Would you feel safer with Buffy or Angel? (5 Scenarios)
Overall Scenario: You've just been informed by Buffy/Angel that a cult of dangerous demons wants to kill you. Apparently, a very-very-very-VERY long time ago, your ancestor was a Champion of the Powers that Be. Her last act as protector of the innocent was using a spell to bind the essence of one of the last Old Ones. Giles/Wesley has translated the prophecy and provides you with a brief description. As decreed by your ancestor, "So long as my blood runs free, the Glutton of Life shall not." Thus....here we are!!! Buffy/Angel must protect you so that evil will not reign supreme.
Note: Feel free to say in which Season you'd want this to take place. OR, just make up a hypothetical season where all the Scoobies/Angel Investigation employees of your choice are present.
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Scenario 1: By some odd PTB rule, ONLY Buffy or Angel can protect you. Their allies cannot help in any way. The champion of your choice must protect you alone for 3 whole days...
Do you feel safer being protected by Buffy alone or Angel alone? Why so?
Scenario 2: Forget that last rule. Their allies CAN protect you!! You get 3 whole days of being protected by either the Scooby Gang or Angel Investigations!!
So, now that each has their entire group on hand, has your answer changed?
Scenario 3: In an odd twist, Buffy/Cordelia receives a vision from the Powers that Be stating that Buffy/Angel CANNOT protect you. Only their allies are allowed. Apparently, your ancestor had a very "hands off" approach that made her group stronger. Thus, for magical mumbo-jumbo reasons, only the soldiers of the Champion of your choice can help. You still have 3 days but none of them can be even remotely close to Buffy/Angel and they can't have ANY contact with their friends for the duration of your protection.
Do you feel safer being protected by a Scooby gang minus Buffy or an Angel Investigations minus Angel?
Scenario 4: Soooooo, Giles/Wesley got the translation of the prophecy wrong. First, where as they thought you only needed to be protected for 3 days, it really translated to 3 YEARS!! You made quite the impression in your short 3 days so the group of your choice asks that you stay close. While being protected, you also begin protecting them and the innocents you come across. You become like family to your group, being the confidant and bestie of the Scooby/Angel employees of your choice. And heck, you're even hitting it off romantically with the Scooby/Angel employee of your choice!! Life's been pretty good and that 3-year mark isn't even on your mind anymore...
Buuuut, it turns out Giles/Wesley got the prophesy more wrong than they originally intended. Yes, you needed to survive 3 years but...you need to die on the final day. There's no telling what will happen but Giles/Wesley is visibly spooked. They were tipped off in their own dreams, meaning it's very possible the Powers that Be decided to bypass Buffy/Cordelia's visions all together. Still, Giles/Wesley isn't entirely sure the vision they received was legitimate. Seems so but there's no time to check. Before Buffy/Angel can make a decision, the other members of the Scooby Gang/Angel Investigations all strongly object to your death, recanting what you've all been through together and what you mean to the group.
Which do you feel safer with now? Who would sacrifice your life for the possibility that the would MIGHT be in danger? Who would risk the fate of the world for your safety alone. And...would you be okay with sacrificing your life if that's what they choose?
Scenario 5: Continue with Scenario 4. Regardless of your previous answer, imagine Buffy/Angel has decided to spare you. The group rejoices!! They vow to do what they can to keep you safe no matter what happens. But, little does the Scooby Gang/Angel Investigations know that they weren't the only ones who were tipped off to the truth of your prophecy. The OTHER group isn't too pleased with Buffy/Angel's choice and wants you dead. Angel Investigations travels to Sunnydale OR the Scoobies travel to Los Angeles all for one purpose...to kill you.
Who do you feel safer with when the group of your choice is going up against the other? Can the group of your choice defeat the other?