I love, love, love the idea of Liam/Angel/Angelus being the same person. I will hasten over to a2zmom's essay as well since you say she also has some thoughts on this. There is so much inconsistency in the Jossverse about vampire origins, to my mind, that would be explained by this.
Your story about TKMom was so apt. This has happened to me as well. Horrible flashes going through my mind? Yes. I shudder thinking about them right now.
Going back to your paragraph on whether vampires can love, have you heard the pious saying that love isn't true love if it doesn't put the welfare of the beloved above all else? So much crap, in my opinion. I don't think many relationships would qualify as true love if that were the case. Yes, I think love is always to some extent selfish.
I think that this essay is completely wonderful, and I love it all the more because you approach Angel from the standpoint of taking him down a bit from his pedestal, as you said you would. Angel is my favorite character in the Jossverse and all the more so because he is imperfect.
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Your story about TKMom was so apt. This has happened to me as well. Horrible flashes going through my mind? Yes. I shudder thinking about them right now.
Going back to your paragraph on whether vampires can love, have you heard the pious saying that love isn't true love if it doesn't put the welfare of the beloved above all else? So much crap, in my opinion. I don't think many relationships would qualify as true love if that were the case. Yes, I think love is always to some extent selfish.
I think that this essay is completely wonderful, and I love it all the more because you approach Angel from the standpoint of taking him down a bit from his pedestal, as you said you would. Angel is my favorite character in the Jossverse and all the more so because he is imperfect.