Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-26601629-20150715192253/@comment-25222572-20150718041712

T Angelus Ballack wrote: Lol,  I think he was going to be killed off, but was so awesome and fans loved him soo much, they brought him back, same with angel. I didn't care much for him initially, then i started to notice him from his whole Angelus destruction of the world thing, when he said something like

"A lot of people talk about destroying the world, but I actually like this world, with things like racing, Manchester united, and billions of people walking like happy meals with legs, but Angelus, he could actually pull it off"

That killed me really, from then I started to like him a litlle more, and when he was talking passions on the show, he was just freaking hilarious. I think the time i really started to enjoy a lot as a character was when he was scaring people on the street because "he couldn't do evil". and he was just plain awesome on Angel Yeah, pretty sure that James Marsters confirmed in an interview that Spike was meant to be a 10-12 episode story arc villain. He was meant to be amazing, and fun, and all kinds of bad, and then get the hell out of the way, following which Dru (and later Angel) were to be the Big Bad's of the season. But they loved writing for him, James worked so well with the cast and crew, and the fans adored him, so instead of killing him off, they confined him to a wheelchair.

And I remember that speech pretty much word for word, it was great.

He shows up, punches out a cop who was going to arrest Buffy, turns, says something patronising/endearing, gets punched in the face, repeatedly, before he can convince Buffy that he's there to talk.

S: "Hey, hold up, white flag here! I quit!"

B: "Mortal enemies, yadayadayada, don't get time out's!"

S: "If you wanna have a go of it, pet, I'll have a gay old time, but if you want to stop Angel, then we're gonna have to play this a little differently."

B: "What are you talking about?"

S: "I'm talking about your ex, pet, I'm talking about putting him in the blloody ground!"

B, near tears at this point in her all-round shitty day, on the verge of hysterical laughter: "This has got to be the LAMEST trick you guys have EVER thought up!"

S, calm, states: "He's got your Watcher. Right now he's probably torturing him."

B, paying attention, still pissed off: "What do you want?"

S, smirking: "I told you, I want to stop Angel. I want to save the world."

B, disbelieving: "You DO remember that you're a vampire, right?"

S, nonchalantly walking over to the police cruiser, taking out a smoke: "We like to talk big, vampires do. "I'm going to destroy the world!". Heh. But it's just tough guy talk. Struttin' 'round with your friends, over a pint of blood. The truth is, I LIKE this world! You've got.....dog racing, Manchester United, and you've got people.

Billions of people walking around like Happy Meal's on legs. It's all right here......... But THEN, someone comes along with the vision. With a real....passion, for destruction. Angel could pull it off.