Having read some interviews with the Whedon team (and the article in TV Guide), I get the sense that the finale was designed purposefully to be all cliffhangerish. If the four or five Angel TV movies I keep reading about actually do go into production, I think it'll be pretty interesting and telling to see which of the actors are on the payroll. Then again, Wesley was my favorite too.
Glad that your character at least had a good death. It seems that so many series go through an arc where for a while the characters are allowed to develop naturally through the evolution of the story, but at a certain point the writers seem to say, 'Enough of this!' and try to wrest control of the character for their own (plot-based) purposes. The results, sadly, are characters who are no longer themselves, and with the loss of the esssence of the character, fan investment is also lost.
Wes reminds me of another favorite character of mine--John Crichton of Farscape. He starts out too naive for the job in front of him really, and gradually, through terrible experience his character grows dramatically. In both cases you could probably say that they became stronger for the struggle, but they both would have been better off if they hadn't had to go through the transformation, especially those long stretches of complete insanity during the annealing process.
For us, though, sheer bliss. A character who changes. Who, though damaged, carries on. Of course, I've often wondered if Crichton wasn't Krycek from the Resistence's point of view too. The best characters, it seems to me, are completely whacko.
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For us, though, sheer bliss. A character who changes. Who, though damaged, carries on. Of course, I've often wondered if Crichton wasn't Krycek from the Resistence's point of view too. The best characters, it seems to me, are completely whacko.
Camille
(wave wave)
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