Have you noticed the deafening silence from Bangeldom since #35 came out? Well, no, but then I'm not really in any Bangel corners of fandom. Whedonesque tries to shut down shipping, and though I occasionally lurk on BF it's not enough to get a feel for what Bangel HQ is feeling. But I believe you.
Your read on the contradictory guesses is very good. It doesn't explain everything. It doesn't explain why Angel goes from "We can fix it!" to "We don't have to fix it!" (or some such) in, like, two panels. It doesn't explain why Willow and Warren's first reaction upon seeing each other for the first time since The Long Way Home is to debate the merits of Bangel. To do that you either have to say it's bad or also say that there is deliberate OOC going on, beyond just characters making random guesses. But don't get me wrong--I think that some kind of OOC could work. And, hell, we have no way of knowing that the glow didn't affect everyone else in emotional proximity as well. Turbulence devoted a few panels to showing that glamours can make people behave mostly normally but act weird in specific ways (not remembering that Giles, Faith and Andrew are gone).
Anyway, I'm recommending some caution. I probably won't follow it. The one preview page got me really excited. And while I try to avoid any spoilers, I couldn't resist reading the blurb for 37 and I really want to read this issue (well, 36 first) RIGHT NOW. I really do want to know what you think indescriminate means. (Indescriminate = love the first black clad hunk of a knight thing you see? Love a person even though you don't trust them? Love them completely, with your whole heart, even though every sign says "get away"?)
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Well, no, but then I'm not really in any Bangel corners of fandom. Whedonesque tries to shut down shipping, and though I occasionally lurk on BF it's not enough to get a feel for what Bangel HQ is feeling. But I believe you.
Your read on the contradictory guesses is very good. It doesn't explain everything. It doesn't explain why Angel goes from "We can fix it!" to "We don't have to fix it!" (or some such) in, like, two panels. It doesn't explain why Willow and Warren's first reaction upon seeing each other for the first time since The Long Way Home is to debate the merits of Bangel. To do that you either have to say it's bad or also say that there is deliberate OOC going on, beyond just characters making random guesses. But don't get me wrong--I think that some kind of OOC could work. And, hell, we have no way of knowing that the glow didn't affect everyone else in emotional proximity as well. Turbulence devoted a few panels to showing that glamours can make people behave mostly normally but act weird in specific ways (not remembering that Giles, Faith and Andrew are gone).
Anyway, I'm recommending some caution. I probably won't follow it. The one preview page got me really excited. And while I try to avoid any spoilers, I couldn't resist reading the blurb for 37 and I really want to read this issue (well, 36 first) RIGHT NOW. I really do want to know what you think indescriminate means. (Indescriminate = love the first black clad hunk of a knight thing you see? Love a person even though you don't trust them? Love them completely, with your whole heart, even though every sign says "get away"?)