Today's pretty thought

[beccaelizabeth]

Sara Lance / Buffy Summers

And not just because Buffy is about my age, so now she'd be the older woman.

... I would put pictures here for illustration but sadly it is more difficult than on tumblr. But tumblr gifs provide that bit on Arrow with the salmon ladder. And a bunch of instagram pictures, also of abs.

... I actually don't know which pictures to choose to show off Buffy's athleticism. I mean 'Sara Lance abs' will get you many pretty pictures where Buffy Summers muscles will not. Buffy handstand?



I just feel like they'd get along and have fun.


Also fun, mix and match martial artists. Melinda May maybe?

Sometimes I feel like ladies need some time off to relax and Sara would happily provide.



But I still haven't got the DVDs for the latest season. Might feel all OTPish about her relationship there. Looks very promising.


Still.

Many pretty.

Comments

[baronjanus]

1. for buffy pics, google specifics, like 'buffy high kick' or 'buffy fight montage'. Sadly, they will still all be shit quality.

2. for to easily put pics here, upload them on tumblr (or just find them there) and put their direct url (ending with jpg or gif or png) in an html code ('img src="url"', except with < and > for the ')(I know you know this but someone else might read this comment and learn so that's good)

[beccaelizabeth]

https://beccaelizabeth315.tumblr.com/post/174624712569/nicin20gayteen-sara-lance-abs-appreciation-with

salmon ladder

[feliciacraft]

Hmm, I'm curious about Arrow. Is it a show you'd recommend to a Buffy fan?

[beccaelizabeth]

I'm not sure Arrow is a show I'd recommend. It's the darkest, by some ways, of the current DCTV lineup. He's a vigilante in the murder sense some seasons, which is not my speed. And they kill a lot of regular characters (a lot) including Sara (yes it's superhero stuff so she got better, but still, dead, kind of repeatedly). They mostly don't bring back the ones I want them to in the form I'd want them to. There's evil twin stuff going on. And the theme seems to be how violence can mess you up and look at how messed up Ollie is, which is just, not my thing. So when I get the DVD sets it's only to catch up on crossovers and background for the other shows, and Arrow always ends up waiting until last on the to watch list.

Legends of Tomorrow on the other hand? A lot more Sara Lance. If you want to see her in action, Legends I can recommend. It's nuts, it's the kind of everything goes grab bag that comics do where all the powers are real and they might deal with superscience or demons or ANYthing, and I haven't seen the latest season yet except in gif sets but it looks great there. It also killed my favourite, but did a grieving arc, and... then things got complicated. It's a time travel show that ends up on the side of leaving the past alone, so grieving and moving on from it is a Thing, but, on balance I like it.

Many of the characters are queer canonically. Like, plural. Regulars.
Sara is bi and gets to date people. On screen. Ending up in bed with them.
... I feel like I'm over emphasising this but I remember when Willow and Tara weren't allowed to kiss, so.


I'd also recommend Supergirl, though I liked season 1 best so far and again am a season behind. In season 1 Supergirl was the happy shiniest where hope and friendship matter. Lots of women, many excellent characters. Alex Danvers comes out in season 2 and I already <3 her before that so that was awesome.


The Flash is also fun, but I end up a villain fan there. Because Captain Cold. I am frustrated by what happens to female characters on the Flash, but they have their moments of awesome.



Arrow is all about Ollie's angst and how he feels he messes up everyone around him and can't save them. I get tired of that.


I like Legends of Tomorrow best. Because my favourite characters.

But I keep comparing things to Supergirl to see if they escape too dark, because Supergirl was shiny.




PS I forgot until I looked at the wiki just now but more than one actor played Sara Lance. I like Caity Lotz.