buffy + angel | the last time

Buffy: “I never thought you'd come.”
Angel: “It’s a big night. I didn’t want to miss it. It’s just tonight. It doesn’t mean that I…”
Buffy: “I know. I mean, I understand.”
Angel: “Dance with me?”
(The Prom, Season 3 Buffy)

November 23, 1999
Doyle: “Maybe he’s over her.”
Cordelia: “You have so much to learn, little Irish man.”

Angel: “It is confusing. And I…when we’re apart…it’s easier. It hurts, every day. But I live with it. And now you’re…you’re right here…and I can actually reach out…and -- it’s more than confusing. It’s unbearable.”
Buffy:...

(Be warned: This is quite lengthy) It's an essay from a Buffy related book once again credited to 'Imblack21' for her find. The girls becoming a b/a santa!
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy
Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale

The essay in question:

Buffy in the Buffy:
A Slayer's Solution to Aristotle's Love Paradox
Melissa M. Milavec and Sharon M. Kaye

Background from the essay...

The Aristotelian Framework

According to Aristotle, there are three levels of friendship. The lowest form, "utility friendship", is based on mutual benefit, irrespective of whether or not two parties...

i had always thought that spike was a horrible guy to everyone and to buffy, but in the last four episodes he changed and now i "kind of " get why everyone loves spuffy. Sure Angel had a soul and loved buffy and saved her life alot, but he didn't say uplifting or romantic speaches like spike [or none that i can remember]. Spike also helped and cared for buffy even without a soul ,which is more than i can say for Angel. And getting a soul back for buffy [who at that time didnt really care for Spike]was an amazing thing to do , just getting to the end of the world and back is hard let alone going...