I hope that Scott is reading this, sense he's abandoned those forums--not that I blame him in the least.
I just wanted to throw in my two cents--Spike shouldn't be in the comics, nor should Angel. The only way that Spuffy works is in fan fiction (and even there it can sometimes miss the the mark). The only time that Bangel works is never. Why? Because Buffy could never fully appreciate or fully love Spike, and Angel could never see Buffy for all that she truly was, and vice versa on that same token. Buffy is yet to be a baked cookie, and I personally don't care when that happens. She's still "experimenting" or whatever, and taking care of her own selfish needs, not caring if it hurts a person who loves her. This is a big friggin' repeat, and she clearly has not learned any kind of lesson.
So yes, please don't have Spike or Angel cross over--neither is Buffy's true love. And call be crazy, but if we're talking purely canon here, the best pairing in this crazy triangle is Spike and Angel or Spangel. They had the best chemistry and, believe it or not, the *healthiest* relationship between the three pairings. Or Cordelia and Angel, but of course, that was all shot to shit in s4, and unnecessarily so.
The only person, well, the first person to make Angel really smile, come out of his shell, and stop being so uptight was Cordelia. They brought out the best in each other, and it was sad to see her character massacred beyond recognition, and the audience being cheated out of their potential relationship. It could've ended sadly, but we didn't even really get an official start.
So yeah, let the boys stay with IDW. It's safer and saner that way, IMHO.
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I just wanted to throw in my two cents--Spike shouldn't be in the comics, nor should Angel. The only way that Spuffy works is in fan fiction (and even there it can sometimes miss the the mark). The only time that Bangel works is never. Why? Because Buffy could never fully appreciate or fully love Spike, and Angel could never see Buffy for all that she truly was, and vice versa on that same token. Buffy is yet to be a baked cookie, and I personally don't care when that happens. She's still "experimenting" or whatever, and taking care of her own selfish needs, not caring if it hurts a person who loves her. This is a big friggin' repeat, and she clearly has not learned any kind of lesson.
So yes, please don't have Spike or Angel cross over--neither is Buffy's true love. And call be crazy, but if we're talking purely canon here, the best pairing in this crazy triangle is Spike and Angel or Spangel. They had the best chemistry and, believe it or not, the *healthiest* relationship between the three pairings. Or Cordelia and Angel, but of course, that was all shot to shit in s4, and unnecessarily so.
The only person, well, the first person to make Angel really smile, come out of his shell, and stop being so uptight was Cordelia. They brought out the best in each other, and it was sad to see her character massacred beyond recognition, and the audience being cheated out of their potential relationship. It could've ended sadly, but we didn't even really get an official start.
So yeah, let the boys stay with IDW. It's safer and saner that way, IMHO.