chrisg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
>Makes sense that that's his assignment. They don't seem to have been
>directing his every move, though. Have they been dumb enough to just
>trust Wesley all this time? Are they relying on threats to keep him in
>line? Or are they confident that what Wesley does for Angel will serve
>their purposes, regardless of what Wesley intends?
I suspect that they *think* they've arranged things so that whatever
Wesley plots, he won't actually be able to help Angel in any
substantive way - and that he will know that, and the helplessness
will be an added refinement of the torture.
>And yet the people
>still apparently cheer him.
I think it's left ambiguous what the noise they're making really is.
They might be cheering because they think he's about to die...
>Spike really doesn't look happy to see Wesley again.
I assumed that's purely because of the effect he knows seeing him will
have on Illyria, and he's protective of her.
>The reawakening soul could be the reason for that discreet change to the
>S5 story about Fred's soul being destroyed. If it was a deliberate
>change, that is. Another possibility is that Illyria is now having
>episodes where she thinks she *is* Fred, and seeing Wesley brought one
on.
>I like that idea. However, Illyria never forgot who she really is in any
>of the previous issues, did she?
Well, the information that Fred's soul was destroyed came from a
gloating evil minion, so may not be entirely trustworthy. I've always
liked the idea that Fred's soul is now part of Illyria in much the
same way that Angel's soul is part of Angelus... it's her conscience,
and it's humanising her.
Stephen
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