#mind about it by buffy s8 and had it be a buffy decoy instead. and honestly if they did... i'm so glad about it because buffy would NEVER

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The Immortal as a "love interest for Buffy" and Nina as one for Angel may also have some similarities (I know that it wasn't really Buffy who dated the Immortal. But at first, Angel didn't know that, and the audience didn't until Buffy season 8 came out. And it was actually Angel thinking Buffy was with the Immortal that partly drove him into Nina's arms), as both Nina and the Immortal can be seen as fourth love interests for Angel and "Buffy," after they dated each other, of course.

Rebecca, Darla, Cordelia, and Nina for Angel (I don't count Kate since that was an aborted plotline). And Parker, Riley, Spike, and The Immortal for Buffy (though not really the last one). Though obviously, Buffy had crushes on more guys than this (like Ben and Robin), so I'm just counting the ones that she was intimate with.

And both Nina and The Immortal are supernatural creatures, of course, with Nina being a werewolf and The Immortal being a vampire.

#buffy the vampire slayer #bangel #something else i thought of some days ago in trying to think of any and all bangel parallels that i possibly can #also part of me wonders if originally the writers WERE planning on that really being buffy in the 'girl in question' and then changed there #mind about it by buffy s8 and had it be a buffy decoy instead. and honestly if they did... i'm so glad about it because buffy would NEVER #sleep with the immortal #i've seen some fanfic authors try to explain it away. and some make good attempts. but it will never sit well with me #like i could maybe be okay with the idea of her partying it up in rome and enjoying a vacation or thinking she could finally retire (at #least temporarily) after the series finale and finally enjoying life now that there are new slayers (though even that seems kind of ooc). #but sleeping with the immortal? no. #though i have read some fics where she had to do that to get info out of him like a spy... or she really didn't do that and angel and spike #just assumed wrong--and once again. she was being a spy--and that makes it all a bit better #though all this being said i still love the episode 'the girl in question' #i just see it as angel and spike being morons and not realizing that it's CLEARLY not buffy (and. i mean. it's not. s8 made that canon) #and they both lose points for it #but it's fun to see them both obsessing over who they think is her and having their hearts break in thinking she's with the immortal. pfft #angel the series