Buffy or rather Angel & Buffy Character Wars Take II

[shadowkat]

To amuse and cheer myself up after a difficult work period..head-inducing is an understatement, I'm doing another crazy Buffy and Angel Character Wars Poll, although this is more Angel than Buffy. I don't really care why you pick whoever you pick. But I'm pairing people that a lot of folks, including myself, love equally and making you choose one. Hopefully you'll play along. There are admittedly some easy choices in there.

Rules? None. Pick the one you like best. Don't over think it. Don't worry about the other fella or gal, just pick the one you like and run with it. You can change your mind tomorrow, I might. This is for kicks. I may or may not speculate on it later.

Hopefully, more than 10 people will play, so I don't look like an idiot. One can never tell with polls...;-)

PS: LJ only permits 15 entries...I could have easily come up with 20.

[Poll #1851403]

Comments

[ms-scarletibis.livejournal.com]

I think Riley vs. Groo would have been a fair comparison, cause I think no one cares about them equally. Throwing Lorne in there was essentially giving him the win, I think :p

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I ran out of categories...and I wanted to put Lorne somewhere.

A more interesting category might have been Lorne vs. Fred. Lorne vs. Illyria. Lorne vs. Wes, Lorne vs. Gunn or Lorne vs. Angel...but again ran out of categories. Stupid thing only permits 15. Probably a good thing.

[embers-log.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised Groo got 5 votes! I know a lot of people (people not me) who liked Riley, but no one who liked Groo.... And of course everyone I know adores Lorne (what is not to love?)

[ms-scarletibis.livejournal.com]

Riley I found to be rather dull and annoying, and Groo was annoying to the point where I wanted to punch him in the face. Ah, violent tendencies...

And word on Lorne! I think Lorne/Xander or Lorne/Giles may have been a good poll question, now that I think about the position they had on the series...Man, I don't know who I'd vote for, but I do love Lorne :p

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Apparently I need to do another poll at some point. Less Willow, more Xander and Giles?

[ms-scarletibis.livejournal.com]

Survey says: Yep :)

[lostboy-lj.livejournal.com]

Heh. Well, as someone who loves Riley, Lorne AND Groom I have to admit that one of my favorite conversations in AtS was a scene between Lorne and Groo in "Benediction"...

Lorne: "Hey. Something troubling you, bubby?"

Groo: "Indeed. I am confused."

Lorne: "About what?"

Groo: "Angel. His inaction puzzles me. When Connor was taken from him he moved heaven and Tarkna to try and win him back."

Lorne: "Yeah, he sure did. Hence our weekly scrubbing of the lobby floor."

Groo: "But now that his son is here, he does nothing."

Lorne: "Well, sometime nothing is the best something. If a thing is meant to be somethimes it is best to just let it happen rather than try to force it."

Groo: "But if a thing is meant to be then how can it be forced?"

Lorne: "Well, I guess it can't."

Groo: "And if a thing is not meant to be?"

Lorne: "Well, then it really can't. Just because someone hops a dimension or two is no guarantee that things will work out. - Well, aren't you just sneaky with the subtext?"

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Good point on Groo...he often acted a weird...commentator on the subtext.
The character felt like a satirical take on Prince Charming to me or the stalwart and true Dudly Do-Right. Whedon apparently likes to create satirical characters or characters that are ironic parodies of a specific trope...he did it with Adam, Riley (to an extent), Groo, Captain Hammer...and Harmony.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Have I introduced you to my wonky and opinionated flist? ;-)