Split personality, anyone?

I am on a roll at the moment! It's fun, but I'm afraid it means that all fic writing is delayed.

This week peasant_ is discussing the Angel/Angelus conundrum. (Why do I have a feeling that having her on my flist is going to get me even *more* obsessed?) Anyway, she was proposing two theories:
 
A: Angel is basically one vampire who behaves in two different ways.
B: Angel and Angelus are two distinct personalities, distinct beings.
 
I've always gone with A, alhtough there are a few - or more precicely ONE BIG - problem. As she put it:
 
I was perfectly happy accepting the integrated model A, assuming Cordy was just deluded in maintaining Angel and Angelus were separate, right up until AtS4 when episodes like Awakening (why does Angel not remember something that Angelus does?) and Orpheus threw a right spanner in the works.

I'm not going to deal with Orpheus - he's under the influence of a magical drug and chatting with Faith somewhere in his own brain. It can all be taken as a metaphor or something. No - it's the other thing:
 
Why can't Angel remember the Beast, but Angelus can? It would seem the definitive proof of model B. Except... I think I've worked it out! And hey - IT ALL MAKES SENSE! *does somersaults*

(ETA: I'm sure loads of you have thought of this already btw.)

( Not only does it make sense, it's also fairly short... )

And because I thought it'd be nice to get a lighter layout for summer, and because I've had this header sat in a folder for far too long, I did up my LJ and it now features lovely Angel. :)

Split personality, anyone?

I am on a roll at the moment! It's fun, but I'm afraid it means that all fic writing is delayed.

This week peasant_ is discussing the Angel/Angelus conundrum. (Why do I have a feeling that having her on my flist is going to get me even *more* obsessed?) Anyway, she was proposing two theories:
 
A: Angel is basically one vampire who behaves in two different ways.
B: Angel and Angelus are two distinct personalities, distinct beings.
 
I've always gone with A, alhtough there are a few - or more precicely ONE BIG - problem. As she put it:
 
I was perfectly happy accepting the integrated model A, assuming Cordy was just deluded in maintaining Angel and Angelus were separate, right up until AtS4 when episodes like Awakening (why does Angel not remember something that Angelus does?) and Orpheus threw a right spanner in the works.

I'm not going to deal with Orpheus - he's under the influence of a magical drug and chatting with Faith somewhere in his own brain. It can all be taken as a metaphor or something. No - it's the other thing:
 
Why can't Angel remember the Beast, but Angelus can? It would seem the definitive proof of model B. Except... I think I've worked it out! And hey - IT ALL MAKES SENSE! *does somersaults*

(ETA: I'm sure loads of you have thought of this already btw.)

( Not only does it make sense, it's also fairly short... )

And because I thought it'd be nice to get a lighter layout for summer, and because I've had this header sat in a folder for far too long, I did up my LJ and it now features lovely Angel. :)