...way out on the corner of fucked up and evil...

Tonight in Angel: Angel is evil, except that he totally isn't. Not!Fred tries to convince Spike that Angel is cheating on him, but Spike's not having any of it. He's so loyal. Lindsey wants to hug someone. Anyone. His hair is still bad, so everyone refuses.

Speaking of bad hair, Gunn calls Drogan 'Aragorn'. I find that uncalled for, since Drogan seems pretty well up on personal hygiene to me. Still, it seems Drogan takes Gunn's words cruelly to heart, because next time we see him. he's shaved his head.

Also, Nina turns up and bores me to death. Sod off, Nina.

Wesley may or may not have been in this episode. Due to the pain of listening to him whine, I have now established a mental block on his existance during seasons four and five.

Spike and Angel's Big Gay Roman Adventure rocks. There's no other way to put it. So much goodness.

The cookie dough rant. The slow-motion fight accompanied by Dean Martin songs. The moped. The argument in the elevator. Andrew. Gypsies. The Italian Wolfram and Hart. Spit humour. Bombs. Spike's coat.

And the dialogue. Don't get me wrong, nobody will ever replace Cordy and Xander in terms of 'hilariously quotable one-liners', but there were some gems here:

"You are the very definition of handsome. You take my breath away. I have no breath!"

"The Gypsies, they are filthy people. [spits] We will speak of them no more!"

"They give you bomb? Oh, they always do that to first-timers in this country."

"Is Angel crying?"
"No! [pause] Not yet!"

"I part my threshold to you. By which I mean, my doorway. Obviously."

"Unless the Immortal kills you. Which would be sad."
"He's not going to kill me."
"Not if I'm with you."

"Hop on, little momma."
"I'm not riding on the back!"

"I was confused, you git! It's very loud in here!"

"Son of a bitch!"

"Oh look, the Americans are using violence to solve their problems. What a suprise."

"Wait a minute, I wasn't in Italy in the 1950's."
"Oh, guess not. You really missed out."

"Concurrently?!"
"You never let us do that!"

"Those were my nuns!"

"Is there anything under 'Blood Vengance'?"

Le sigh. I'm going to miss this show.

Oh, and I know a lot of people had issues about Team Angel not telling the Burkles about Fred, but, in the words of Holland Manners, "I just can't seem to care."

Aw damnit, I'm such a snivelling bitch.

Have just finished watching the last episode of Angel - much like pulling off a sticking plaster, I decided it would be less painful if I got it all over at once. Wrong.

Angel signing away the Shanshu broke my heart. I didn't stop crying from that point on. Though I note, his signature looked totally different from the one on the memory-wipe contract - here it was practically illegible. Maybe he signed it 'Spike'. That would be funny.

I appreciated the slashiness between Lindsay and Angel:
"I want you, Lindsay." *pause* "I'm thinking about rephrasing that."
"Yeah, I think I'd be more comfortable if you did."

Not to mention: "If the next words out of your mouth are 'Kill Spike', we just might to have to kiss."

Also: "Your manservant has become entangled in my bodily fluids again!". Bwahaha.

Connor was actually likable (and whilst I was already crying, I cried harder when he came to help his dad out. I'm such a sap). Spike's poetry got applause. BlueFred thought Gunn was too pretty to die. Harmony's still evil. And Lorne...

Oh dear God, Lorne.

There are no words.

So, in conclusion: Goodbye, Doyle. Adios, Cordy. So long, Evil Hand. Later days, Hyperion. See you around, seabreezes. Nice knowing you, subtext.

And FUCK YOU, Warner Brothers.

Am listening to James D'Arcy read 'The Statement' on audio CD. His voice is most sexful, but as for the story itself, I find it hard to believe that the Catholic church would go to such efforts to hide a war criminal. After all, that's time that could be spent raping little boys.

Note: priests rape, pirates molest. It's an important distinction.

In other news, Angel was very boring tonight. Wesley, blah-blah, Fred, blah-blah, Gun got stabbed, some other stuff happened. Some very minor Angel/Spike moments (yes, Vernon, Angel/Spike, not the other way around, now be told) but all in all, a waste of my time.

New word:

Holmesexual. Meaning 'one of indeterminate sexuality who also has damn sexy hands'.

Proof that Jonathan and I having three-week arguments over fictional characters is indeed good for something.

In other news, Angel and Spike were being most homoerotic last night. Shame Fred and Wes had to spoil everything by, you know, being in the episode. Some people have no consideration.

And Lorne punched Eve. And Spike and Angel were all, "Go Lorne!" So was I, in fact.