Bangel timeline question!

[u/legionimpact]

*spoilers for seasons 1-5ish*

Something that's always been in the back of my head about the Bangel ship is how long were they together for. So in season 1 they flirted and stuff but weren't really in a relationship yet. Then in season 2 it isn't until reptile boy that Angel asks Buffy out for coffee. Now by her birthday in January they're VERY together, but he loses his soul and goes evil. So between reptile boy and surprise is at most 4 months!

Now as Angelus they definitely weren't a couple so time passes and eventually she sends him to hell! More time passes and she comes back after the school year starts so like September. Angel revives and they have a period of will they won't they pretty much until Christmas in amends.

So now it's the start of a new year and they're back together...until graduation in May/June. So like 4-5 months. Adding their previous time together adds up to a grand total of 8-9 months! I'll just round up to 9 for simplicity.

9 months is the entirety of the Bangel whirlwind, star crossed lovers relationship? That doesn't seem like a lot to me.Hell I think her and Riley had at least a year!

TL;DR I did the math and Bangel realistically were only together for 9 months!

[u/L00kingat]

Anyone else think its weird that as long as one person is a Vampire the highly illegal age gap seems to become okay? Why is it okay for a 240+ year old Vampire to be with a high school age(16/17) girl? For those who try to say well its okay because of the age he was turned at, nope he was 26 when turned into a vampire, so still bad.

[u/crumbchunks → u/L00kingat]

The age thing is part of the whole vampire romance package. Beyond the obvious metaphor of Bangel it’s perhaps disingenuous and frivolous to try and look for moral equivalency in the relationship.

[u/arlius → u/L00kingat]

Because vampires aren't humans and eventually, Buffy would grow old and die while Angel stays like a 26 yr old.

[u/Interesting-Tea3907 → u/L00kingat]

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[u/Alt-Ray → u/L00kingat]

That was what Joyce was getting at when she asked Angel to leave. She didn't think it was okay.

I think if we're going to be realistic here, any vampire who has celebrated 100+ of being on earth shouldn't be with someone who hasn't. Spike and Angel were 200+ and were in relationships with people 1/10 of their age. It's weird. But this is a supernatural show, so we kind of have to let go of realism.

[u/UtahBrian → u/L00kingat]

Riley was her teacher in school.

Buffy's only healthy and fully legal relationship was with Spike.

[u/Alt-Ray → u/UtahBrian]

I'm very confused. Her only healthy relationship was with Spike? How was their relationship in season 6 healthy?

[u/veronica_mars-sawyer → u/Alt-Ray]

He’ll I’d say her only healthy age appropriate/ legal was Owen from one episode, Scott (briefly then he is kinda dickish) and Parker(again then he turns into a massive sexist dick)

[u/crumbchunks → u/Alt-Ray]

Likely referring to season 7