While I do agree with you on (a) it's totally a cliffhanger, get over yourself Joss, and (b) the events of NFA being "one last big fuck you before he dies," I can understand Angel's thoughts and motivations enough that I find it in character. Let's be honest: the past two years just beat any last shred of hope he had out of him. He gained and lost and gained and lost a son; he was betrayed by a member of his family; he spent the summer at the bottom of the ocean; his best friend was abducted, then possessed by an evil god, then in a coma, then back just long enough to yell, "Psych!" and die for good; he loses another member of his family; Spike is shacking up with the love of his life, and now is shadowing him, telling him about it; the love of his life and her camp have, seemingly, completely abandoned him; Harmony is his personal assistant.
I can understand how Angel has gotten desperate enough to think that one mighty show of muscle and good intentions will be enough to mean something. Which doesn't mean that it wasn't "a giant hissy fit;" it just means that he was very desperate and disillusioned and made a desperate and disillusioned decision.
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Date: 2008-07-23 10:22 pm (UTC)While I do agree with you on (a) it's totally a cliffhanger, get over yourself Joss, and (b) the events of NFA being "one last big fuck you before he dies," I can understand Angel's thoughts and motivations enough that I find it in character. Let's be honest: the past two years just beat any last shred of hope he had out of him. He gained and lost and gained and lost a son; he was betrayed by a member of his family; he spent the summer at the bottom of the ocean; his best friend was abducted, then possessed by an evil god, then in a coma, then back just long enough to yell, "Psych!" and die for good; he loses another member of his family; Spike is shacking up with the love of his life, and now is shadowing him, telling him about it; the love of his life and her camp have, seemingly, completely abandoned him; Harmony is his personal assistant.
I can understand how Angel has gotten desperate enough to think that one mighty show of muscle and good intentions will be enough to mean something. Which doesn't mean that it wasn't "a giant hissy fit;" it just means that he was very desperate and disillusioned and made a desperate and disillusioned decision.