buffy/spike is even better than tara/willow, b/c the latter was definitely set up as romantic pairing from the beginning whereas i remember reading b/s when it was totally&utterly uncanonical...not even a hint of subtext really :-) i mean, season 2, season 3...

but i'm not sure that distinction is ultimately that useful...but then i seem to wanna call everything slash...except when it's on nifty :-)