I know what you mean, on paper it felt like they were going for a real Shakespearean tragedy with Wesley, but the way it was played just made Wesley come across to me as really self-pitying. I know the show did portray him as reaching out to Angel, but I couldn't help always seeing him as really cold and wrapped up in himself, almost like he was aware of the story that he was in and saw himself as this noble man who has been tragically wronged.
For me there was just never never any real warmth to his performance, he became such an insular character. Even his relationships with Lilah and Fred were all about Wesley and what he felt he deserved, whether he could be redeemed or not
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rosecarmine
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Date: 2015-07-27 06:30 pm (UTC)For me there was just never never any real warmth to his performance, he became such an insular character. Even his relationships with Lilah and Fred were all about Wesley and what he felt he deserved, whether he could be redeemed or not