On the Angel RPG message board there has been some conversation about the current season and ((SPOILERS!)) why Wolfram & Hart seemed to want Angel to take the amulet. It was suggested that the Spike we see now is old soulless Spike and that as a reward for his actions, his sould was allowed to go to heaven. It was further suggested that they wanted this to happen to Angel so they could have Angelus in charge of the L.A. branch of W&H. SJV's reply:
I'm not too sure that was W&Hs motives at all. Even they were afraid of the unpredictability of Angelus. They'd rather have the uncontrollable nuke sealed away in a box. Plus, they gave over the office to Angel before giving him the necklace. I don't think it was their idea at all to hand the keys of the city to someone who they knew would become Angelus. They know how to manipulate Angel. Angelus is a wild card they have no method of controling.
Angelus is the Stormbringer of the Vampire world.
"Farewell, friend. I was a thousand times more evil than thou!"
-Stormbringer
There's a good point. Spike and most Buffy-verse vamps, while evil, are not the type that will destroy the world. Angelus is and has tried before. Not exactly somebody you want released, even if you're W&H.
I just posted this here because I like the Angel as Stormbringer reference.
Posted by Nuadha at October 20, 2003 9:51 AM