Day 19 : Does Angel or Buffy could live in a world where one of them is dead ?
Of course. It has been shown in both series. When Buffy killed Angel, it was a trauma for her, she ran away from home, she went to live in another city but she continued her life. She was still thinking of Angel, but as I said she continued to live and the more time progressed the less she suffered from his death.
Angel, when he learned about Buffy's death, it was a hit, but he survived too. His regret at being just not to have been there at the time of her death, not to have saved her. I also like her discussion with Cordelia about it.
Imagine the scene between Buffy and Angel during season 6 of Buffy and 3 of Angel when they meet and we don't know more !
Sigh .. 2 years ago I wrote something about it but it's so bad that I gave up before the end. I share it but I warn you it's bad. I am null in writing.
Buffy arrives at the place that Angel has told her. It was a hotel, not very luxurious, but it did not matter to her. She was going to see her first love, the one we never really forget. Perhaps this reunion would revive the flame of life that had died out at the time of her death and since then burned no more, even since her resurrection. Maybe Angel would make sense of her unease and come to comfort her. Or maybe he would not understand, maybe he would not awaken anything burning in her. Especially since all these assumptions were based on a big question: Will she tell him the truth? In any case, Buffy felt ready for this conversation, she had to anticipate the questions and she only had to elaborate the answers while deciding whether or not she wanted to answer them honestly. However, Buffy had not planned ...
Angel : Buffy!
...that Angel disturbs her in her thoughts.
She turned around, and he was there. Angel, the tall handsome vampire she will probably love all her life. Always so elegant, always so beautiful. She also noticed that he was still intimidating her.
Buffy : Angel.
Angel : Are..... you...... really here ?
He steps forward and takes Buffy in his arms. This surprised Buffy who did not expect something so demonstrative from Angel who was visually very happy but not to the point of losing his soul. Angel notices that Buffy seems disturbed.
Angel : Sorry .. To see you here, it seems so unreal. When Willow called me to tell me everything, I immediately wanted to see you. One part of me jumped for joy, the other part did not want to believe it. I needed to see you to believe it.
Buffy : a part of me still refuses to believe it ..
Angel : Are..... you okay ? Life again and all that goes with it, you get out of it ?
Buffy answered with some hesitation and a false-smile
Buffy : Yes. Completely. I was in a horrible place ! Dying was horrible, living is much more pleasant. I have my friends, Dawn, the slaying thing, I'm right in my life that I loved, adore. I am full of life !
but she noticed at Angel's expression that she had not managed to convince him. Then she suddenly felt that she was forced to say what she really felt, that for once she felt she had to do it because she was in front of a person in whom she knew she could trust and who could understand her.
Buffy : No ... not really. All of this is a lie. This false smile is a mask that does not reflect the truth. These words I have just pronounced have no meaning for me. All this new life is a lie. I do like everyone else, I play a role, I pretend that I love this world, that life is worth living. Life itself is a magnificent lie. Everything I do, everything I say, everything I see around me, nothing matters anymore, nothing feels right. I do not feel at home in this world. I must not be here.
Angel : That's not true. You may not feel it for now, but you're part of this world, Buffy. This world needs you, it's better with you. He needs
"heroes" to do what is right. You have your place in this world Buffy ! I need you to be here in this world.
Buffy: Maybe it was true, but I made my decision ! To be here is not my will.
Angel : A choice ?
Buffy : Dying was not difficult, it was liberating ! I saved my sister, the world and...... myself. I always carry a heavy weight on my shoulders, all these responsibilities related to my role of Slayer.... but I had my mother, my friends, I knew that I was doing good around me, all this made my life easier to live. But after the death of my mother, I lost the strength to face life, I could not protect my relatives from Gloria, I lost faith in myself because I could not take care of Dawn properly in the manner of a sister or as my mother did. Gloria unleashed the apocalypse and I sacrificed myself. I did not act purely by duty, dying was also my will. This portal opening a door to other dimensions was more an access to freedom and rest for me. Finally I could rest, be peaceful. Life is a prison, death is liberation !
Angel : Life is the hardest and longest fights, Buffy. It is also a fight without a win because the defeat is inevitable but in this case it is not the result that counts, it is the path to get there. You have to be strong, fight for what is right, you have the right to fall and want to give up, it's human and understandable, but you have to get up and when you get a second chance you have to take it ! It's a lesson you taught me.
Buffy : I do not think I'm always that person.
Angel : You're still the same person I loved Buffy. I know that you have an inexhaustible reserve of energy in you, you have strength to spare, I have seen it, I still see it today, I have always had immense confidence in you, I know what you are capable of ! You are an extraordinary woman Buffy. You must have faith in yourself.
Buffy : It sounds like something my mother could have told me.
Angel : It's because you inspired her Buffy, you inspire me. You're inspiring the world !
And I stopped there.. I know it's bad writing. But I kept it because I'm a bit attached to it.
Day 21 : According to you what is the most important thing that one has learned to the other ?
Buffy learned to Angel being strong, to not give up.
Angel learned Buffy to build herself.
Day 22 : According to you, was Angelus in love with Buffy ?
If we consider that the obsession is love, then yes he was in love with Buffy but in his own way. If we consider that the obsession is not love, then I think that for him she represented an obsessional desire. Something he wanted to own.
Day 23 : Favorite Bangelus scene ?
Hearbreaking scene but definitely a powerful one
Also, a memorable one :
