I love old fandoms and fandom ships too because of the nostalgia and comfort you get from when you rewatch everything.
As I grew older, I understand that Spike was more dedicated to Buffy and it for real seems like the actors had more chemistry than Buffy had with Angel but that's just me.
Honestly, pls no one give me hate for this but my comfort couple and fandom is Edward and Bella from The Twilight Saga.
Became a fan at 10 and I'm now 26 and still love the books, the movies and I have a Twilight tattoo and I'm still a simp for Edward Cullen.
Yeah the relationship is toxic af and unhealthy and it was hilarious when I was at the Twilight marathon and everyone around me would just scream out 'red flag' whenever Edward did something icky.
But I'm also now a 26 year old watching these movies and being like... Carlisle Cullen's beauty is slept on for real, Peter Facinelli's beauty was UNHINGED in the movies.
Particularly in New Moon, the scene where he's pulling glass out of Bella's arm and Kristen Stewart looks at Peter like she's going to ravage him on that table.
And that moment where he cradles her chin and stares at her with way too much sexual tension is the moment many twihards who watched realised their daddy issues were way bigger than they anticipated (that's me I'm one of them).
13 year old me was blushing and kicking my feet over Edward Cullen and I'm sure I'll be doing the same at 43.
Some of the dialogue he says to Bella is downright cheesy and I still gush over them now.
' Dream happy dreams. You are the only one who has ever touched my heart. Therefore it shall always be yours. Sleep, my only love'.