I'm glad you came by! I've actually always used ff.n. I know it's a perfect cess pit of dead cats, but I'm used to it. I am now, however, trying to free myself of the muck and just shift my entire self over to lj.

I feel like there's a kind of predestination with Buffy and Angel not really because of their romance, but because of their unusual circumstances. Buffy is a unique Slayer--if not early on then definitely after S7. Angel is the only vampire in the world with a soul. Just seems to me like they would cross paths.

I'm glad you like the Darla idea. I do think that if Spike's chip had started to fail before he got a soul Buffy would've felt the need to dust him, even if she had some feelings for him. He was a demon and a murderer--but since his chip failed after his soul, she put her trust in him. I think that chipped Darla, on the other hand, would never have gotten to the point where she would actually go get herself a soul, so if her chip began to fail Buffy would just dust her, or let her be dusted. I like to toy with the idea that Darla might've developed some sort of feelings for a Scoobie or two (the idea of Xander/Darla is particularly amusing to me), but I think neither Darla nor Angelus could love in a way that would make them want to change or be less vicious (though chipped Angelus is such an interesting idea!).

I hope you like the rest, and thanks so much for your comments!