Bad Eggs. A few B/A thoughts...

[elisi]

ibmiller put it very well in his comment to my previous post:

Though sometimes I wonder where the Bangels come from - soulmates? All they did was skate and kiss before he went evil.

Watching the B/A interaction in Bad Eggs, it doesn't scream 'Eternal Love' - what I see is two kids (I know Angel is 200+, but I doubt he's ever been in love before, so I'm going by emotional maturity) who are madly in love. I remember feeling like that. Being completely wrapped up in someone else and thinking that spending every waking minute kissing would be the best possible way of spending my life! :) And it's a wonderful feeling. But it's not eternal love.

Buffy and Angel do very little talking - and are seriously neglectful of what they *should* be doing. The Gorch brothers are sat on the cemetary wall, watching, wondering why the heck Angelus is madly snogging the Slayer. Being so lost in each other, they completely fail to see the warning signs - the 'sex education lesson' is as subtle as a sledge hammer, but Buffy obviously pays no attention. Xander and Cordy are the ones talking, but they're not the ones about to give in to their passion. The negative consequences of sex are to be experienced by Buffy, and it'll be nothing as simple as pregnancy.

See there's a difference between being 'in love' and actual, mature love. That's not to say that one can't develop into the other, but they're not the same.

(I've love to talk about this at length, but sadly that RL thing is intruding again. Blah. Thoughts? Comments?)

Comments

[elisi]

Thank you! :) And I'm looking forward to your essay.

I think love plays a big part in the nature of good.
But of course - God is love. (Not the other way round though!)

[ibmiller.livejournal.com]

Too true - and hopefully the essay will be started next week.