"It's all in the game." (Now I totally want to hear this from ASH...Bourdain said it the other day and my knees got weak. Which, admittedly, is not different from their usual state, but you know. Y'all know that if he wasn't married to someone ita would have to save me from, I'd do strange and awkward things with that guy. But Octavia would kill me if I tried anything. Might be worth it--finally something to make up for not being messed-up enough to be a Make-A-Wish kid.

Yes. There is no closure for Drusilla, she's a vampire forever. And she was mostly torturing Angel because she enjoys it.

Also, Dru doesn't want closure. By everything that's shown, being a vampire is OMG THE BEST THING EVER!!1 for Dru.

I miss Dru & Spike as a couple. They were adorable together.

"It's all in the game."

In-deed.

Also, Dru doesn't want closure. By everything that's shown, being a vampire is OMG THE BEST THING EVER!!1 for Dru.

Jilli, I agree, that's why I mentioned that she enjoyed torturing Angel, not to make him pay for what he did to her but just because she likes to torture.

I miss Dru & Spike as a couple. They were adorable together.

Also this.

Yes, Spike & Dru were adorable and scary.

It’s not something the writers could have done

That's a weird sentence. I mean, for her to get closure, she'd have to be able to process it, which she patently can't. She's also not the soul that was tortured, although she is the meatsack and burnt out nerve endings and fucked up brain chemistry. There can be no closure while he lives, and even then.

However, it's pretty clear a parallel when the tortured turn the implements on the torturer, and Joss isn't dumb enough to not have noticed it (I'm giving Mark partial benefit of the doubt and assuming Joss didn't do it, you know, on purpose).

It’s not something the writers could have done, but it seemed like a conscious choice to include that in the script.

No, this sentence just isn't clear for me.

Jilli, I agree, that's why I mentioned that she enjoyed torturing Angel, not to make him pay for what he did to her but just because she likes to torture.

I'm amusing myself by imagining Dru's plans for a typical day. Choose a pretty dress, torture Angel (or someone, but it would be nice if it were Angel), have a tea party with Miss Edith, go name all the stars.

And she was mostly torturing Angel because she enjoys it.

Yeah, but she enjoys it especially because she gets to torture HIM, specifically, who tortured her. I don't think there's any sort of "closure" involved, though, I agree.

Plus he was totally freaked out by the fact Giles and Willow killed vampires on screen. I'm not sure what's so shocking about that.

Well, it's always cool when the normal, non-powered people get to kill vamps.

Yes, see also not understanding that Angels wounds heal quickly because he is a vampire.

Now that was weird.

I miss Dru & Spike as a couple. They were adorable together.

Yeah, they were very fun. Though I'm still amused that she eventually went off and found a...tree demon? Was that it? He had deer horns and was slimy or something.

It’s not something the writers could have done, but it seemed like a conscious choice to include that in the script.

What does that even mean?

I feel like there's a typo in there somewhere because, yeah. Not with the sense.