Faith & Buffy

"Isn't it crazy how slayin' just always makes you hungry and horny?"

Oh yes it is, Faith.  Oh yes it is.

The object of much of my adolescent fantasies, these two slayers oozed sexual tension out of the small screen, and poured on plenty of double entendres and gaygaygay symbolism to make me beg for more.  Sure, I was a freshman in high school barely aware of my own sexuality when Faith came onto Buffy (lol), but I totally knew they were gay and I also totally knew that I loved it.  

Played by the hottest thing to ever come out of Watertown, MA, Eliza Dushku has said that she immediately noticed the sexual connection between her character and Buffy, and she played it up.  Glad to know I wasn't reading into it all those years ago.  

Of course, being a "slayer" was always a symbol on Buffy for being different in real life.  And since, especially for teens, one of the most obvious ways of being different is to be gay, Joss throws in quite a few subtle and not so subtle connections between slayerdom and gaydom.  After Buffy's mom accepts her being a slayer, she talks about marching in a slayer pride parade.  When she first finds out about Buffy being the slayer, her mom worries it was b/c she didn't have a strong father figure, and asks Buffy if she "tried not being a slayer," all things said by upset parents to their coming out gay teens.  So when we have two slayers, it's not surprising that all this gayness can be implied.

But back to the hottness.  From the moment Faith comes into the series, the fight scenes with her and Buffy (whether fighting together or against each other) are full of grunts, moans, pole-ish things sticking into holes, and lots of spoken sexual innuendo.  One of my faves being from the two-parter where they switch bodies (don't get me started on Faith enjoying being inside of Buffy) in season four, where Buffy reminds Faith that the last time they fought, Faith ended up in a coma, and Faith says "let's have another go at it... see who lands on top..."  WHAT.  Be still my sophomore year heart.

It's also the way that Faith says all these lines so seductively.  And the looks.  Ooooohhh, the looks she gives to Buffy.  The sly, tongue-peaking-out-one-eyebrow-up come hither stare.  And, of course, how for one episode Buffy gave into it (mmmm, Bad Girls).  In this episode, my fantasy, complete with hott fight scenes, sexy girl on girl dancing and even Faith drawing a heart on a window to get Buffy's attention while she's in class (granted, she then drew a stake through that heart... but it was obvious what it was implying, right?  right?!?!)  was able to come true for about 30 minutes .

But probably my fave Buffy/Faith moment was from season three, when Faith had Buffy chained up (!!!!) and was getting ready to torture her (what the picture is from).  And then the fab ending, where Buffy and Faith have knives at each others throats, and Faith kisses Buffy's forehead before booking it.  

Whew.

Now tell me that is not hott, you damned straighties.