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*** Which really just opens up a can of [[Fridge Logic]] as to why they'd think that; their souls weren't in their bodies while they committed those atrocities. While Angel had done some morally questionable things during his century of having a soul, Spike's only major accomplishment was saving the lives of six billion people. If there's a heaven in the [[Buffy Verse]], they should be rolling out the red carpet for him when he bites the big one.
*** Which really just opens up a can of [[Fridge Logic]] as to why they'd think that; their souls weren't in their bodies while they committed those atrocities. While Angel had done some morally questionable things during his century of having a soul, Spike's only major accomplishment was saving the lives of six billion people. If there's a heaven in the [[Buffy Verse]], they should be rolling out the red carpet for him when he bites the big one.
*** Well it was Angel who said it. Its not like he's big on discussing the positive.
*** Well it was Angel who said it. Its not like he's big on discussing the positive.
*** Indeed. Both Angel and (after he's souled) Spike are pretty much defined by their giant guilt complexes, even if the guilt is not always rational.
*** Angel and Spike directly lampshade their lack of considering themselves as shiny heroes at the end of "Damage"
*** Angel and Spike directly lampshade their lack of considering themselves as shiny heroes at the end of "Damage"
{{quote|'''Spike:''' The tingling in my forearms tells me that [Dana] is too far gone to stop. She's one of us now. She's a monster.
{{quote|'''Spike:''' The tingling in my forearms tells me that [Dana] is too far gone to stop. She's one of us now. She's a monster.