KevinGress
Supporting Actor
- Joined
- Aug 24, 2005
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Wow! Such a visceral reaction! Sounds like Whedon struck a brilliant stroke by ending the show where he did. I don't have a problem with others not liking my view of how things work out, but I am curious to hear how those that don't like my view see how the battle works out. From their statements we know that Angel 'n crew won't run, so what is it then? We're talking Whedon's version of 300 here. So, unless there's intervention from someone/something, we're left with utter defeat (which we wouldn't want) or victory, which I would find flat-out stupid.
And going back to Jason's post- I don't see it as missing the point. As mentioned before, Angel and crew were all set to fight to the death. Therefore the statue "fight the good fight even against all odds" is satisfied. I figure that Buffy would have found out through other means - so that would cancel out Angel relying on/depending on Buffy. And although there are some out there that want it to be so, the characters and shows of Buffy and Angel are connected - to completely disconnect the two would be disingenuous to both series and characters.
Don't forget - Angel was notified about the coming Hellmouth battle and went to help her - why not the reverse? I'm more than certain that Angel would have reiteriated to Buffy, "The dragon's MINE!".