Angel: “It’s a big night. I didn’t want to miss it. It’s just tonight. It doesn’t mean that I…”
Buffy: “I know. I mean, I understand.”
Angel: “Dance with me?”
(The Prom, Season 3 Buffy)
November 23, 1999
Doyle: “Maybe he’s over her.”
Cordelia: “You have so much to learn, little Irish man.”
Angel: “It is confusing. And I…when we’re apart…it’s easier. It hurts, every day. But I live with it. And now you’re…you’re right here…and I can actually reach out…and -- it’s more than confusing. It’s unbearable.”
Buffy: “But we have to bear, right? I mean, what else can we do? It doesn’t work with us. It can’t.”
Angel: “No, I can’t give you a life, or a future, or anything a real girl would want.”
Buffy: “No matter how much we miss each other.”
Angel: “Or what we feel in the moment.”
Buffy: “If we let something happen here, we’d want more. And nothing’s changed. We’d only end up having to leave each other again.”
Angel: “And that’s the best case scenario.”
Buffy: “…Oh, boy. I was really jonesing for another heartbreaking sewer talk.”
Angel: “I’m sorry.”
Buffy: “You know, I’m actually on the brink of something back home. I’m actually heading towards a pretty good life now that --”
Angel: “I’m out of the picture. That’s why I left. I want you to have it.”
(I Will Remember You, Season 1 Angel)
April 4, 2000
Wesley: “Angel’s moment of true happiness occurred because he was with Buffy. You realize how rare that is -- true happiness?”
(Eternity, Season 1 Angel)
May 23, 2000
Wesley: “The vampire with a soul, once he fulfills his destiny, will Shanshu. Become human. It’s his reward.”
(To Shanshu In LA, Season 1 Angel)
October 10, 2000
Riley: “Buffy’s like nobody else in the world. When I’m with her it’s like…it’s like I’m split in two. Half of me is just…on fire, going crazy if I’m not touching her. The other half…is so still and peaceful…just perfectly content. Just knows -- this is the one. …But she doesn’t love me.”
(The Replacement, Season 5 Buffy)
April 17, 2001
Angel: “I can stay in town as long as you want me.”
Buffy: “How’s forever? Does forever work for you?”
(Forever, Season 5 Buffy)
May 22, 2001
Buffy: “I sacrificed Angel to save the world. I loved him so much. But I knew what was right. I don’t have that anymore. I don’t understand. I don’t know how to live in this world if these are the choices. If everything just gets stripped away. I don’t see the point. I just wish that…I just wish my mom was here.”
(The Gift, Season 5 Buffy)
October 16, 2001
Giles: “Buffy, what is it?”
Buffy: “Angel.”
Giles: “Is he in trouble?”
Buffy: “He knows that I’m…He, he needs to see me. I have to see him.”
Giles: “Yes, of course. You’ll leave for L.A. tomorrow.”
Buffy: “Not L.A. And not here. Somewhere in the middle. There’s a…a place.”
Giles: “I see. Well, we should get all these…bills and things out of the way before--”
Buffy: “I gotta go now. Um, thanks for taking care of this for me.”
(Flooded, Season 6 Buffy)
November 27, 2001
Spike: “I’m just sayin’…vampires get you hot.”
Buffy: “*A* vampire got me hot. One. But he’s gone.”
(Wrecked, Season 6 Buffy)
October 22, 2002
Buffy: “I killed Angel. Do you even remember that? I would have given up everything I had to be with--… I loved him more than I will ever love anything in this life, and I put a sword through his heart because I had to.”
(Selfless, Season 7 Buffy)
May 20, 2003
Buffy: “What was the highlight of our relationship? When you broke up with me or when I killed you? I’m well aware of my stellar history with guys... And, no, I don’t see fat grandchildren in the offing with Spike, but I don’t think that really matters right now. You know, in the midst of all this insanity, a couple things are actually starting to make sense. And the guy thing— I always feared there was something wrong with me, you know, because I couldn’t make it work. But maybe I’m not supposed to.”
Angel: “Because you’re the slayer?”
Buffy: “Because— OK, I’m cookie dough. I’m not done baking. I’m not finished becoming whoever the hell it is I’m gonna turn out to be. I make it through this, and the next thing, and the next thing, and maybe one day I turn around and realize I’m ready. I’m cookies. And then, you know, if I want someone to eat— uh, or enjoy warm, delicious cookie me, then...that’s fine. That’ll be then. When I’m done.”
Angel: “Any thoughts on who might enjoy— Do I have to go with the cookie analogy?”
Buffy: “I’m not really thinking that far ahead. That’s kind of the point.”
Angel: “I’ll go start working on the second front. Make sure I don’t have to use it.”
Buffy: “Angel. I do... sometimes think that far ahead.”
Angel: “Sometimes is something.”
Buffy: “Be a long time coming. Years, if ever.”
Angel: “I ain’t getting any older.”
(Chosen, Season 7 Buffy)
When I first heard of the Shanshu Prophecy, my opinion was pretty much the same as what I assume most Bangel fans were thinking - yay!! Finally a way for them to be together, without any of Angel's break-up excuses. And of course, I was assuming it'd happen well within Buffy's lifetime.
Then I rewatched IWRY and that made me think. Wouldn't Angel turn down the Shanshu, if he could, like he eventually turned down being human in that episode? The reasons still stand, unfortunately.
Then I got a new idea. I'm still not sure if I like it or not. My opinion tends to vary.
What if, when Angel Shanshus, he becomes like Connor? Technically human, but still retaining the strength, the speed, the healing. He'd be able to fight then. I know some people have pointed out that normal humans do fight, e.g. Gunn, Xander. But I think Angel would have gotten too used to his current strengths.
Then I rewatched IWRY and that made me think. Wouldn't Angel turn down the Shanshu, if he could, like he eventually turned down being human in that episode? The reasons still stand, unfortunately.
Then I got a new idea. I'm still not sure if I like it or not. My opinion tends to vary.
What if, when Angel Shanshus, he becomes like Connor? Technically human, but still retaining the strength, the speed, the healing. He'd be able to fight then. I know some people have pointed out that normal humans do fight, e.g. Gunn, Xander. But I think Angel would have gotten too used to his current strengths.
