spikesjojo:

carry-on-my-wayward-wesley:

So
there was someone on TvTropes who suggested that Cordelia may have been
a Potential Slayer, and it actually makes a lot of sense when you think
about it. From the beginning, she was always kind of a magnet for weird
things—even more so than the average Sunnydale resident, I mean. She
made a connection with Buffy right away, and even after Buffy started
hanging out with the “losers” and Cordelia wrote her off as a freak, she
still kept finding herself inexplicably drawn to the Scoobies, to the
point where she eventually gave up her popularity in favor of fighting
the good fight, without ever fully understanding why she was compelled
to do so. And since Cordy was in a coma when Willow cast the spell to
turn all the Potentials into Slayers, it had no effect on her.

My theory builds off of that, and of course it has to do with Wesley. I
have this notion that Watchers are mystically drawn to the Slayers
they’re meant to guide (one could easily make a case for that just by
looking at Buffy and Giles’ relationship). So when Cordelia walked into
the library in “Consequences,” she and Wesley immediately felt this
energy drawing them to each other. Since nobody knew Cordy was a
Potential, she and Wesley both just assumed that the chemistry they felt
was romantic. One extremely awkward kiss later, they realized they were
better as friends and parted ways amiably. But less than a year later,
they were drawn back together in a completely different city, and this
was when their relationship began to develop into what it was meant to
be. They were always very in sync with and attuned to each other,
especially in the second and early third seasons. The only time they
weren’t was when Cordelia was possessed by Jasmine in season 4.

Finally, right near the end of “You’re Welcome,” as Wesley is getting on
the elevator, Cordelia calls out to him and says “You still work the
best mojo in town.” She obviously couldn’t say goodbye to everyone without raising their suspicions, and she needed to spend her last few corporeal moments with Angel, so I love that out of everyone else, she
singled out Wesley to say one last thing to. Because while Angel may have been Cordelia’s champion, Wesley was her best friend. But I digress, slightly. Anyway, last time I watched it, I
focused on Wesley’s response—he doesn’t say anything, but pay attention
to the look on his face…he knows. Somehow he knows that this is the
last time he’ll ever see her. I think it’s because he’s still very
attuned to her, even after everything. If Cordelia hadn’t ended up in a
coma—if she’d been alive, awake, and fully herself when Willow did the
spell—her Slayer powers would have been activated, and Wesley would
have (unofficially since those sods on the Council don’t like him
anymore) become her Watcher.

head canon approved!