I don't think Angel was expecting the apocalypse - he was just expecting life to go on as normal in the old world. And yes, everybody dies. It's a side-effect of being mortal (unless you're a vampire).
When he saw what was going on, his initial reaction was shock; his second reaction was to try and convince himself (and her) that it was just business as usual. "They can handle this, Buffy. It's no different than when you died. They'll survive. They always do."
And really, you know, you're making the same argument to me that Buffy was making to him in the pages of the comic. :-) Angel was being all philosophical and detached - easy to do when you're immortal and have already outlived most of the people you've ever known and loved - but I'm certain that had Buffy had known about Connor and IDW had given her their permission, she'd be demanding to know how Angel could turn his back on him a well. The moral of the whole scene is about whether loyalty to family should come above loyalty to an abstract cause, even if that cause is all about making a better world.
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Date: Aug. 19th, 2010 11:09 pm (UTC)When he saw what was going on, his initial reaction was shock; his second reaction was to try and convince himself (and her) that it was just business as usual. "They can handle this, Buffy. It's no different than when you died. They'll survive. They always do."
And really, you know, you're making the same argument to me that Buffy was making to him in the pages of the comic. :-) Angel was being all philosophical and detached - easy to do when you're immortal and have already outlived most of the people you've ever known and loved - but I'm certain that had Buffy had known about Connor and IDW had given her their permission, she'd be demanding to know how Angel could turn his back on him a well. The moral of the whole scene is about whether loyalty to family should come above loyalty to an abstract cause, even if that cause is all about making a better world.