tjkphilosopher
Need Faith on your side
Angel in the old days had such an ego I am surprised didn't stake Spike as soon as Drusilla brought him into their group. He was a typical alpha.
First I don't subscribe to Angel/Angelus differences. The demon inside of Angel influences him even with a soul. I use terms evil Angel and good Angel.
The evil Angel would not want to be worshipped. He rather be obeyed and have followers/soldiers to wait on him and do his bidding. Typical Alpha personality. The good Angel hates what Spike reminds him of from those old days without a soul. I suppose in way would be too humble to like being called a hero. Spike liked to remind with the insults and jibs that Angel still the same no matter how much try to avoid giving in to the demon instincts.
Angel thinks he is better than Spike, Spike likes to remind him otherwise..
And I don't buy the Angel is humble argument. Most of the characters were pretty arrogant, I'm not sure why people try argue that Angel wasn't. I could quote dozens of times where Angel was arrogant( Not to Spike), but I'm too lazy to go look them up. Let us not forget that a vampire takes on the personality of the person it kills. Restoring his soul is not going to radically alter his personality.
Seriously how people see Angel the same as Angelus is beyond me, it annoys me when they refer to Angelus as Angel, they are two different beings in the same body
Plus Spike is not very good at destroying the world he wouldn't even try.
Angel can be arrogant true but so can Spike, by thinking he is better than Angel
The difference between Angel and Angelus is a very fine line of distinction. Remember the word Angelus is latin for Angel. Denotes the same person. Two sides of the same.
Before they were demons both Spike and Angel lives were prelude for what both eventually would become. Angel had a lot of anger for his father. He became as arrogant as he thought of his father as. Spike wasn't taken seriously by anyone particularly by the girl he loved back in those days and had a lot of anger building from within. Spike was a dork or nerd.