Post by AngelFaith on Mar 29, 2010 21:05:42 GMT -5
Warning, this is going to be a long post. I’m bored and feel like getting my thoughts about Angel/Angelus/ Buffy out. Btw, I’ll also be posting another thread on Spike/Buffy. Nehoo, read on.
It is my firm belief that Angel and Buffy are true soulmates. That said, that doesn’t mean that they will end up together or that, ultimately, they even belong together. In my way of thinking, soul mates means that they are connected at the deepest and most spiritual level. They can feel the other one when they can’t see them. They never seem to be able to break away completely. Even though they both go off and fall for other people they still have an unbreakable bond. Every time they meet after Angel leaves Sunnydale they become physical and the topic of their relationship comes up. They can’t be together and yet they don’t seem to stop wanting to be. They both know the obstacles and yet they both seem to hold onto some tiny glimmer of hope. That said, I honestly don’t think they could ever make it work between them.
Now, it really grates my cheese when people lean on the “Buffy was in highschool, so it wasn’t real love” defence. Because, quite frankly, it’s crap. Just because a romance starts in highschool, doesn’t mean it can’t be a valid, deep relationship. Buffy and Angel were clearly in love, even though she was young. That doesn’t mean that her feelings were shallow, or based purely on her hormones. She loved Angel. She couldn’t kill him after he turned, even after he killed Jenny. It wasn’t untill the world was literally about to end that she did what she needed to, resulting in a near-breakdown and a summer vacation in Hell.
Now Angelus, he’s interesting. He’s a creature of pure evil and the things he did to Buffy and her friends were horrendous. His love of torture, the way he plans every single move is fascinating. It’s not enough for him to just kill Buffy – he wants to make her pay for the fact that Angel fell in love with her. For the fact that he can still taste the humanity she left in Angel’s mouth.
I think the reason that I (and most Bangels) find it easy to forgive Angel for all his evil acts is because Angel and Angelus are so often portrayed as two separate entities that just happen to exist in the same body. Angel makes several references to the demon that lives inside his body (ie. Angelus) and the Angel episode Orpheus even goes as far as to show the two separate personas battling inside Angel’s mind. Angelus is a horrifying creature, and when I think of how he tortured Giles, killed Jenny and stalked Buffy I find myself hating Angel a bit. But, as I said, the way they have portrayed Angel and Angelus on both shows makes it easier for us to keep them as separate entities and therefore let’s us still love Angel despite the evil he’s done as Angelus.
Bottom line, I love Buffy and Angel together. That doesn’t mean that I have blinders on and believe that they can sort through the emotional mountain of baggage that they have piled between them or that Angel is some soulful, wonderful vampire. He has done evil even with a soul and I am well aware of that. But I believe that they will never be able to completely break free of each other – some part of them will always belong to the other, despite who they end up with in the end.
It is my firm belief that Angel and Buffy are true soulmates. That said, that doesn’t mean that they will end up together or that, ultimately, they even belong together. In my way of thinking, soul mates means that they are connected at the deepest and most spiritual level. They can feel the other one when they can’t see them. They never seem to be able to break away completely. Even though they both go off and fall for other people they still have an unbreakable bond. Every time they meet after Angel leaves Sunnydale they become physical and the topic of their relationship comes up. They can’t be together and yet they don’t seem to stop wanting to be. They both know the obstacles and yet they both seem to hold onto some tiny glimmer of hope. That said, I honestly don’t think they could ever make it work between them.
Now, it really grates my cheese when people lean on the “Buffy was in highschool, so it wasn’t real love” defence. Because, quite frankly, it’s crap. Just because a romance starts in highschool, doesn’t mean it can’t be a valid, deep relationship. Buffy and Angel were clearly in love, even though she was young. That doesn’t mean that her feelings were shallow, or based purely on her hormones. She loved Angel. She couldn’t kill him after he turned, even after he killed Jenny. It wasn’t untill the world was literally about to end that she did what she needed to, resulting in a near-breakdown and a summer vacation in Hell.
Now Angelus, he’s interesting. He’s a creature of pure evil and the things he did to Buffy and her friends were horrendous. His love of torture, the way he plans every single move is fascinating. It’s not enough for him to just kill Buffy – he wants to make her pay for the fact that Angel fell in love with her. For the fact that he can still taste the humanity she left in Angel’s mouth.
I think the reason that I (and most Bangels) find it easy to forgive Angel for all his evil acts is because Angel and Angelus are so often portrayed as two separate entities that just happen to exist in the same body. Angel makes several references to the demon that lives inside his body (ie. Angelus) and the Angel episode Orpheus even goes as far as to show the two separate personas battling inside Angel’s mind. Angelus is a horrifying creature, and when I think of how he tortured Giles, killed Jenny and stalked Buffy I find myself hating Angel a bit. But, as I said, the way they have portrayed Angel and Angelus on both shows makes it easier for us to keep them as separate entities and therefore let’s us still love Angel despite the evil he’s done as Angelus.
Bottom line, I love Buffy and Angel together. That doesn’t mean that I have blinders on and believe that they can sort through the emotional mountain of baggage that they have piled between them or that Angel is some soulful, wonderful vampire. He has done evil even with a soul and I am well aware of that. But I believe that they will never be able to completely break free of each other – some part of them will always belong to the other, despite who they end up with in the end.
