(Sorry for taking so long to get to this. You know the reasons.)
You did a very good job of selling something I’m not sure I believe. Wesley changed enormously during his time with Angel, probably most of it during the two final seasons (though the foundation was laid in Season 3). Could he have reached the point of killing all his friends to bring back the woman he loved? It’s plausible … but, as I said, I can’t really believe it. Maybe I just don’t want to.
All the same, you definitely did the work to make it convincing. His guilt over Lorne, Illyria’s familiarity not only with betrayal but with types and flavors of betrayal, even the final observation that Wesley didn’t fear eternal torment because he’d already been living it … this was fine work, and original thought, and a solid result.
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Date: 2016-12-28 07:46 am (UTC)You did a very good job of selling something I’m not sure I believe. Wesley changed enormously during his time with Angel, probably most of it during the two final seasons (though the foundation was laid in Season 3). Could he have reached the point of killing all his friends to bring back the woman he loved? It’s plausible … but, as I said, I can’t really believe it. Maybe I just don’t want to.
All the same, you definitely did the work to make it convincing. His guilt over Lorne, Illyria’s familiarity not only with betrayal but with types and flavors of betrayal, even the final observation that Wesley didn’t fear eternal torment because he’d already been living it … this was fine work, and original thought, and a solid result.