Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-27586321-20141002154359/@comment-90.223.205.138-20141020181108

Grahamburglar wrote: Okay, if I may jump in.... (and I've been working on analyzing the similarities and differences between the two because eventually that's going to be relevant to my crossover series)... I did like the Nogitsune better. And that's shocking for me to think Teen Wolf did something better than Buffy.

But, the Nogitsune came from nowhere. So he had this surprise thing going and the good guys had to play catch up. The Scoobies on Buffy, firstly, got more warning because Angelus started slow, but also.... Angelus joined up with baddies who were already in town in the middle of a scheme the Scoobies were already working against.

And then, Angelus just wanted to get at Buffy but since she kept beating him, he ended up deciding to destroy the entire world instead? Like, some of the motivations for Angelus are just a little flimsy to me (and also, they stuck him in some monster of the week episodes just because the actor was a regular and he had to be evil but somehow not be the biggest threat they were facing, which is the only flaw in season 2, I think). Whereas, the Nogitsune wanted simply to cause chaos and strife and destruction -- so even if the good guys managed to stop some of his schemes, his motivation never needed to change. (And this is the one time I thought not having monster-of-the-week episodes was good for Teen Wolf, because they didn't have to give Dylan random scenes where he was being evil but not really being a threat.)

Performance-wise, though, as brilliant as Dylan was..... David wins that round. Especially in "I Only Have Eyes For You" where he's playing Angel-turned-Angelus-Possessed-By-A-Ghost. And it's a fantastic performance.

I am, on the other hand, going to second the motion that Evil Willow beats them both. (Either Vamp!Willow or Dark!Willow, frankly. It doesn't matter, they both win.) I totally get your points, especially the whole moster of the week (i.e lack of it) working in Teen Wolf's favour. It would have been off-putting to have Void Stiles in random situation, so Nogitsune's arc was more believable.

Sometimes I wish Dark Willow had more than 3 episodes to bring death and destruction LOL.