he lied. Deaths of 200+ slayers was part of the plan from the very beginning
That's never been said. Angel's plan was simply to make Buffy feel under pressure and powerless, while doing his best to delay or prevent the plan of his followers to kill all 2,000 Slayers. I don't think his culpability for the 206 that he failed to save is as cut and dried as 99% of fandom seems to assume.
And the Riley one-shot surely established that he didn't think he was doing it for "her own good" - he was doing it to save the world, and regretted what he had to do to her even if he did think she'd benefit from it in the end?
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Date: 2010-08-29 10:25 pm (UTC)That's never been said. Angel's plan was simply to make Buffy feel under pressure and powerless, while doing his best to delay or prevent the plan of his followers to kill all 2,000 Slayers. I don't think his culpability for the 206 that he failed to save is as cut and dried as 99% of fandom seems to assume.
And the Riley one-shot surely established that he didn't think he was doing it for "her own good" - he was doing it to save the world, and regretted what he had to do to her even if he did think she'd benefit from it in the end?