Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'
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DruggedAngel believed he was Angelus, was looking to do some damage, and had the tools needed to do that damage.
I can believe this. Certain intoxicants have made me think I was a fighter pilot, looking to do much the same. Then I was sat down to watch Mary Poppins until I sobered up. Maybe they should have tried that with Angelus.
"I WILL KILL YOU AL....oooh. Umbrellas!"
It always seemed to me that there was more to the angel/Angelus thing than just a name change and a lot of remorse. As I see it here is a clear demarcation between the two, almost to the point of being completely seperate personalities. Ok, Liam gets vamped and becomes Angelus, years pass and he gets cursed by the gypsies. Wham, resouled and remorseful his mind cracks from the guilt over all the terrible things "he" has done. In order to give himself (some) distance from this his mind creates itself a new personality... Angel. He still has all of the guilt ( which keeps the the Angelus personality pushed down) but he gains the ability to tell himself that that was Angelus doing those things not him. The mind protecting itself from the trauma of the sudden guilt and remorse. When Angel was drugged/desouled the lack of remorse allowed Angelus to rise back to the surface.
As a sidenote Spike seems to have avoided this split in personality. Pre-resouling Spike is very similar to resouled (post-crazy) Spike.
Note: Take all of this with a large grain of salt. I'm tired and medicated. Apparently non-drowsey doesn't mean what I thouught it did.
Almost through season 4 on DVD and liking it much more the second time through. And I'm not sure why that is really.
Of course what I really want is Angel season 6.
(Picture Jon Stewart doing Shatner: Damn you WB!)
They took great care in Seasons 1, 2 and 4 to underscore that Angel and his alter ego aren't really two entirely different identities. They were portrayed as such in "Orpheus" when it was the demon versus the soul on a metaphysical level, but in practice Angel remembers the things he did while evil as things he did, and uses "I" in reference to the period. We've seen that he still possesses the same kinks and darker urges when his soul is in command, he just represses them. I think all that the bliss did was remove his inhibitions and show that he's a REALLY mean drunk.
Did anyone else see CC on Charmed?
She looks utterly fantastic, but it really showed how much the ME writing and directing made the most of her acting skills.
Huh. Hiccup.
I saw her, but I actually turned off the TV before the end. The sisters' whining was just too much. I agree with LJ about ME making the most of her. It was weird because I just finished watching AtS S4 and I just loathed her through the entire last half of the seasons.
The sisters' whining was just too much.
I made hearty use of the FF button. Damn, that was annoying beyond the bounds of the device. I get that the usual plot is to have something go awry that makes them act funny/have to hide things, but this was a bit much.
I thought that CC looked very good.
The sisters were incredibly annoying.
But I thought that CC did rather well.
My roomate is a huge Charmed fan. (I know. It blows my mind that, as we watch it, she says "I never got into the whole Buffy thing." She also squeals when 7th Heaven previews come on.) But at least I got to see CC.