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*** Of course, being "a heck of a nasty thing to do" doesn't stop them from doing it again to ''Angel'', even though he'll have a whole lot of new atrocities to feel horrible about, and apparently expecting everybody to think they've done him (and Buffy) a favor. Originally the reason for the re-ensouling in Season 2 was as a backup in case Buffy didn't manage to kill Angel - it wasn't meant to be doing him a favour, just another option to contain him - but that seemed to be forgotten. |
*** Of course, being "a heck of a nasty thing to do" doesn't stop them from doing it again to ''Angel'', even though he'll have a whole lot of new atrocities to feel horrible about, and apparently expecting everybody to think they've done him (and Buffy) a favor. Originally the reason for the re-ensouling in Season 2 was as a backup in case Buffy didn't manage to kill Angel - it wasn't meant to be doing him a favour, just another option to contain him - but that seemed to be forgotten. |
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**** That was the stated reason, but there was still the underlying motive of, as Xander so eloquently put it, "You want to forget all about Ms. Calendar's murder so you can get your boyfriend back." This IS why Xander didn't tell Buffy about Willow reattempting the re-insouling after promising he would; he wanted her to fight and kill Angelus, rather than holding on and waiting for Willow to give Angel back to her. |
**** That was the stated reason, but there was still the underlying motive of, as Xander so eloquently put it, "You want to forget all about Ms. Calendar's murder so you can get your boyfriend back." This IS why Xander didn't tell Buffy about Willow reattempting the re-insouling after promising he would; he wanted her to fight and kill Angelus, rather than holding on and waiting for Willow to give Angel back to her. |
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***** Being fair to Xander, the last several times Buffy fought Angelus and held back because of eventual hope that she'd revert, he escaped and went on to continue doing evil. That was bad enough when it was just escaping to kill again -- with Acathla in the picture, not going all-out to stop Angelus becomes literally apocalyptic in consequence. Tragically, the lie ultimately made ''no difference'' -- even fighting to the best of her ability, Buffy was still not able to down Angelus before he could release Acathla, and from that instant on the success or failure of the soul curse was completely irrelevant. The instant Angelus opened the portal, either he or Angel would have to go to hell to close it, soul or no soul. |
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** The soul curse did a number on Willow, it nearly killed her, hence why they don't just spam the spell all over the place every time they meet a vampire. Also, giving somebody a soul doesn't always give them instant remorse and cause them to immediately start doing the right thing. Angelus kept on killing even after he got his soul, and Darla was slow to react as well. Drusilla would indeed kill herself, after all look at the sane vampires who got souls. Angelus and Spike both temporarily went insane after getting their souls for the first time, imagine what it would do someone who was already insane. It's not a gift, it's a curse. |
** The soul curse did a number on Willow, it nearly killed her, hence why they don't just spam the spell all over the place every time they meet a vampire. Also, giving somebody a soul doesn't always give them instant remorse and cause them to immediately start doing the right thing. Angelus kept on killing even after he got his soul, and Darla was slow to react as well. Drusilla would indeed kill herself, after all look at the sane vampires who got souls. Angelus and Spike both temporarily went insane after getting their souls for the first time, imagine what it would do someone who was already insane. It's not a gift, it's a curse. |
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*** I'm a trifle fuzzy on why Drusilla killing herself would be a bad thing. |
*** I'm a trifle fuzzy on why Drusilla killing herself would be a bad thing. |
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