My rather-lazy-metaphor regarding those two is that Angel reminds me of someone who has to go to AA (or anger management or marriage therapy) because he HAS to, because it's a condition of his parole or whatnot (having the soul forced back into him by the gypsies), and Spike reminds me of the person who looks at the damage he has caused and decides he doesn't want to do that anymore, and actively seeks ways to change. Which is simplifying things terribly I know (and I have not watched AtS, so I can't judge Angel from that, only on BtVS). But you can probably figure out which I find a more interesting story.
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My rather-lazy-metaphor regarding those two is that Angel reminds me of someone who has to go to AA (or anger management or marriage therapy) because he HAS to, because it's a condition of his parole or whatnot (having the soul forced back into him by the gypsies), and Spike reminds me of the person who looks at the damage he has caused and decides he doesn't want to do that anymore, and actively seeks ways to change. Which is simplifying things terribly I know (and I have not watched AtS, so I can't judge Angel from that, only on BtVS). But you can probably figure out which I find a more interesting story.