Here's my theory: at some point, all the magic and altering of realities broke the universe into two different dimensions - both dimensions have all the same people, but events do not quite line up. Thus, when we're watching Buffy, we're watching one version of events, in which the Angel characters exist, but events did not happen exactly as we saw on Angel.
When we watch Angel, we're watching a different version of events, in which the Buffy characters exist, but again, not quite as we saw them on Buffy.
Definitely an adjustment, but as a viewer I feel like, I at least have a sense of WHY he acts so differently.
True. I think my reaction had more to do with the fact that I didn't like New Jack, and missed the one I loved on Who, but it didn't help that it took quite a while to figure out why he's so different.
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When we watch Angel, we're watching a different version of events, in which the Buffy characters exist, but again, not quite as we saw them on Buffy.
Definitely an adjustment, but as a viewer I feel like, I at least have a sense of WHY he acts so differently.
True. I think my reaction had more to do with the fact that I didn't like New Jack, and missed the one I loved on Who, but it didn't help that it took quite a while to figure out why he's so different.