But it does sort of bother me than the shanshu's always hanging over Angel -- it's like he's doing good Just For The Reward, which the anti-Spike contingency was always accusing Spike of doing
What I enjoyed so much about Season 2 is that, once Angel's had the Glorious Reward dangled in front of him, he goes nuts. When we sat down and watched the DVD box set straight through, I really came away with the impression that Angel's whole ends-justifies-the-means phase, where he cuts off all his human connections and devotes himself to taking down the White Whale that is Wolfram & Hart, is largely a reaction to the Shanshu prophecy. Sure, there's the whole Darla thing mixed in there too, but I think a lot of it comes from the belief that if he can pull off This One Last Big Score then he can Get Out Of The Game For Good. Like you said, it's a noir thang.
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Re: Sisyphus the Vampire vs. Shanshu
Date: 2004-04-06 07:28 pm (UTC)What I enjoyed so much about Season 2 is that, once Angel's had the Glorious Reward dangled in front of him, he goes nuts. When we sat down and watched the DVD box set straight through, I really came away with the impression that Angel's whole ends-justifies-the-means phase, where he cuts off all his human connections and devotes himself to taking down the White Whale that is Wolfram & Hart, is largely a reaction to the Shanshu prophecy. Sure, there's the whole Darla thing mixed in there too, but I think a lot of it comes from the belief that if he can pull off This One Last Big Score then he can Get Out Of The Game For Good. Like you said, it's a noir thang.
They got their shanshu in my noir!
Hee!