It's not just you - when I first stumbled into Buffy fandom, I was shocked at the plethora of possible parings (that was a fun sentence to write). I came from the X-Files side of the tracks, and I was used to seeing M/S, M/K, M/Sk, and S/Sk with few other options. Buffyverse, in comparison, is a frickin' orgy. Not that I'm complaining, mind.
I think the primary reason for this is that there are just so many more interesting characters to work with. And they're all young(-looking). And attractive. There are just going to be a lot more people willing to write even weird Buffy pairings, like, say Giles/Riley, than there are willing to write, say, CSM smut. Because, eww.
BTW, I, too, wish there was more Xandrew out there, and that I had about 40 thousand more icons to play with.
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Pairings galore!
on 2003-03-01 05:05 pm (UTC)I think the primary reason for this is that there are just so many more interesting characters to work with. And they're all young(-looking). And attractive. There are just going to be a lot more people willing to write even weird Buffy pairings, like, say Giles/Riley, than there are willing to write, say, CSM smut. Because, eww.
BTW, I, too, wish there was more Xandrew out there, and that I had about 40 thousand more icons to play with.
Stalking reciprocated. ;-)