Angel does do all that zipping around in alt-dimensions and talking to insect-beings and guys in body paint in that very Doctor Who-ish sort of way, too, doesn't he?
Yeah, except not so much with the aversion to violence. But, depending on the incarnation in question, The Doctor has been known to manifest that same odd mix of immortal self-assurance and little-boy brattiness.
As per above, it's not my intention to play Buffy as being bad/wrong. She's got a right to expect a certain amount of honesty from her exes, and from her point of view, they've suddenly kinda left her off the Christmas card list.
As we've oft discussed, it's always nice to feel that every character could make a solid defense of their actions if they were called to account. One envisions a kind of mid-story cross-examination, in which the reader whisks each of them off-stage in turn and ends up agreeing with the most recently interrogated character...
I'm afraid I may not be totally done with that ep yet. What can I say? It left a lot of baggage behind.
Oh jeepers. Perhaps Spike may yet go all Helter Skelter on Andrew.
Even back in Season 2, we had Whistler commenting about how Acathla was meant to be Angel's big moment to shine as a hero and "nobody saw you coming." Which does make one wonder if that is indeed the point where Angel's destiny got thrown off course...
You know, I was actually going to allude to this in the final chapter of "Resolution." It appears we've been thinking along similar lines here, which probably isn't too surprising given that we, y'know, talk about this stuff sometimes. (And not just in the vein of "Hey, I just thought of another level on which Season Seven sucked," although it might seem like that.)
Yes, this is why Buffy and Angel understand each other the way they do. They both know what it's like to be the one and only lonely hero.
And now we've got Spike modeling himself on Angel too. Jeez, these kids sure picked a pretty dysfunctional daddy-figure, didn't they?
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Angel does do all that zipping around in alt-dimensions and talking to insect-beings and guys in body paint in that very Doctor Who-ish sort of way, too, doesn't he?
Yeah, except not so much with the aversion to violence. But, depending on the incarnation in question, The Doctor has been known to manifest that same odd mix of immortal self-assurance and little-boy brattiness.
As per above, it's not my intention to play Buffy as being bad/wrong. She's got a right to expect a certain amount of honesty from her exes, and from her point of view, they've suddenly kinda left her off the Christmas card list.
As we've oft discussed, it's always nice to feel that every character could make a solid defense of their actions if they were called to account. One envisions a kind of mid-story cross-examination, in which the reader whisks each of them off-stage in turn and ends up agreeing with the most recently interrogated character...
I'm afraid I may not be totally done with that ep yet. What can I say? It left a lot of baggage behind.
Oh jeepers. Perhaps Spike may yet go all Helter Skelter on Andrew.
Even back in Season 2, we had Whistler commenting about how Acathla was meant to be Angel's big moment to shine as a hero and "nobody saw you coming." Which does make one wonder if that is indeed the point where Angel's destiny got thrown off course...
You know, I was actually going to allude to this in the final chapter of "Resolution." It appears we've been thinking along similar lines here, which probably isn't too surprising given that we, y'know, talk about this stuff sometimes. (And not just in the vein of "Hey, I just thought of another level on which Season Seven sucked," although it might seem like that.)
Yes, this is why Buffy and Angel understand each other the way they do. They both know what it's like to be the one and only lonely hero.
And now we've got Spike modeling himself on Angel too. Jeez, these kids sure picked a pretty dysfunctional daddy-figure, didn't they?