Darkness as a great Big Bad plan: yes, exactly. And I loved that it actually stayed for quite a while.
Yeah, me too. I'm fed up of things being solved almost instantly!
And that would be why I think s4, as a whole, is better written than s2, as a whole. I mean, I love s2 right until Epiphany, which I love and hate (the hate part would be Lorne's "oh, don't worry about that lawyer buffet, those guys were meant to die anyway, and aren't you glad you got rid of the bitch?" speech, plus the fact Wesley, Cordy and Gunn never seem to be troubled by the lawyer buffet again, either
Hmmm, I guess that's been fanwanked in my head, with fanon filling in for canon. But I do see your point.
Quite. It's telling that Wesley basically is early second season Wes again, complete with glasses, and Gunn is early second season Gunn as well, and Fred basically is the nice office girl.
Watching this in light of the S5 opener is weird. I mean, seeing as how I had such trouble with the second half of S3, basically I went from S2 (or early S3) to S5 - so I didn't have a break in character continuity. And seeing the direction that everyone was heading in, and how in S5 they're essentially re-set, it's really quite creepy in retrospect.
It's an interesting contrast to Spike, I think, because Spike does thrive on the whole Slayer-of-Slayers rep and the public credit (and wants it for having saved the world in s5).
Ah, but even as a human William wanted to be recognised by the world as not a loser. Angel wanted to make the world pay, instead.
Which is basically what he does in "Awakening" already
Again, it's weird to watch Awakening post-S5, as S5 is basically the finished version of the Awakening dry-run!
And point the second: Kita in her story "Manus" does a great thing about Angel in s5 parallizing Spike/Buffy with Connor/Cordelia in his mind.
I mean, seeing as how I had such trouble with the second half of S3, basically I went from S2 (or early S3) to S5 - so I didn't have a break in character continuity. And seeing the direction that everyone was heading in, and how in S5 they're essentially re-set, it's really quite creepy in retrospect.
Mmmm, yes, though I really think one can appreciate 5 better after 4, because I don't think they're actually reset. And not just because Angel remembers and many of his reactions make no sense if you haven't watched the previous seasons. Also because something like, say, Gunn's pride and joy in being a supersmart lawyer directly hails from the increasing sense of inferiority and failure he had in 4. And as for Wesley, well - I think I'll link you to my two reviews of s5 as a whole.
Yeah, me too. I'm fed up of things being solved almost instantly!
And that would be why I think s4, as a whole, is better written than s2, as a whole. I mean, I love s2 right until Epiphany, which I love and hate (the hate part would be Lorne's "oh, don't worry about that lawyer buffet, those guys were meant to die anyway, and aren't you glad you got rid of the bitch?" speech, plus the fact Wesley, Cordy and Gunn never seem to be troubled by the lawyer buffet again, either
Hmmm, I guess that's been fanwanked in my head, with fanon filling in for canon. But I do see your point.
Quite. It's telling that Wesley basically is early second season Wes again, complete with glasses, and Gunn is early second season Gunn as well, and Fred basically is the nice office girl.
Watching this in light of the S5 opener is weird. I mean, seeing as how I had such trouble with the second half of S3, basically I went from S2 (or early S3) to S5 - so I didn't have a break in character continuity. And seeing the direction that everyone was heading in, and how in S5 they're essentially re-set, it's really quite creepy in retrospect.
It's an interesting contrast to Spike, I think, because Spike does thrive on the whole Slayer-of-Slayers rep and the public credit (and wants it for having saved the world in s5).
Ah, but even as a human William wanted to be recognised by the world as not a loser. Angel wanted to make the world pay, instead.
Which is basically what he does in "Awakening" already
Again, it's weird to watch Awakening post-S5, as S5 is basically the finished version of the Awakening dry-run!
And point the second: Kita in her story "Manus" does a great thing about Angel in s5 parallizing Spike/Buffy with Connor/Cordelia in his mind.
Yes, I read it recently, and it's fab.
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Mmmm, yes, though I really think one can appreciate 5 better after 4, because I don't think they're actually reset. And not just because Angel remembers and many of his reactions make no sense if you haven't watched the previous seasons. Also because something like, say, Gunn's pride and joy in being a supersmart lawyer directly hails from the increasing sense of inferiority and failure he had in 4. And as for Wesley, well - I think I'll link you to my two reviews of s5 as a whole.
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