But he's not completely beyond redemption. He did save a little puppy once. That's gotta count for something.
Puppies and kittens are very redeemable... 🙂
Maybe even less right now, because no he knows that his curse doesn't completely rule out a normal love life, assuming that he can find a willing partner.
I seems to me that Angel will be the lonely hero type of the Buffyverse, the one that struggles through life and is destined to be alone and brood forever, and having occasional flings. Like those noir detectives from the past. It comes to mind Humphrey Bogart on those private detective movies he did. Don't ask me why, 'cause I don't know why. Angel isn't much husband material, if you know what I mean. And no, it's not because I'm Spuffy I say that.