What Was Your Favorite Post-Season Three Bangel Interaction?

Valjavertjinn

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The scene in 'Forever' when Angel come to visit Buffy always touched me. I really love the dialouge and just the overall feel of the moment.
Anyways, what seemed like the best interaction between Buffy and Angel after Season Three? Did you even like it at all when they met up when they decided not to see each other any more (romantically, I mean)?
 
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Gotcha, all I could think about was that scene in her bedroom in Amends, which of course didn't make sense :)
When did they meet up to decide not to see each other anymore?

Personally, I love every single meeting they had post-S3.

Obviously IWRY, it is absolutely everything I wanted from my ship, even the stuff the hurts, is worth it because of the emotional resonance. Actually, that goes for all of the S4 crossovers. Each one was emotionally visceral, revealing aspects of both Buffy and Angel that you rarely get to see. They are were so raw with each other in this season, they didn't even try to hide their feelings. I found that so refreshing after S3, when they did everything in their power to make their feelings for each other smaller, less intense...just less.

The Forever scenes are just...guh. I love how the shot just shows their feet and the clasping of their hands. No words spoken. They were weren't needed. It was just their bond and the power it still had, getting Buffy through the worst night of her life. It was an echo back to scenes like the one in Ted, Helpless and Revelations. Angel doing nothing but listening, holding Buffy and comforting her with the truth. No bullshit.

We don't have a canonical version of what happened when they met half way in S6, but they both needed comfort food afterwards, so it was probably emotionally wrought and intense. I will go out on a limb and say I probably would have liked that. 😛

Then we have seven. I think my favourite line in that whole exchange is when Buffy, when having sent him away (and really that could have been the end of it) stops him and tells him that sometimes, she does look to her future and that heavy implication that it is he she sees there. And his reply that he isn't getting any older, telling her that he'll be there waiting. I just loved the symmetry of this scene with that of the one in Bad Eggs, when they stood in another cemetery and only saw each other in their future.

So yeah, I love them all. Because they all mean something. None of it is just shop talk. It is real, there is genuine emotion involved in each and every one. It's not pedestrian, or even cordial. They are are not friends and it is never over.

Long live B/A. 😀
 
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I really like the last one you mentioned about being with eachother in the future!!!
Valjavertjinn
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I just meant when they stopped seeing each other romantically, as a couple. :)
Well I'm still rewatching to refresh my memory but so far my favorite was the Angel episode where he becomes human for a while and he and Buffy can finally be together. But he decides to have his power back and Buffy's memory erased. So tragic, and a rare moment to see what they could possibly have together.
 
For me it's totally when Buffy stands by her mother's grave and waits and then Angel's hand takes hers... well that is one of the best moments of the show for me. Just that he's there for her, I think that's beautiful 🙂
 
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It's difficult to evaluate them since they all serve different purposes. I Will Remember You was heartbreaking, but it manages to convey so much about the Bangel relationship. It's tantalising, much like B/A in general "“ they're constantly struggling against their own limitations, the circumstances that force them apart. It's ironic that when they're together, Buffy and Angel fall in with each other effortlessly, no matter when or where, because they're always under the strain of the wall that separates them, trying so hard to hold on to each other. By giving them a moment where they have that sense of freedom to love each other, IWRY encompasses both the ecstasy and the tragedy of B/A, and I suppose that's why non-B/A people tend to find it superfluous.

I actually liked Sanctuary/The Yoko Factor simply because it revealed a lot of Buffy's anger at Angel and allowed the two of them to move past the demons left over from S3. It was necessary, and seeing Angel in The Yoko Factor reminded me just how much I missed his interactions with Buffy in BtVS.

Forever was classic, obviously. Buffy's "How about forever? Does forever work for you?" is among my favourite lines in the series simply because it's so hopeless yet so sincere. It's just so beautiful to see them nestle into comfortable silence together, Buffy knowing that he's there for her in her darkest hour, and that being enough for her to make it through the night.

As for End of Days/Chosen, I very much enjoyed their meeting "“ it was a confirmation (at least to me) that the two of them would have a future. Undoubtedly, her final words to Angel could be interpreted as something that she would have said to any of her past love interests, a declaration that although she wasn't looking for a serious relationship with them anymore, she could see one in her future, but that reading isn't consistent with my understanding of Buffy as a character. It makes her sound manipulative - like she's thinking, "Gee, I'm not sure who I'm going to end up with, but this guy's still pretty hunky, so I'd better balance the stick with some carrot, keep my options open." I can't see her calling Angel back, after explaining that she's taking a break from serious relationships until she knows more about herself, in order to tell him that she can see a future with him, for any other reason than to reaffirm their lifetime bond. It mirrors the scene in Bad Eggs, as Kean pointed out, and there's no way Angel doesn't know that as he exits into the shadows. I can't see Buffy throwing him a bone that big unless there was real meaning there, a real promise from her that the two of them have a future, and from him that he'll wait forever for that day.

Overall, I guess they're all my favourite in the sense that they each fulfil their purposes perfectly. IWRY was almost like a tribute to the Bangel relationship of S1-3 and all that it stood for, Sanctuary/The Yoko Factor let them deal with the aftermath of their break-up and move past it, Forever showed just how important they still were to each other and Chosen made the promise that their story wasn't over. That about sums it up for me.
 
It's difficult to evaluate them since they all serve different purposes. I Will Remember You was heartbreaking, but it manages to convey so much about the Bangel relationship. It's tantalising, much like B/A in general "“ they're constantly struggling against their own limitations, the circumstances that force them apart. It's ironic that when they're together, Buffy and Angel fall in with each other effortlessly, no matter when or where, because they're always under the strain of the wall that separates them, trying so hard to hold on to each other. By giving them a moment where they have that sense of freedom to love each other, IWRY encompasses both the ecstasy and the tragedy of B/A, and I suppose that's why non-B/A people tend to find it superfluous.

I actually liked Sanctuary/The Yoko Factor simply because it revealed a lot of Buffy's anger at Angel and allowed the two of them to move past the demons left over from S3. It was necessary, and seeing Angel in The Yoko Factor reminded me just how much I missed his interactions with Buffy in BtVS.

Forever was classic, obviously. Buffy's "How about forever? Does forever work for you?" is among my favourite lines in the series simply because it's so hopeless yet so sincere. It's just so beautiful to see them nestle into comfortable silence together, Buffy knowing that he's there for her in her darkest hour, and that being enough for her to make it through the night.

As for End of Days/Chosen, I very much enjoyed their meeting "“ it was a confirmation (at least to me) that the two of them would have a future. Undoubtedly, her final words to Angel could be interpreted as something that she would have said to any of her past love interests, a declaration that although she wasn't looking for a serious relationship with them anymore, she could see one in her future, but that reading isn't consistent with my understanding of Buffy as a character. It makes her sound manipulative - like she's thinking, "Gee, I'm not sure who I'm going to end up with, but this guy's still pretty hunky, so I'd better balance the stick with some carrot, keep my options open." I can't see her calling Angel back, after explaining that she's taking a break from serious relationships until she knows more about herself, in order to tell him that she can see a future with him, for any other reason than to reaffirm their lifetime bond. It mirrors the scene in Bad Eggs, as Kean pointed out, and there's no way Angel doesn't know that as he exits into the shadows. I can't see Buffy throwing him a bone that big unless there was real meaning there, a real promise from her that the two of them have a future, and from him that he'll wait forever for that day.

Overall, I guess they're all my favourite in the sense that they each fulfil their purposes perfectly. IWRY was almost like a tribute to the Bangel relationship of S1-3 and all that it stood for, Sanctuary/The Yoko Factor let them deal with the aftermath of their break-up and move past it, Forever showed just how important they still were to each other and Chosen made the promise that their story wasn't over. That about sums it up for me.

That was perfection. Please write more B/A posts. 😀 🙂
 
I adore them all. If I had to pick a favorite it would have to be IWRY simply because their interaction evoked such a range of emotion, there were moments of pure joy and complete silliness followed by utter devastation. So many feelings during that hour of television!

I also really liked the fact that once Buffy was brought back to life she had to go see Angel face to face. Simply talking to him on the phone wasn't enough; she needed to see him and be physically near him.

Another personal favorite is when Angel came back to Sunnydale in The Yoko Factor. I love Riley but that smug look Angel gives him as he walks past him in Buffy's dorm room is sheer awesomeness. I probably enjoyed the interaction between Buffy/Riley/Angel more than I should have. 😛 😀
 
Can I say IWRY? Cause that's my absolute favorite.

If we're talking strictly BtVS moments, I'd have to say Forever. He doesn't tell her he's coming, he just takes her hand. And she knows he's there. Nothing really needs to be said. It's beautiful.
 
I love all the crossover episodes. I really wished we'd got to see the Buffy/Angel reunion after she came back from the dead, my imagination probably doesnt do it justice 🙂

I'd have to say, that surprisingly, my favorite moment is in Santuary. The arguement they have is so raw. Its the first real arguement they've had. Angel sees a side of Buffy which he hadnt before, in my opinion. She was intentionaly mean to him when she mentioned Riley, she was hurtful and spitetful. Yet he still goes to Sunnydale afterwards and they both apologise to each other. Its that step into an adult realtionship which they ironically take when they arent together. It gave me that feeling that they would actually work out in the long run, it wasnt just a high school, first love relationship 🙂
 
I agree. I think it's one of the best Bangel scenes since after Angel left in season 3.

I love that when night falls, Angel appears to meet Buffy and that he is there for her when she needed him.
 
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