And if anyone must die, it must, of course, be Wes. If not him, who?

I agree. Though personally, I'd have liked it if he'd anticipated the wizard's reaction and rigged things in such a way that said wizard killing him would be the trigger for the wizard's own death. A deliberate act thingy.

A deliberate act thingy.

Some sort of major attack fueled by his own death. yeah.

It was really great they found a necrotempered cafe.

Oh, there's probably a whole line of demon-oriented travel guides that point out necrotempered cafes, dinner clubs with special menus, nightclubs with antiviolence spells, the works. No doubt W&H orders a gazillion custom-bound copies and sends them out to their clients at the holidays and has extras floating around the office. And, um, Connor would naturally be drawn to such a place now that he's reintegrating his memories.

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

Rats.

I was rather surprised when he told Illyria "Since I don't actually plan on dying today....". And completely in love with the way that he said it. But I sort of figured that Wes DID plan on dying, and I don't think he'd bother lying to Illyria.

Edited to continue my thought: I think that this may make me love Wesley still more than I already did- I believe that he did not plan on dying- even though there are no more perfect days, and nothing left to live for, he has every intention of going on and continuing to fight the fight.

I agree. Though personally, I'd have liked it if he'd anticipated the qizard's reaction and rigged things in such a way that said wizard killing him would be the trigger for the wizard's own death. A deliberate act thingy.

There was a consensus among the Worcester crowd (I think DX said it first, but I could be memfaulting and, if so, my apologies) that it would have been just a touch cooler if there had been one second or two of a reaction where the wizard realized "Oh, wait, that's not a mortal..." before the head punch. Still satisfying, and they did a great job with the transition to Illyria, I thought.

Also, I think Wes was a big lying liar-type liar guy when he told Illyria he didn't plan on dying.

eta and, hee, an x-post, natch!

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?

Maybe he took Connor's advice and had a suit made out of necrotempered glass....

My Mom e-mailed me this morning and said "I decided I'm mad at Lorne for killing our hottie Lindsey. Because he was a hottie and shouldn't die."

Simple woman, my Mom.

My minor nitpick is why did "Chow Yun Wes" not have his guns on him and instead try to use that little knife? Even if he'd planned on killing the guy with magic, he'd have brought them along as a security blanket. (Not saying the guns would have neccessarily worked, but it seemed odd that he chose a knife as his backup weapon.)

Simple woman, my Mom.

Tell her Lorne was doing the ultimate Queer Eye makeover on Lindsey, which he earned due to his haircut.

Presumably the wizard has a metal detector. Or something.

My minor nitpick is why did "Chow Yun Wes" not have his guns on him and instead try to use that little knife? Even if he'd planned on killing the guy with magic, he'd have brought them along as a security blanket. (Not saying the guns would have neccessarily worked, but it seemed odd that he chose a knife as his backup weapon.)

Yeah, or his sleeve swords would have been a hell of a lot better than the little fold-away knife he had.