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timepiececlockWhy is it that, on most of the shows I watch, the ending is a sad one for my romantic pairing of choice?
Seriously.: Escaflowne. CB. Buffy. Moulin Rouge. Lord of the Rings (I'm an Aragorn/Eowyn fan). Farscape. Donnie Darko. Even Mulder & Scully, though together, were plagued by the loss of their child and the doom of mankind.
You know that thing that all the best love stories end in tragedy? Not so cool, despite the prettiness of it. All my favorite pairings (except Vash/Meryl), most of them canon-pairings, always seem to end with death or forced separation. I have a great lack of emotional gratification with this.
Seriously.: Escaflowne. CB. Buffy. Moulin Rouge. Lord of the Rings (I'm an Aragorn/Eowyn fan). Farscape. Donnie Darko. Even Mulder & Scully, though together, were plagued by the loss of their child and the doom of mankind.
You know that thing that all the best love stories end in tragedy? Not so cool, despite the prettiness of it. All my favorite pairings (except Vash/Meryl), most of them canon-pairings, always seem to end with death or forced separation. I have a great lack of emotional gratification with this.
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Date: 2003-09-09 01:35 pm (UTC)Exactly.
And it's the same with books, too. Have you read anything by Philip Pullman? Ouch. He's not a big fan of the romantic happy ending.
The only one of my favorite book ships I can think of that ended happily is Meg/Calvin. From Madeliene L'Engle's series.
But IMO, regarding Buffy and Spike, Joss ended it that way because the story wasn't truly over. And he knew that.