Who was your favorite character in "Angel" (and why)

[mhacdebhandia]

Wesley, for all the reasons TB gave and more.

Every time he pulled out firearms my friends and I decided his, uh, manhood was a few inches longer.

 

[Mark]

Wesley: Self-Sacrificing to the end.


I wonder if Joss originally had a different ending in mind for Wesley, one with Cordelia, prior to whatever falling out he had with Carpenter. It would have seemed fitting for Wesley to eventually wind up with Cordy given how they met, her being saved by him from the alt/evil Willow. Does anyone know the nature of the falling out and more exactly when in the series it happened?

 

[Hand of Evil]

Wesley was in need of a family, he found that in team Angel, I think it was a good ending for him as he was the only one to remain human (Gunn had implanted knowledge).

 

[Teflon Billy]

Man...Wesley is just killing here.

If I hadn't voted for him, I think it would've been Numero Cinqo.

A buddy is goin to run an Angel campaign (using the awesome rules from Eden Publishing), and my prerequisite for playing is that I get to be a Mexican Wrestler or a Puppet

 

[Agamon]

I dunno, Tef, Wesley was a great character. I think I liked Fred the most though. She was definitely the Willow of Angel, cute and geeky. Cordy was my fav the first couple seasons, with her witty sarcasm, which kinda fell away as she matured. Oh, right and CC is hotness personified.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Have to say I am surprised at the numbers, figured it would slope more to one and not spike to a single character.

 

[drothgery]

Have to say I am surprised at the numbers, figured it would slope more to one and not spike to a single character.

Mildly incompetent smart hero who works his way up to kick-ass smart/fast/occultist/gunslinger over the course of the series? Hmm, I wonder why Wes is leading the poll here again... (yes, I voted for him too)?

 

[GSHamster]

Have to say I am surprised at the numbers, figured it would slope more to one and not spike to a single character.

Wesley was also the "pain-taker" for the series. He just took hit after hit. Kicked out from the Watcher's Council, tortured by Faith, lost Fred to Gunn, unwittingly betrayed his friends, had his throat slashed, abandoned by his friends, lost Lilah, lost Fred.

You can't help but feel empathy for him. And his response to all this was to become totally hardcore badass character. He just had such style. The moment when he pulled the shotgun on the Beast was one of the finest moments on Angel.

 

[KaosDevice]

You know what, I'm revising my vote...I'm voting for The Beast! Awwww..yeah.

 

[DonTadow]

"I'll take away your bucket"

That sealed it for me. My favorite line out of the whole series. Wesley represented the every man too. He came onto Angel the same snot nosed character he was on buffy but the grittiness of the show really changed him. I was really hoping that after the fact they would have done a rogue slayer show with Faith and Wesley.

Spike is my favorite character in all of the series but there was not much character development in the last season. He was great, don't get me wrong, but he was basically the Roeper to Angel's Ebert.

I hated Gun when the series was on but thanks for TNT. NOw that i can see the scope of the character I like him a lot more. His want to be more than what he was was great.

The tranformation of Fred to Ilynrna was a nice storyline twist but it was so sudden for me. I only likedh er for the development she gave both Wesley and Gun.

Cordelia was sweet and hot but never a favorite character. I just felt that they didnt know what to do with her through most seasons. The best episode was the show's 100th episode (i won't spoil) but it was great and it tears me up ( agrown man- every time I watch it... then again so does spike's death during the last episode of buffy... oh yeah and the musical episode ending... )

Lorne was fun to watch as , if anyone watched, he was an alcholic wit ha cool personality. Anyone ever notice how he always had a drink in his hand. He was great comic relief.

Lilah was great in season 4 but with her death it was too short.