S8 Comics-- Issue #36

[ms_scarletibis]

So yeah, I realize I'm way behind, and I didn't read anyone's thoughts on this issue.  In fact, I just read it.  There were some things that stuck out in my mind as interesting, curious, off putting or just plain yucky.

Thanks to Emmie for the screencaps.

Comments

[eleusis_walks]

Angel really is not a sceptic when it comes to prophecies.

Uh, what. S5 of AtS is all about how Angel is a skeptic when it comes to prophecy, especially post-Jasmine. The idea that Angel would buy any of this claptrap post-Jasmine is ludicrous; the only person he was willing to buy it from was Cordelia in "You're Welcome", because he trusts her and she's a human being who ascended rather than a god lowering herself to human level. And that wasn't a prophecy, it was a path back to the mission.

Wrt "Eve's prophecy", Angel hears it as a supposed extension of an existing prophecy he has reason to believe in (due to The Oracles, The Conduit, etc), from the mouth of a human academic authority he trusts (Sirk). It's not like Eve rants at him and he's like OMG MUST DO AS YOU SAY. Plus, it's more about Spike believing it -- and the threat that presents to Angel -- than Angel himself buying into it completely.

Like in 'Pangs' when Angel dropped everything to go and save her, and in 'End of Days' when Angel dropped everything to save her - yes, I agree. :-)

Uh, Angel didn't drop anything in "End Of Days". The Jasmine crisis was long over and he took his sweet time going over there to give her the amulet, if you compare show timelines. In "Pangs" there was an imminent threat to her life and he did his best to stay out of her way.

[stormwreath]

We see it differently then. Angel's initial reaction might be scepticism and wanting to walk away - which it was in this comic too, remember - but pretty soon he commits wholeheartedly. He wants to believe, because it makes his life meaningful.

Also, bear in mind that what we're seeing here isn't a single event; it's a whole series of flashbacks (including those for the previous Riley one-shot as well). Angel took a whole lot of convincing over a long period of time before he agreed to go along with this.

[eleusis_walks]

He wants to believe, because it makes his life meaningful.

No, what makes his life meaningful is what he puts into it himself. "If nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do." This is the guiding principle of the entire series.

[ms_scarletibis]

This is the guiding principle of the entire series.

Yes, the awesomely awesome series that (apparently) have no bearings on the comics...