I'm glad that he didn't. Why? Because I can't picture Buffy telling Angel and one of the things that pissed me off the most about that entire incident was how everyone felt perfectly happy telling everyone else what had happened.
It seemed like such a major violation and betrayal of trust, in particular Xander shoving it in Dawn's face out of spite. He had no business telling Buffy's 14 year old sibling what had happened. It wasn't his place and he was never, ever called on it. And then he had the gall to slam Buffy with it again the next season as if she'd somehow forgotten!
My apologies for the rant, but that is something that has always really infuriated me about how the whole situation was handled. It's one thing to provide a protective environment, it's something else entirely to take that choice away from Buffy and to tell the world without her prior consent.
Though if Angel had found out, I'm not sure he'd have had much of a leg to stand on. Angelus' behavior towards Buffy was terrible as well and I wouldn't have put it past him for an instant to have raped Buffy himself if he'd had the chance.
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It seemed like such a major violation and betrayal of trust, in particular Xander shoving it in Dawn's face out of spite. He had no business telling Buffy's 14 year old sibling what had happened. It wasn't his place and he was never, ever called on it. And then he had the gall to slam Buffy with it again the next season as if she'd somehow forgotten!
My apologies for the rant, but that is something that has always really infuriated me about how the whole situation was handled. It's one thing to provide a protective environment, it's something else entirely to take that choice away from Buffy and to tell the world without her prior consent.
Though if Angel had found out, I'm not sure he'd have had much of a leg to stand on. Angelus' behavior towards Buffy was terrible as well and I wouldn't have put it past him for an instant to have raped Buffy himself if he'd had the chance.