Going back to Angel, then I think this is why I like him so much. Angel wants to be good, but he doesn't really know how. So he tries and fails and screws up and says 'Screw it, I don't care' - yet he *does*, really, deep down. He is just useless at it.
It's what I like most about Angel as well...I liked Angel quite a bit in Angel the Series, specifically S4 & 5, and the tail end of S3 where he was at his darkest. And Angel in S2 Buffy and in certain episodes of S3 Buffy - similar resonance. Here's a man attempting to not fall into the abyss, not to give in to the monster that has always resided inside him. And when he falls, he does so spectacularly, and more often than not with the best of intentions.
but when it comes to people disliking Angel I often get terribly tangled up, because the things that (for them) make him unlikeable, are what endear him to me. It's very odd.
I'm somewhat the same way...I like Angel because he is an anti-hero, it's when people try to white-wash him or turn him into a romantic hero or classical hero that I get annoyed. They've shaved off what makes him interesting.
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Date: 2011-12-08 11:15 pm (UTC)It's what I like most about Angel as well...I liked Angel quite a bit in Angel the Series, specifically S4 & 5, and the tail end of S3 where he was at his darkest. And Angel in S2 Buffy and in certain episodes of S3 Buffy - similar resonance. Here's a man attempting to not fall into the abyss, not to give in to the monster that has always resided inside him. And when he falls, he does so spectacularly, and more often than not with the best of intentions.
but when it comes to people disliking Angel I often get terribly tangled up, because the things that (for them) make him unlikeable, are what endear him to me. It's very odd.
I'm somewhat the same way...I like Angel because he is an anti-hero, it's when people try to white-wash him or turn him into a romantic hero or classical hero that I get annoyed. They've shaved off what makes him interesting.