Belly of the Beast?
peasant_ is a genius! I was thinking about all the food metaphors in 'Unleashed' in yesterday's post, and specifically how often drinking/eating blood comes up in S5. And of course these echoed lines about being eaten:
LILAH: People don't need an unyielding champion. They need a man who knows the value of compromise and how to beat the system from inside the belly of the beast.
ANGEL: The beast's belly? Doesn't that usually mean you've been eaten?
'Home'
Spike: I know you, Angel. What do you think you're doing? Made some devil's bargain to take over this company. Thought you'd use it to fight the evil of the world from inside the belly of the beast. Trouble is you're too busy fighting to see you and yours are getting digested.
'Just Rewards'
This was peasant_'s reply:
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Well you could take it one step further and say the whole season was working towards Angel beating Hamilton by drinking his blood - quite literally consuming the Senior Partners.
Hamilton: "Let me say this as clearly as I can. You cannot beat me. I am a part of them. The Wolf, Ram, and Hart. Their strength flows through my veins. My blood is filled with their ancient power."
Angel (gets to his feet, smirks): "Can you pick out the one word there you probably shouldn’t have said?"
Angel transforms into his vampire facade as he attacks Hamilton, biting him painfully in the jugular. Angel drinks from him, holding on tenaciously as Hamilton struggles to get free. Hamilton is finally able to pull Angel’s head away from his neck, and he throws him across the room again, but this time Angel controls his motion, managing to rotate in the air and land on his feet.
Angel: "Wow." (wipes his lip) "You really are full of it."
Hamilton swings at Angel, but Angel ducks.
"What was that you were saying about ancient power?"
AtS 5-22 - Not Fade Away
All through the season it has been a question of whether Angel will be consumed by the evil of the Wolf, Ram and Hart, or will manage to avoid that fate, and then right at the end he turns the tables and consumes them instead.
*****
I am *so* in awe!
LILAH: People don't need an unyielding champion. They need a man who knows the value of compromise and how to beat the system from inside the belly of the beast.
ANGEL: The beast's belly? Doesn't that usually mean you've been eaten?
'Home'
Spike: I know you, Angel. What do you think you're doing? Made some devil's bargain to take over this company. Thought you'd use it to fight the evil of the world from inside the belly of the beast. Trouble is you're too busy fighting to see you and yours are getting digested.
'Just Rewards'
This was peasant_'s reply:
******
Well you could take it one step further and say the whole season was working towards Angel beating Hamilton by drinking his blood - quite literally consuming the Senior Partners.
Hamilton: "Let me say this as clearly as I can. You cannot beat me. I am a part of them. The Wolf, Ram, and Hart. Their strength flows through my veins. My blood is filled with their ancient power."
Angel (gets to his feet, smirks): "Can you pick out the one word there you probably shouldn’t have said?"
Angel transforms into his vampire facade as he attacks Hamilton, biting him painfully in the jugular. Angel drinks from him, holding on tenaciously as Hamilton struggles to get free. Hamilton is finally able to pull Angel’s head away from his neck, and he throws him across the room again, but this time Angel controls his motion, managing to rotate in the air and land on his feet.
Angel: "Wow." (wipes his lip) "You really are full of it."
Hamilton swings at Angel, but Angel ducks.
"What was that you were saying about ancient power?"
AtS 5-22 - Not Fade Away
All through the season it has been a question of whether Angel will be consumed by the evil of the Wolf, Ram and Hart, or will manage to avoid that fate, and then right at the end he turns the tables and consumes them instead.
*****
I am *so* in awe!