Marzipan in Your Pie Plate

The following are just some thoughts of mine.

When Angel Investigations is originally by Cordelia (let's be honest here, without her there never would have been a business), their slogan was "We help the hopeless."

From "I Fall To Pieces": Cordy: Angel Investigation. We help the hopeless.

From "Room With a View": Machine in Cordy's voice: "Angel Investigations. We help the hopeless. If that's you leave a message. [Beep]"

At some point between the inception of AI and the current season, this changed. Hopeless became helpless. Despair was replaced with helplessness…an inability to act or react. Now it's neither. Angel Investigations has been consumed by Wolfram & Hart. Hopeless and helpless are now what defines Angel, no longer what he devotes himself to alleviating.

( longish ramble on Angel, Hopelessness and Helplessness... )

It will be an interesting to accompany Angel on the next leg of his journey; to see how he regains his hope and sense of empowerment. And how the choices he has made put roadblocks and detours in his path.

Comments? Other views?

I know it's been a while since I last updated in here. But other than going to DragonCon Labor Day weekend with Randomways and BuffyAnnotater and collinwood and Dedalus, and exploring some of the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa, and just getting back from Disney World where I had giraffes (did you know they smap each other with their heads?), zebras, waterbuck, tommies and ostriches outside the window, nothing much was going on. So I thought I'd post the results of all the Buffy- and Angel-related quizzes I've taken.
(  Which of Angel's Maybe-Not-So Bizarre Personal Sexual Fetishes Are You? )

(  Which Buffy Quote Are You? )

(  What's Your OMWF IQ? )

( Which Buffy & Enneagram's 9 Personalities Are You? )

( Which Angel Character Are You? )

( Which Season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Are You? )

( Which Buffy Archetype Are You? )

( Which Buffy Episode Are You? )

Wow. I really took all of those? What? You wanted more about the other stuff? Oh, alright, but it'll be in another entry.

Vancouver. The Gathering. It has begun.

( Thursday Night, pre-Gather )