Marc Blucas was the perfect Riley.

I honestly don’t know what Spike, Angel, and Riley saw in Buffy. Her personality was kind of bland and she was always bragging about being the slayer and it got annoying. 

“Into the Woods” made me hate Riley with a passion but still feel bad for Buffy when he left. I could never understand why Xander was so supportive of their relationship.

I don’t believe that Buffy has one true “soul-mate”. I think she can love more than one person, not more than each other but in different ways. I don’t think she loves Angel or Spike or Riley more than one another, I don’t believe she loves any of them more than Dawn or Willow or Xander or Giles. Just differently.

I think that if Buffy loves someone or wants to be with someone (in particular or in general) fandom should stop saying that it makes her weak.

I hate when people say that Buffy didn’t love Riley, she did, she was just afraid of getting burned again.

Riley was my favorite of Buffy’s boyfriends. I found myself agreeing with his rationale more than anyone else’s in S4 & S5 (and Marc Blucas is just the cutest). I just wish people would stop trying to change my mind about this.

I’d rather ship Buffy/Sid the Puppet than Buffy/Riley.

I think Angel, Riley, and Spike were all good for Buffy at those particular times in her life but I can’t picture her having lifelong relationships with any of them.

Every time I see Riley and Buffy’s first kiss in “Hush” I cry because I’m angry. I’m angry because I know how it ends.

I thought this site would bring me closer together with the Buffy fanbase. In fact it’s done the opposite. Now I know I’m one of the few who likes Dawn and Riley and prefer Buffy’s friends to her (especially in season 7).

I hate when people call Angel and Buffy soulmates. She followed the pattern of love most young women do: the first one is passionate and all consuming but immature, the second one (Riley), makes the most sense but lacks a spark, and the third one (Spike), is the one you can’t convince yourself is the one it’s supposed to be. Angel was a FIRST LOVE, never a soulmate.

I feel like my favorite characters are always the least liked. I just want to huggle Riley and Dawn!

When Angel left Buffy she lost all of her dreams, her hopes and her childhood innocence. The rest of her life she tried to get back the feeling of being in love, but it never happened. Parker used and abused her. She tried to pretend to be normal with Riley. Spike made her feel worthless because she hated using him when she knew how he felt. She never wholly trusted or loved anyone ever again. 

I actually liked Riley. I thought he was sweet and good for Buffy.