World War Wesley

when he replaced (or tried to replace) Rupert as Watcher. There was a bit more venom when Doyle died to clear the way for Wesley." The very thought sets fan tempers boiling.

On one side of the fence, the fans gather in Yahoo! clubs with names like "Wesley Haters Anonymous" and "Wesley Haters and Doyle Lovers" and on mailing lists like the "Wesley-Haters" at Onelist. On the other, there are Yahoo! clubs like "Wesley's Support Group" and mailing lists like "Rogue Demon Hunter" and "WesFemmes," defending the former Watcher.

Even those who enjoy Wesley find that part of the delight the character brings is the pleasure of making fun of him, as, for example, at the "Web Wide Wesley" site:

http://lonejack.simplenet.com/wwp/

For the Doyle fans, it only adds insult to injury that the new employee of Angel Investigations has past history with Cordelia, the woman whose love Doyle had hoped to win.

In the third season of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," Wesley and Cordelia were strongly attracted to one another. All that ended, however, with a totally disastrous (and hilarious) kiss.

http://www.nightbird.co.uk/SHL/Jailbait/

In the first season of "Angel," Doyle was immediately attracted to Cordelia and was gradually "wearing her down" to the point where she had finally asked him to invite her out to dinner. Alas, only a few minutes later they enjoyed their one and only kiss, and Doyle went on to his glorious (and gruesome) destiny, disintegating before the horrified eyes of Cordelia and Angel as he gave his life to save them. This kiss was even more fateful than Wesley and Cordelia's, however, since Doyle passed along his supernatural gift of visions to Cordelia in a small flash of blue light.

Wesley now has one insurmountable advantage over Doyle in the competition for Cordelia's affections: Wesley is alive. Even if Doyle should return as a ghost next season, as some fans hope, that pesky little problem of being dead could cause some ongoing problems for our hero. Ah, but the arguments that Doyle and Wesley could have!

In the meantime, fans continue to debate the relative merits of Wesley and Doyle on message boards and mailing lists, and many fans continue to enjoy throwing metaphorical darts at Wesley. (Okay, I admit it, I'm guilty too.... my darts are green.)

http://lavender.fortunecity.com/candyman...

As for Alexis Denisof, who (let's say it again, folks, and mean it) bears no responsibility whatsoever for the decision to

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