Because Spike was actually sorry for what he did to the point of getting a soul, and Angel is still all down with the program?
I was funning you about the shipping thing, though! The reason why "Buffy just trusts him" isn't OK is because Buffy shouldn't. At least not on my read of things... since I'm someone who thinks that a guy who thinks it was right to kill Drogyn, order Lindsey's execution, etc. etc. is not someone who ought to be trusted. If she's doing it because she still lurves him, it means she's still got a big blind spot on who Angel actually is. Should we ever geta story where Buffy confronts how dark Angel can be and still lurves him, then I'd go with your story. Absent that, any story about #33-35 that doesn't include Buffy coming to really regret her 'trust' in Angel is a problem for me. It opens up Joss to the critique that he really is no better than Stephanie Meyer.
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I was funning you about the shipping thing, though! The reason why "Buffy just trusts him" isn't OK is because Buffy shouldn't. At least not on my read of things... since I'm someone who thinks that a guy who thinks it was right to kill Drogyn, order Lindsey's execution, etc. etc. is not someone who ought to be trusted. If she's doing it because she still lurves him, it means she's still got a big blind spot on who Angel actually is. Should we ever geta story where Buffy confronts how dark Angel can be and still lurves him, then I'd go with your story. Absent that, any story about #33-35 that doesn't include Buffy coming to really regret her 'trust' in Angel is a problem for me. It opens up Joss to the critique that he really is no better than Stephanie Meyer.