The problem with the despair angel for me is that Buffy gets a tearful glint in her eye with a smile on her face when she looks at Angel. Jeanty didn't sell Buffy giving into despair, but Buffy giving into romantic love and looking happy about it.
Agreed. These are the bullshit "misty, water-colored memories" that show Buffy has totally gotten over the "oh, yeah, got your girls killed and aligned all your enemies against you, but it was all because a talking dog licking its balls told me to I love you and I want to push you!"
This is why I so often agree with King (silently in my head, at least) because he, too, sees an evil guy getting off the hook by our heroine who I hate thinking less of. The options for Buffy all have negatives attached to them - glowhypnol, despair, tru wuv made her do it - and none of these are my girl. I want to see a rejection of Twangel and what he stands for - that's what TV show Buffy would be unafraid to do. Comic book Buffy just gets misty-eyed like Barbara in The Way We Were and goes back hand in hand with the mass murderer who has been the villain the entire time.
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Agreed. These are the bullshit "misty, water-colored memories" that show Buffy has totally gotten over the "oh, yeah, got your girls killed and aligned all your enemies against you, but it was all because
a talking dog licking its balls told me toI love you and I want to push you!"This is why I so often agree with King (silently in my head, at least) because he, too, sees an evil guy getting off the hook by our heroine who I hate thinking less of. The options for Buffy all have negatives attached to them - glowhypnol, despair, tru wuv made her do it - and none of these are my girl. I want to see a rejection of Twangel and what he stands for - that's what TV show Buffy would be unafraid to do. Comic book Buffy just gets misty-eyed like Barbara in The Way We Were and goes back hand in hand with the mass murderer who has been the villain the entire time.