(but never enough about the complicated life he shared with them both)
YES.
(there is no mention of the second vampire. The one who loves the slayer now, and is loved by the slayer now, and he has to wonder how long it will be before the books are rewritten).
Aadfkjaldfkj, um, I LOVE how this is almost as Spuffy as it is Cangel. I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.
Those lyrics really are perfect for Cordelia/Angel. *sad sigh*
Re: We Couldn't Bring the Columns Downsmells_corruptApril 3 2012, 03:15:20 UTC
:D Thank you!
I've always thought that if he lost his soul, Angelus would turn Cordy rather than kill her so that she would still be with him. I've had this plot bunny for ages about that conversation but haven't gotten around to it. I like this!
Aadfkjaldfkj, um, I LOVE how this is almost as Spuffy as it is Cangel. I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE. Noticed that did you? :D
Re: We Couldn't Bring the Columns DownsamsomApril 3 2012, 03:49:30 UTC
The last two lines are so killer, an arrow straight to my shipper's heart. Because yeah, meta-wise, when people write about the two vampires and the one slayer, the girl named Cordelia is *always* forgotten.
Re: We Couldn't Bring the Columns Downlit_chick08April 3 2012, 05:27:51 UTC
This is so beautiful and heartbreaking, and by this section - And no one understands. We is gone and Gunn is gone and Fred is gone (and the memories of all of them, of all that loss and all that love, of yet another one of his families gone. That hurts more than he thinks about, past his soul and deep down into his bones, into his ash) and there is no one left that knows. - I was just an emotional mess.
Re: We Couldn't Bring the Columns DownyoucallitwinterApril 3 2012, 12:40:57 UTC
Oh, I SO BADLY wanted someone to fill this prompt, but I never imagined anything this spectacular! I adore this to pieces, because I think you captured what I love most about Angel and Cordy; the fact that they literally are everything; friends, lovers, family. And of course Spike/Buffy just makes everything and anything that much better.
But there is never anything about Cordelia. And no one left who understands.
That last line-- GUH. I mean, you took a regular trope from the show (the idea that all these vampires have a history built and documented) and added this wonderful, personal touch. Cordelia was the one who never actually was for Angel, because it was all in the quiet touches and moments that weren't important enough to be documented. That was pretty much all they had, without any grand, epic love. <3
Re: We Couldn't Bring the Columns Downsmells_corruptApril 3 2012, 14:45:18 UTC
Thank you so much!
of course Spike/Buffy just makes everything and anything that much better Trufax. *nods*
I think one of the saddest things about their relationship besides the obvious (could have it all, rolling in the deep ) is that post-series there are people from Sunnydale who knew Cordy and saw him with her, but are never going to be able to reconcile what they know with what happened later, because there's no real proof. :(
Re: We Couldn't Bring the Columns DownyoucallitwinterApril 3 2012, 15:44:59 UTC
God, I know D: Actually that's a lovely way of putting it, because honestly Cordy may have been the most important woman in Angel's life (after Darla, of course, but we can make the 'most important woman in Angelus's life' distinction, I suppose!) and at the end, you can't even be sure how much of even her memories have been left behind, considering that the entire time he was in love with her (the whole Connor timeline) has been erased from everyone's memories. So we can't even be sure if anyone recalls the depth of his feelings or how madly, desperately in love they were at a point. And also because Cordelia was pretty much the first person he probably ~grew to love. Unlike Darla, unlike Buffy, which were pretty instantaneous, Cordelia is someone he grew with and grew into.
I JUST SAW ANGEL FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST MONTH SO I HAVE VERY STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW. Lol, I'm not even done with the show, just till 5x06 (where Eve/Angel seems to be a thing, and GOD WHY, like I can't tell they pretty much introduced that
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Angel/Cordelia - And the history books forgot about us//And the Bible didn't mention us//ANd the Bible didn't mention us, not even once
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(and he suspects that if he were to lose his soul again it would hurt still.
THIS. I've always thought that if he lost his soul, Angelus would turn Cordy rather than kill her so that she would still be with him. I've had this plot bunny for ages about that conversation but haven't gotten around to it.
(He understands Spike’s love for Buffy in ways he will never be able to explain).
Aw, I like that he's at peace with it and understands it.
(but never enough about the complicated life he shared with them both)
YES.
(there is no mention of the second vampire. The one who loves the slayer now, and is loved by the slayer now, and he has to wonder how long it will be before the books are rewritten).
Aadfkjaldfkj, um, I LOVE how this is almost as Spuffy as it is Cangel. I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.
Those lyrics really are perfect for Cordelia/Angel. *sad sigh*
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I've always thought that if he lost his soul, Angelus would turn Cordy rather than kill her so that she would still be with him. I've had this plot bunny for ages about that conversation but haven't gotten around to it. I like this!
Aadfkjaldfkj, um, I LOVE how this is almost as Spuffy as it is Cangel. I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE. Noticed that did you? :D
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Why would you write such a thing.
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Beautiful fic. <3
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Bravo.
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But there is never anything about Cordelia. And no one left who understands.
That last line-- GUH. I mean, you took a regular trope from the show (the idea that all these vampires have a history built and documented) and added this wonderful, personal touch. Cordelia was the one who never actually was for Angel, because it was all in the quiet touches and moments that weren't important enough to be documented. That was pretty much all they had, without any grand, epic love. <3
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of course Spike/Buffy just makes everything and anything that much better Trufax. *nods*
I think one of the saddest things about their relationship besides the obvious (could have it all, rolling in the deep ) is that post-series there are people from Sunnydale who knew Cordy and saw him with her, but are never going to be able to reconcile what they know with what happened later, because there's no real proof. :(
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I JUST SAW ANGEL FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST MONTH SO I HAVE VERY STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW. Lol, I'm not even done with the show, just till 5x06 (where Eve/Angel seems to be a thing, and GOD WHY, like I can't tell they pretty much introduced that ( ... )
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