Fred: It's the pictures in my mind that are getting me. It's like being stuck in a really bad movie with those Clockwork Orange clampy things on my eyeballs. Wesley: Why imagine? Reality's disturbing enough.

'Shells'


Angel 5: Is That It? Am I Done?  

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Lilty Cash - May 20, 2004 4:59:49 am PDT #920 of 3531
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."

liked that especially because (for me) it called back to Willow's "You're 200 years old and you don't have time for coffee?" speech

Yes! It's like, very slowly, Angel has become known for his reluctance to have coffee in all but the most dire of situations.


brenda m - May 20, 2004 5:01:30 am PDT #921 of 3531
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Probably unintentionally, but it still made me giddily happy that Angel had time for coffee with Connor.

Oh, I thought it was totally intentional, and a nice illustration of both what Angel's managed to learn about what's really important.


§ ita § - May 20, 2004 5:02:58 am PDT #922 of 3531
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It was really great they found a necrotempered cafe.


Lilty Cash - May 20, 2004 5:03:29 am PDT #923 of 3531
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."

Speaking of....mmm, coffee.


Lilty Cash - May 20, 2004 5:07:06 am PDT #924 of 3531
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."

It was really great they found a necrotempered cafe.

But they *sputter*...were they sitting in the window....*hey*.

That's a very good point, ita, and it makes my brain hurt. Guess they got kind of loose on that whole sunlight thing toward the end.


Beverly - May 20, 2004 5:07:38 am PDT #925 of 3531
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

I'm still inarticulate, mostly. With tears, and with recognition of who these characters are, and the fitting end to this show. And yes, with white-hot anger at the temerity of the WB network to intrude on a wordless afterglow cast by ME with a self-aggrandizing and wholly false attempt at "label loyalty." Fuck that.

Every note was character-perfect, and there were many moments of surprise followed by a nod recognising the inevitability of that moment's choice for that character. It was masterful, and very possibly the high point of the entire series. It was a much more satisfying finale than Buffy's was.

I hated sobbing alone in front of my tv, unable to share the last watch-n-post with Buffistas. If Joss and Tim come up with another show, that'll be great. But I need a little mourning period, I think, before giving my devotion elsewhere.


Jessica - May 20, 2004 5:08:57 am PDT #926 of 3531
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

It was really great they found a necrotempered cafe.

Angel was coming down a set of stairs when he went in, so maybe it was on a basement level.

(See Jess' hands. See Jess' hands wave.)


§ ita § - May 20, 2004 5:12:04 am PDT #927 of 3531
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Angel was coming down a set of stairs when he went in

So you're saying he was coming down from street level, where the sun lives?


Jessica - May 20, 2004 5:14:27 am PDT #928 of 3531
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

So you're saying he was coming down from street level, where the sun lives?

Maybe he finally took Cordy's S1 advice and bought an umbrella. Which he then, um, lost, just moments before entering the scene.


Lilty Cash - May 20, 2004 5:16:22 am PDT #929 of 3531
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."

Or, all he could find was a parasol. Didn't want to look like a girl in front of Connor. Threw it in a gutter before entering.....um. Yeah.