I love both shows - but if I had to I would chose Buffy for the exact reasons you've said.
Also different focus and themes. Wes was explored to a degree on Buffy - but considering he was on the series for about five to six episodes in the 3rd season and as a foil for Giles and barely had that many lines - while on ATS - he was basically Angel's version of Giles and a major character - in pretty much all the episodes.
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I love both shows - but if I had to I would chose Buffy for the exact reasons you've said.
<italics> Also different focus and themes. Wes was explored to a degree on Buffy - but considering he was on the series for about five to six episodes in the 3rd season and as a foil for Giles and barely had that many lines - while on ATS - he was basically Angel's version of Giles and a major character - in pretty much all the episodes. <italics\>
Yeah - I can understand all that as a Doylist. But I was pure Watsonian in my comments. And in a Watsonian sense, this is what went wrong for Wesley. In fact, though he did take a moral stand in trading for Willow, he also made an ass of himself, got fired and tried to reinvent himself as a rogue demon hunt. But he was still desperately in need of validation.
<italics> So, I'll have to disagree on Faith - I think her arc on Buffy was far more interesting. Granted she didn't have as much to do in S7 - but at that point - it was more about Buffy coming to terms with Faith. And I'm not all that sure she had all that much to do on Angel in S4 - because she mainly served as a sounding board or foil for Angel's fight with Angelus in Orpheus, as well as Wes in the prior episode. <italics\>
I prefer her in Angel, from her torture of Wesley to the Angel Orpheus sequence. "Dude, you saved a puppy!", I like the emotional range she had in Angel, as well as her faith in Angel. It's very like Spike's faith in Buffy, really.
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Also different focus and themes. Wes was explored to a degree on Buffy - but considering he was on the series for about five to six episodes in the 3rd season and as a foil for Giles and barely had that many lines - while on ATS - he was basically Angel's version of Giles and a major character - in pretty much all the episodes.
<italics> Also different focus and themes. Wes was explored to a degree on Buffy - but considering he was on the series for about five to six episodes in the 3rd season and as a foil for Giles and barely had that many lines - while on ATS - he was basically Angel's version of Giles and a major character - in pretty much all the episodes. <italics\>
Yeah - I can understand all that as a Doylist. But I was pure Watsonian in my comments. And in a Watsonian sense, this is what went wrong for Wesley. In fact, though he did take a moral stand in trading for Willow, he also made an ass of himself, got fired and tried to reinvent himself as a rogue demon hunt. But he was still desperately in need of validation.
<italics> So, I'll have to disagree on Faith - I think her arc on Buffy was far more interesting. Granted she didn't have as much to do in S7 - but at that point - it was more about Buffy coming to terms with Faith. And I'm not all that sure she had all that much to do on Angel in S4 - because she mainly served as a sounding board or foil for Angel's fight with Angelus in Orpheus, as well as Wes in the prior episode. <italics\>
I prefer her in Angel, from her torture of Wesley to the Angel Orpheus sequence. "Dude, you saved a puppy!", I like the emotional range she had in Angel, as well as her faith in Angel. It's very like Spike's faith in Buffy, really.
Okay - ignore the pretend italics.....sigh