Okay, must find the time to go read stormwreath's analysis. I can see clear parallels to Always Darkest.
As for Buffy? Well, Angel talks a good game. He tells her he didn't kill them, that he was conning them. (Note we've already had this happen with Riley - where we were lead to believe Riley was siding with the evil Org. But in reality he was a double agent, and helping Buffy. How? I still have no idea...the only intell he gave, Buffy already knew. But whatever.) At any rate - put yourself in her place or her pov. Your first love, Angel, pops up as Twilight, after you've had a hellish year, he tells you that you've earned a chance at happiness, that none of this is your fault, and it could have been much much worse - but if you fall into his arms and accept your destiney, everything will be hunky dory. Plus he denies that he killed any of these slayers - that was the other guys (and Buffy didn't actually see him personally kill the slayers, just the organization he's the figurehead of). Granted sounds a bit too good to be true to an outside observer, but in the thick of it, I can see why she might buy it hook line and sinker. Plus Buffy has a tendency to be a bit impulsive. (We know more than Buffy does.)
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Date: 2010-03-11 12:38 am (UTC)As for Buffy? Well, Angel talks a good game. He tells her he didn't kill them, that he was conning them. (Note we've already had this happen with Riley - where we were lead to believe Riley was siding with the evil Org.
But in reality he was a double agent, and helping Buffy. How? I still have no idea...the only intell he gave, Buffy already knew. But whatever.) At any rate - put yourself in her place or her pov. Your first love, Angel, pops up as Twilight, after you've had a hellish year, he tells you that you've earned a chance at happiness, that none of this is your fault, and it could have been much much worse - but if you fall into his arms and accept your destiney, everything will be hunky dory. Plus he denies that he killed any of these slayers - that was the other guys (and Buffy didn't actually see him personally kill the slayers, just the organization he's the figurehead of). Granted sounds a bit too good to be true to an outside observer, but in the thick of it, I can see why she might buy it hook line and sinker. Plus Buffy has a tendency to be a bit impulsive. (We know more than Buffy does.)