Very interesting thoughts (though I'm far from convinced that Angel's character was this worked out as early in the series as "Angel" - Darla's certainly wasn't). Oh no, I'm sure it wasn't. But I love to put everything together, to use later information to explain things that were puzzling before - which is why ret-cons can be brilliant. (And why I'm so annoyed with the s8 ones, because they make *less* sense of canon than before. Stupid comics.)
But a lot of interesting things can be said about Angel's development over the first 1 1/2 seasons Oh yes - I think both he and Buffy were on similar paths, except Buffy was further along. :)
Who knows what might have happened if he'd continued on that path... to quote Robot Chicken: "Yeah, but then THAT happened." Heh!
And Angel is nothing if not consistent. Angel's consistency is a thing of delight. And then of course when he breaks the pattern it's even more delightful. :)
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Oh no, I'm sure it wasn't. But I love to put everything together, to use later information to explain things that were puzzling before - which is why ret-cons can be brilliant. (And why I'm so annoyed with the s8 ones, because they make *less* sense of canon than before. Stupid comics.)
But a lot of interesting things can be said about Angel's development over the first 1 1/2 seasons
Oh yes - I think both he and Buffy were on similar paths, except Buffy was further along. :)
Who knows what might have happened if he'd continued on that path... to quote Robot Chicken: "Yeah, but then THAT happened."
Heh!
And Angel is nothing if not consistent.
Angel's consistency is a thing of delight. And then of course when he breaks the pattern it's even more delightful. :)