I really enjoyed your post. It is so nice to hear from someone who
has just watched the series and to hear all of your reactions. I was
fascinated by all the changes in Wesley, too, and I felt they were
very logical, given the events, and felt like a natural consequence
of the experiences he had undergone. It felt to me, when the show
ended, that there was still a lot of development still to come,
particularly in regards to his relationship with Illyria, and what
remained in her of Fred.

I so agree with you that it would be wonderful to have an audiobook
of Alexis Denisof reading 'A Little Princess'. I would give so much
to hear him read the whole book. It's such a wonderful story and a
favourite of mine from childhood too, and he has such a gorgeous
voice.

I quite understand you not wanting to watch the last episode. It is
so upsetting. I do think the final scene between Wesley and Illyria
is very beautiful and moving, and I was very grateful to all the
actors in the final alley scene for making their reactions to hearing
what has happened to Wesley so strong.

I would love to hear more about how you felt when watching each
season. Did you know that Wesley was going to arrive in Angel or were
you unspoiled for plot developments when you were watching? Do you
have a favourite episode or season?

Lori

--- In defendersofwesley@yahoogroups.com, "vertsn" <vertsn@...> wrote:
>
> Hello, everybody,
> I am a new member here, my first language is not English, and
I
> just watched the entire Buffy/Angel series (except the last
episode)
> on DVD, (yes, I know I am really out of date) so I have been
> wondering if I am even entitled to write anything here...
>
> I am so much moved by the way Wesley developed (is this a
> correct expression?) during the course of the seasons, and I have
> been fascinated by the character and the actor. I truly
> enjoyed "Angel" because of Wesley. And I really wished that Fred
and
> he would be.... So when I saw the episodes concerning the matter, I
> was so happy and then got so heartbroken. Everything was so
> beautifully done, so all the more I felt sad. (Somewhere on the
> internet, I had learned what's become of Wesley in the final
episode,
> and I do not have the heart to watch it yet. I watched other
> episodes again and again, but I just can't proceed to the last one
> yet.)
>
> By the commentary for the episode "A Hole in the World," I
> learned that the story Wesley was reading to Fred was "A Little
> Princess." I had read it (in my mother tongue) when I was very
> little, but the name of the heroin was differently
written/pronounced
> (it was more like "sailor" without "r" at the end) so when I was
> watching the episode, I did not know it was the story.
> After I learned about this, I bought the book in English and
> read it. The one I read in my childhood was an abridged version,
and
> I now felt that I had been deprived of the beauty and essence of
the
> story. It was such a moving beautiful story. And I wish there
were
> the audio book version read by Mr. Denisof.... ( I am so late in
> watching and learning about Angel, so I am sure this has already
been
> talked about.)
>
> I wonder if my writing even makes sense to you, but I just
> wanted to express how I felt. If you have been kind enough to read
> this so far, thank you very much for your patience.
>