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I only pray, don't fall away from me.

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Always. 3x12 Helpless | 3x17 Enemies

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angel + touching buffy's collar 2x13 Surprise | 3x05 Homecoming

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bangel + sexy back

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Listen.

I see the flaws with bangel, I really do, but I have no time for people who don’t see the nuance in that relationship

Were they in love? Was it a schoolgirl crush? Did they annoy each other? Was it obsession? Was it the want to be wanted? ITS ALL OF THE ABOVE

I think that relationship fundamentally changed both of them. I think buffy came out with more scars (literally and figuratively) but no one left unscathed - scoobies and civilians included.

The question of “was it really love?” seems pointless to me because we hear both Buffy and Angel’s response - they thought so. If they considered it love, then we have our answer.

“But did they really LOVE the other person or just the idea of them?” The answer is both. Or maybe neither! Or a combo of the two! Any answer is more interesting to me than a simple “yes” or “no.”

THEYRE MESSY AND THATS WHY I LIKE IT

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Bangel + Baby Bangs in Public

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buffy summers + matt murdock: resurrection parallels

id under the cut

ID: A series of gifs compares the journeys of Buffy Summers of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and Matt Murdock of "Daredevil":

Buffy jumps to her death into a portal of purple-white energy. Matt travels through a sea of fire following the explosion at Midland Circle. Both have their arms outstretched in a shape reminiscent of Jesus Christ on the cross.

Buffy awakens in her coffin after being resurrected by her friends. Matt awakens in an infirmary bed at St. Agnes Orphanage, where he's being cared for by the nuns. Both of them are disoriented and shocked to be alive.

Buffy confesses that she is struggling to get through every moment in a loud, bright, violent world since her return. "This is hell," she says. In a hallucination, Wilson Fisk taunts Matt about the fact that his damaged hearing was restored just in time for Matt to find out Fisk is out of prison. "Does that sound like God's forgiveness?" he asks. "No," Matt responds. "It sounds like… hell."

Buffy explains that something has been missing since her resurrection. "When I clawed my way out of that grave, I left something behind. Part of me." Foggy Nelson makes a similar observation about Matt. "I think a part of him was buried under Midland Circle," he says.

Buffy is symbolically resurrected again alongside Dawn, her sister, who often represents Buffy's connection to her humanity or inner child. The two of them crawl out of an open grave in the cemetery after fighting off some demons. Matt is symbolically resurrected again alongside Karen Page, who can be viewed as representing his ties to his loved ones who he has pushed away and his sense of purpose as Daredevil ("People like her are why I do this"). The two of them climb out of a stone coffin after hiding from pursuers in the Clinton Church crypt.

Buffy and Dawn walk together amid the leafy green trees and flowers of spring. We see their backs as they look out over a beautiful vista. Matt and Karen walk together out of Clinton Church and emerge into the sunshine. Similarly, we see them from behind with bright green leaves in front of them. Both scenes evoke rebirth and hope.

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