Fanlore:Featured Article Archives/2020: Week 27
Buffy/Faith is a popular femslash pairing in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom between slayers Buffy Summers and Faith. It is sometimes smooshed into 'Fuffy'.
With many fans headcanoning Faith as bisexual or a lesbian, and some fans feeling that the (romantic) relationship between the two approached canon, Faith's appearance on the show is credited with giving rise to an increase of femslash in Buffy fandom. The tumultuous canon relationship between the two gave fans plenty of material for angst and darkfic, as well as canon divergent AUs and missing scenes exploring alternate possibilities.
Some fans felt the relationship between the two in canon approached textual, and many, though not all, fans considered Faith to be bisexual or even lesbian. Until the canonical Willow/Tara relationship came along, Buffy/Faith was the most popular femslash ship on the show, and it remains the most popular femslash pairing for both Buffy & Faith.