Connor // Shattered

There are very few episodes in Buffy and Angel that I find outright scary. One of the exceptions is “Billy” from season three of Angel. I used to actively avoid it, skipping around it when watching my DVDs, and only fairly recently have I felt comfortable watching it. Instead of a scaly demon or fanged vampire, the titular villain is very human in appearance, and his power evokes human evil. Joss’ thing is that he tries to promote feminism, and “Billy” might be his most overt attempt with a villain that exists as an embodiment of misogyny.

Angel: “You like to hurt women, do you,...

To watch the DVD is to be reminded of how large a part Glenn Quinn (Doyle) played on the show. How has his death affected the cast?
I honestly am not in the greatest position to talk about it yet, only because I'm still grieving over it. That's the real Big Bad.

Are you ever tempted to watch early episodes of the show?
I don't even watch the new ones. If I do accidentally catch myself in an old ''Buffy'' episode, I'll think, What the hell was that? But I think it's great the DVD is coming out, because people can catch up. Right now there's so much sh-- going on this season that it's like, Whoa,...

Written by: Alisha (BadGirl, badgirl2bad4u)
Rated: M (for mild profanity and adult content)
Words: 8,282
Status: Complete (though I may be persuaded to continue)


Author's Note:

After nearly a decade since the airing of Angel, Season 1, I still hold the pairing of Cordelia and Doyle as the nearest and dearest to my heart, no relationship in any show before or since has ever touched me so deeply. A week ago the familiar Irish brogue and smiling face of Glenn Quinn, the actor who portrayed Doyle and made him so beloved to viewers, came to me vividly while writing a character for an original...no one...