I don't ship either way and I just hope that Joss ends the series with Buffy alone. The story is not about her love life although it is a part of her growth. Maybe someday...

Silent Night | April 04, 19:23 CET

You can't have a story where Buffy and X walk off into the sunset, where X is any character, when actor(X) wants to keep playing X and SMG wants to stop playing Buffy. All four male characters I care about in the Jossverse (Angel, Spike, Giles, Xander) are either in their own spinoffs, looking at their own spinoffs, or otherwise vocal about playing out the ride as long as possible, so there's no way any of them can drop off the face of the earth with her.

The only possibility that works is Bunya, and that doesn't actually work.

LudditeRobot | April 04, 22:47 CET

Wow. In a sudden epiphany after saving the world, Buffy realizes that former vengence demon Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins is her One True Love®. The two sassy gals hop into a bright turquoise convertable and drive into the sunset to celebrate the victory of Good over Evil with a petty crime spree across the desert southwest. I can dig it. :-)

wren | April 04, 23:57 CET

Well, I interpreted Joss's comment as to say.......Buffy and Angel will see each other, have there little moment (Wonder if those two still have that amazing chemistry after all this time??), then say their goodbye's once again. Joss's comment seemed more pro Spuffy in a very subtle kinda way, which doesn't make me one bit happy.

I will be content with any ending that does not have a Spuffy ending. That is all I'm hoping for!!

nychick | April 04, 23:59 CET

Cynics amongst us might argue this gives Joss the perfect opportunity to let SMG guest star in Angel next season.

And I'm a Huffy shipper myself.

Simon | April 05, 00:10 CET

Forgive my density, but I can't for the life of me figure out who has a name that starts with H that Buffy could get with...(my English-muddled brain was all, "Hrothgar?")

babykarret | April 05, 01:42 CET

Harmony, just the thought of those two as a couple strikes me as amusing.

Simon | April 05, 01:44 CET

Whoa, I went blind there for a second. I'm back now.

bogu_salias | April 05, 02:30 CET

Simon, LOLOLOL! Wouldn't it be a trip if Harm was the 'First'? :D

As most heroes, Buffy must ride off into the sunset, alone. It's just the way it should be. Otherwise 'it wouldn't be right'.

The Lady Pele | April 05, 18:53 CET

CAUTION: Speculation Warning Ahead
I used to assume the series would end with Buffy, alone, riding off into the sunset. I still think she's gonna be alone, but I no longer think she's riding off anywhere, and I'll tell ya why.

First off, they can't kill her. They've killed her three times and then brought her back. Xander breathed life back into her the first time. Willow brought Buffy back the second time with the Osiris spell and the third time in the hospital room when she was Dark Willow. Killing Buffy again would be somehow, anticlimactic.

So it's gonna go down one of two ways.

1) The three old guys who gave the First Slayer her powers said Buffy was the last guardian of the Hellmouth. So that means she's gonna somehow close the Hellmouth permanently. The only way I know that this could happen is the same way it was closed last time. The Master became a sort of "cork" in the Hellmouth bottle. Someone's gotta take The Master's place. That someone's gotta be Buffy.

2) The three old guys from the past told Buffy she was the last guardian of the Hellmouth, but they specifically didn't say she was the last Slayer. They didn't seem to think she was a slayer at all. WHY would they try to put that demon cloud thing in her if she already had the power of The First Slayer inside her? Going all the way back to "Prophecy Girl" when she came back after Xander did CPR, she specifically said she felt different. Better. We also know that the power of the Slayer moved on to Kendra and then to Faith. I think we're gonna figure out that not only is Buffy out of the Slayer loop now. We're gonna learn that she's starting a new loop, and that her life essence will expand out to another person - or maybe several other young women. Faith will still have the power that stems from The First Slayer, but Buffy's life essence will become a new First Slayer-like power that seeks out other young girls and gives them the powers that she has.

So in this scenario, she dies, but she doesn't really. I mean, how else can they have a final big fight with The First Evil, unless there's something just as powerful that is also above the whole mortal coil thing? Buffy will become incorporeal and will kick the First Evil's ass, then she'll move on to inhabit others and give them hope like she's had.

ZachsMind | April 06, 10:46 CET