Plus you have to add that in the mos significant, IMO, character episode about Spike and Angel/Angelus, "Destiny" - he won that struggle, both physically and symbolic. He makes the choice, and Angel/Angelus even tells Spike that Europe will still be there after they have taken care of their immediate emergency.
But I have to say that one of the things that I always wanted for this character is to be able to live as a hero/champion/man without his awesome love for Buffy - and his expression of that status was given in a whisper in Angel. One of the most significant developments of his entire journey and it is acknowledged almost by no one - and possibly by no other character. It's been a while since I have watched Angel Season 5 - but as I remember Spike is almost speaking to himself.
Can't wait to see where Joss Whedon is going to take his characters for the ending of the comic book season.
It's such a pity, IMVHO, that the Buffy-Angel kissing scene was ever used in the finale - I don't see that it had anything to do with the current storyline of the series. Especially the ending of that scene and Buffy's line about still thinking about them as a potential couple - it was like hooking her right back into her past instead of letting her move on as a strong and independent woman on her own life path. If it was time for Spike to move on, it was even more time for Buffy to move on as well.
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But I have to say that one of the things that I always wanted for this character is to be able to live as a hero/champion/man without his awesome love for Buffy - and his expression of that status was given in a whisper in Angel. One of the most significant developments of his entire journey and it is acknowledged almost by no one - and possibly by no other character. It's been a while since I have watched Angel Season 5 - but as I remember Spike is almost speaking to himself.
Can't wait to see where Joss Whedon is going to take his characters for the ending of the comic book season.
It's such a pity, IMVHO, that the Buffy-Angel kissing scene was ever used in the finale - I don't see that it had anything to do with the current storyline of the series.
Especially the ending of that scene and Buffy's line about still thinking about them as a potential couple - it was like hooking her right back into her past instead of letting her move on as a strong and independent woman on her own life path. If it was time for Spike to move on, it was even more time for Buffy to move on as well.