I was not much of a fan of the Buffy/Angel ship, or of Angel the character on Buffy.
That said, Angel the series was far better than Buffy much of the time (at least after the 3rd season of Buffy), that’s when the character began to really shine, and I fucking loathed anytime they tried to crossover, because they just kept rehashing the same boring Buffy/Angel bullshit without acknowledging any of the character growth each of them had in between. So it was only in those instances where I really felt the kind of emotion OP describes.
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That said, Angel the series was far better than Buffy much of the time (at least after the 3rd season of Buffy), that’s when the character began to really shine, and I fucking loathed anytime they tried to crossover, because they just kept rehashing the same boring Buffy/Angel bullshit without acknowledging any of the character growth each of them had in between. So it was only in those instances where I really felt the kind of emotion OP describes.