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by Kay Buffy s3e10 Kindly donated by Jade's BtVS Theories
I have heard a lot of debate about the snow in Amends, but most everyone seems to believe that the First brought Angel back from Hell. I have an alternate theory. The First, or evil in general, doesn't have the power. If it did, why wouldn't it open the gateway all of the time and bring all the demons into this world. Or while it was open why didn't they, at least, have a few demons tag along. Only Angel came through. According to GIles evil lost its claim on this real estate and it can't come and go as it pleases. The First can't act, it can only haunt, torment and persuade others to do evil. If evil could bring him back, why would they? Angel, with a soul, is a good guy. Bringing back Angelus would be great for evil, but evil couldn't be sure it could get him back. Assuming that opening the gateway to hell is a big deal, since they don't do it often, would it want to risk it all being for naught, or worse him being a good guy. They, the First or its priests, weren't there when Angel was released. He was uncerimoniously dumped on the mansion floor, and evil loves ritual. Perhaps, they didn't have to be. Considering his confused state when he got back, it doesn't seem like they protected their interests very well. But not only were they not there, the First didn't start haunting him for months afterwards. Even after he regained his senses he was suffereing major post tramatic stress disorder (Homecoming), weak physically (Band Candy) and mentally (Revelations). Why would evil wait till he was better before trying to drive him crazy, why not kick him while he's down. He would have been more vulnerable then. The First did claim to bring him back, but evil things do lie. Good, on the other hand, recruited Angel in the first place. He is a unique weapon against evil, since he uses evil power to fight evil. Good having claim to this piece of real estate probably guards the door to hell, it's not into ceremony (like the quiet snowfall) and while it did let him sit in hell for a while, it had waited nearly 100 years to recruit him in the first place, so it is consistent. At the very least, Good wouldn't want an innocent soul to suffer for the evil acts of a demon. It seems likely that Good brought Angel back, the First and its priests found out and deided to seize an opportunity. They came to Sunnydale, a couple months after Angel got back, and tried to get him to lose his soul again, by choosing to be evil. But it didn't work, he to the surprise of the First would rather die than be a monster. Giving that, evil has no reason to keep haunting him or to keep him alive. He is either going to be dead or be a good guy. And while him dying "wasn't the plan" at least evil has accomplished the destruction of an agent for good, therefore "it'll do." And if it tells buffy what's going on, Buffy will be destroyed over this turn of events. The snow not only saved Angel, but Buffy too. P.S. Could Angel, even at full strength, have "taken" Buffy? I don't think it matters. Several ideas have been expressed about how Angel could lose his soul again. I think that him consciously choosing to ignor his soul could cause him to lose it at least in the way that evil people do. In Angel's case it would be worse, since he has a demon waiting and wanting to take over. It may not lift the curse, but it would probabaly be enough to give the demon control. Your opinion Or you can
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