Xandra's Mandy video is very good. There was a hint of Bangel there, but it's mostly Angel/Darla.
Now what I don’t like is the break up scene in ‘The Prom’. Grrrr. Everyone is going behind Buffy’s back and treating her like a silly little girl who needs ‘her man’ to do ‘what’s best for her’. *sporks them all* I want to reach through the screen and slap Angel about, reminding him that she broke up with him first!!!!! It was only half a year ago, did everyone catch amnesia? She told him, as plain as can be “What I want from you I can never have.” Well he should have acted on it then. (As I said I rather like him in S3, and all the set-up for AtS is very good. But that the break up is just awful!) /end rant
Awww, I think you're a little hard on Angel. I think from the beginning he realized that it was doomed, but then he was all "Hey, I love her, she loves me, why wreck this?" And then goes the Bangel love story, ruined by Angelus coming, then when Angel came back from hell, there was uncertainty between the two, then (I don't really remember S3) Angel and Buffy decided to start their relationship over again. It was until The Mayor reminded Angel of his fears during the early eps of S2, a relationship between a human and a vampire is doomed. These fears were deepened by Joyce's feelings towards that ship.
I find Angel's decision to leave very wise and selfless. I had a lot of respect for him when he made that decision. I think Angel was the only character who decided to leave his partner and not only way right about it, but did it in the right time.
Many characters in the show decided to leave. Some were right about it but all of them chose the wrong time to leave. Giles (Tabula Rasa) Xander (Hell's Bells) Oz (Wild At Heart) Riley (Into the Woods) Tara (Tabula Rasa) had left their loved ones but did it unwisely, in a wrong time, which led to a lot of damage to the people they love even though their intentions in leaving were good, and quite selfish in Giles and Oz' parts. Tara and Riley left for their benefit and not for their lovers' benefit, and I don't fault them for that. If a relationship doesn't work out for you, you have every right to leave. Spike also left Buffy in Seeing Red when things got rough, but I'm not sure if it did Buffy any damage like when it happened with Giles and Riley.
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Now what I don’t like is the break up scene in ‘The Prom’. Grrrr. Everyone is going behind Buffy’s back and treating her like a silly little girl who needs ‘her man’ to do ‘what’s best for her’. *sporks them all* I want to reach through the screen and slap Angel about, reminding him that she broke up with him first!!!!! It was only half a year ago, did everyone catch amnesia? She told him, as plain as can be “What I want from you I can never have.” Well he should have acted on it then. (As I said I rather like him in S3, and all the set-up for AtS is very good. But that the break up is just awful!) /end rant
Awww, I think you're a little hard on Angel. I think from the beginning he realized that it was doomed, but then he was all "Hey, I love her, she loves me, why wreck this?" And then goes the Bangel love story, ruined by Angelus coming, then when Angel came back from hell, there was uncertainty between the two, then (I don't really remember S3) Angel and Buffy decided to start their relationship over again. It was until The Mayor reminded Angel of his fears during the early eps of S2, a relationship between a human and a vampire is doomed. These fears were deepened by Joyce's feelings towards that ship.
I find Angel's decision to leave very wise and selfless. I had a lot of respect for him when he made that decision. I think Angel was the only character who decided to leave his partner and not only way right about it, but did it in the right time.
Many characters in the show decided to leave. Some were right about it but all of them chose the wrong time to leave. Giles (Tabula Rasa) Xander (Hell's Bells) Oz (Wild At Heart) Riley (Into the Woods) Tara (Tabula Rasa) had left their loved ones but did it unwisely, in a wrong time, which led to a lot of damage to the people they love even though their intentions in leaving were good, and quite selfish in Giles and Oz' parts. Tara and Riley left for their benefit and not for their lovers' benefit, and I don't fault them for that. If a relationship doesn't work out for you, you have every right to leave. Spike also left Buffy in Seeing Red when things got rough, but I'm not sure if it did Buffy any damage like when it happened with Giles and Riley.