I find that Buffy and Angel's lives almost mirrored each other once the he got his own show. Then again I have always thought that they shared a great deal in common.
Lol, well, while I do believe that their personalities were extremely different, they did have similar priorities.
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I agree, but I do think that Angel would have been a positive and strong shoulder to lean on, much as he was with Faith. He would have helped Buffy find a healthy way for her to get through her depression. My own take on Spuffy in S6 is that Spike intensified Buffy's isolation and self loathing.
Hm, I'm still not sure... I mean, is there really any way to overcome depression? Well, I mean, obviously there is, but Buffy was psychologically scarred, I doubt that anybody, love aside, could have helped her "overcome" it.
🙂 He could have helped her by being an unassuming and comforting listener, but Buffy had to get through it by herself, imo. (And by now everybody knows my opinion of S6, so I won't go over it again.
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As I've said many times, I don't actually see Buffy and Angel ending up together with a "Happily Ever After" wrapped in a nice bow for them. My POV has always been that they have been and continue to be an integral part of each other's lives. That did not end when he moved to LA. Their bond remains, and that bond is what I want treated with the respect that I think it is due.
To me Buffy and Angel are a part of each other, what they have goes that deep. You couldn't sever that even if you tried.
Well, to each their own.
🙂 Romance is just killing me right now though, lol. I simply can't stand it. Spuffy, Bangel, Briley, it's all too fluffy. :tongue3: Or maybe I'm just having a 'shipper meltdown episode. :biggrin3: Gah, I'm
surrounded!! *Flees out of thread while brandishing a large stick to whack romance with*
Huh. Raise your hand if you think that Wishing Oceans has officially gone nuts. :tongue3: (By the way folks, that was rhetorical...
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Kean agrees: My stance on S6 is clear too, I won't bring it into this thread, it's not the place. But having personal experience with depression there is DEFINITELY ways to approach it that make it worse and ways that make it better. For me, Spike was the former.
I do think that after Smashed he started making it worse, whether he entirely meant to or not. But, I also believe that he wasn't the only one. If her "friends" were a bit more supportive and comforting to her, or if they hadn't been selfish in the first place, Buffy would have been much better off. I don't like Spike, but he wasn't the only one at blame here, everyone was at their own lows in their own little worlds this season.
😀 Still, I think it turned out for the better... (Although I always miss the earlier seasons.
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