Angel. The Fall
The main complaints against Angel's arc I saw online boil down to two claims: a) Angel is out of character and b) to service Buffy's journey, Angel is destroyed.
Judging by Jeanty's Q&As, Angel's arc in season 8 is over. He won't be in #40. It's time to sum up his story. What the hell has happened to him?
( Angel, Joss way )
Judging by Jeanty's Q&As, Angel's arc in season 8 is over. He won't be in #40. It's time to sum up his story. What the hell has happened to him?
( Angel, Joss way )
Thank you!
If breaking the Seed cuts off Earth from all the other dimensions, presumably that means the Powers That Be wouldn't be able to reach or influence Earth either. So in their opinion, breaking it would be a defeat for them; the last thing they'd want their champions to do.
Then again, not breaking it is even the bigger defeat, because Earth dies and there will be nothing to reach and influence. (I tried to build a logical explanation of PtB's position to argue Leyki's point, but it became too complicated so I focused on Willow's possible reaction. She is very strong - she could turn Angel into a frog, despite all his God-like powers. So she could be a crucial factor here.
Has anyone asked Scott or Jane if that was 'really' Whistler, or instead Twilight in disguise?I read all their interviews I see online, but, AFAIK, nobody asked them. My hands are itching to go to Jane's blog and ask directly. The only thing that stops me is the thought that maybe it will be the crucial plot point of Angel's arc in season 9 ( ... )
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Agree, Gods and wisdom are often antithetical in Jossverse. But in that case, why bother with Angel at all? Why not influence the other couple?
(Like I said, complicated :)
The Powers aren't in control - they have enemies who are just as strong as them (the Wolf, Ram and Hart), not to mention their own internal rivalries (Jasmine).
I always had an impression that PtB and Senior Partners are the same entities. "Senior Partners" is legalese for "Powers That Be". "Powers That Be" is a theological term of "Senior Partners"...
"Little by little, the tribes used the Earth up. Barren, she had little left to offer them. Swollen of her, they left. And for the first time since the Great Burn that birthed her, she was alone. The Earth cried, and terrible were her tears. Acid and caustic, the spawn of the tribes' rape. They flowed a century. The fire that finally came did so as a blessing." Heh. As soon as I saw Spike's steampunk ship, I ( ... )
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In the sense that Warren Mears and Willow Rosenberg are both humans, yes, I'd agree that the PtB and the SPs are the same too. :-) They're rival factions, not literally the same people.
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