Claddagh Ring

We all know the Claddagh ring to be a symbol of affection and love between Buffy and Angel. We saw him give it to her on the night of her seventeenth birthday, before declaring he would be leaving for several years. Buffy was devastated but Angel assured her the ring would bind them (and their love) together. site maken

"My people -- before I was changed -- they exchanged this as a sign of devotion. It's a Claddagh ring. The hands represent friendship, the crown represents loyalty... and the heart... Well, you know... Wear it with the heart pointing towards you. It means you belong to somebody. Like this." Play games, addicting games online.

As Joss so ambiguously depicted, that night Buffy and Angel slept together for the first time. Something within Angel clicked, he'd experienced complete happiness and satisfaction in his life. Yet unlike the rest of us who feel happy for a few moments then spend the rest of our lives wondering what we we'd felt, Angel KNEW. get free ipad

He mostly knew because the demon he'd been fighting within had taken over his body.

He ran out screaming into the night, trench flared, his face being covered by unrelenting rain...and cut to commercials. Tune in next week to find out why Angel is in such pain after such a wonderful night.

Next week we find out Angellus has returned and David Boreanaz can actually act 0;-)

Cut forward a season or two. Buffy is hanging out with Scott, the cute kid from high school who wanted to ask her out before but was too shy to ask. He gives her a "friendship ring" which of course turns out to be a Claddagh. Buffy wigs, he wigs, its a big wiggy thing and you just *know* this relationship is not going to last.

Fast forward another season. Angel has been gone, Buffy is ready to move on. She visits the mansion, apparently imagining all the events from the past year. As she looks at the chains on the wall, the barren floor, the fireplace, everything that is now empty, she reneges her hold on Angel's heart.

She drops the ring which had symbolized so much on the ground and leaves.

As she leaves, some sort of portal opens and Angel is dropped on the ground, naked, shivering and crying. Cut to commercials.

We are never told, although I believe, that Buffy's ring was what summoned Angel from hell. Apparently he'd been there for hundreds of years, suffering and forgetting life, then had been deposited back in our reality. As countless soaps have taught us, only love has the power to do that.

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