Because of his increasing dedication to heroics and self-sacrifice — that is, because he consciously chose to act as a hero and thus eventually to become one — people tend to overlook and forget Angel’s past history of weakness. He would have let Buffy die in “Prophecy Girl”, it was Xander’s intervention that made all the difference. That doesn’t define the totality of Angel’s character, but said totality is diminished if one ignores inconvenient facts.
To my mind, it was facing his weaknesses and devoting himself to overcoming them (or atoning for them, each one augmenting the other) that moved Angel into something beyond tragic, broody hunk. I really don’t believe he was too hard on himself; ultimately, it seems that he chose just about the right balance.
As far as Buffy’s age, that’s up to argument … but this story (like bastardsnow’s original) takes place shortly after “Amends”, which was set at Christmas, and Buffy’s birthday is traditionally in January. So she would have been just short of 18. Even aside from that, though, it wasn’t ME who said she was 17, it was Xander. After serious drinking and with part of his mind somewhere else. So I’m willing to let it stay.
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Date: 2007-05-06 01:33 am (UTC)To my mind, it was facing his weaknesses and devoting himself to overcoming them (or atoning for them, each one augmenting the other) that moved Angel into something beyond tragic, broody hunk. I really don’t believe he was too hard on himself; ultimately, it seems that he chose just about the right balance.
As far as Buffy’s age, that’s up to argument … but this story (like