Vamp Neil AU: After He Gets Sired, His IT Skills Make Him A Sought After Henchman, Who Goes On To Work

Vamp Neil AU: After he gets sired, his IT skills make him a sought after henchman, who goes on to work for for every Big Bad - so in every villain scene, he's around somewhere, saying things like "Mondays, am I right?" and "Working hard or hardly working?"

Eventually, due to a series of unlikely coincidences, his soul is restored and he moves to LA to work for Wolfram and Hart. S5 of Angel is about the deep rivalry between Angel, Spike, and Neil.

I have a weird amount of affection for this random one-scene character. He's like the living embodient of the phrase "hump day".

Oz is such a slight presence in his first couple of appearances, I was worrying I might not like him this time around - then 'What's My Line' hits, and... Oz is here. He's fully here - not the deepest character, sure, but just being a vaguely enjoyable presence all over the place. Buffy needs that - the character who isn't fully a part of the big dramatic plots, but is just generally fun to have around; it's one of the roles Anya will fill when Oz leaves.

(I'm also realising that the reason I was surprised to see Oz earlier in 'Inca Mummy Girl' is that I always remembered this episode as his real introduction. I'd just forgotten in the more-than-a-decade since my last rewatch.)

I love Neil the Generic 90s Office Guy!

I've decided he should have becomes a major character for the rest of the series, and am now inventing AUs to that effect

I have a weird amount of affection for this random one-scene character. He's like the living embodient of the phrase "hump day".

I just had a horrifying thought:

Gideon the Vampire Slayer.

This thought is horrifying specifically for her Watcher, Sex Pal, who is desperately trying to keep her alive despite her astonishing lack of regard for her own safety, her persistent belief that a big sword is an acceptable substitute for a plan - something she's right about often enough to be annoying and wrong about often enough to almost die on a regular basis - and her secondary belief that being severely injured just makes her even hotter.

one of the weirdest moments for me is when Buffy and Willow raid the Watcher Diaries in Halloween. Because at best, they're just flipping past all the descriptions of torture and murder to get to pics of girls Angel might've fucked. But at worst (and frankly, more likely, considering just what types of things watchers would chronicle), they're looking at pics of girls Angel ATE and being like "I think you could pull off that look, Buffy."

I'm sure this won't go anywhere.