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.
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.)
He'd lent them to Lorne. Sure, he only used a handgun, but who knows what else he had under that coat?
Wes was most likely searched before he was allowed to have the 'sit down' with the wizard guy. So a knife was all he could safely bring besides magic. He need to get the guy off guard.
While I was shedding a tear or two (or three) during the scene with Wes and not!Fred, I admired the exquisite lie-within-a-lie Illyria was telling Wes: Not only did Illyria appear to Wes as Fred, but she comforted him with the notion that soon Wes and Fred would be together again. But Fred's soul was destroyed when Illyria stole her body---
(edited to add the "the" I left out earlier.)
Not only did Illyria appear to Wes as Fred, but she comforted him with notion that soon Wes and Fred would be together again. But Fred's soul was destroyed when Illyria stole her body---
I have to WAHHH!! again at that.
