BTVS Analysis: Wesley Wyndam-Pryce you've been to a place... 

He was a tortured character. His entire character arc was a thing of beauty. No one would ever want to go through what he did, but no one could deny the experiences made him a bad ass. By the end he was the tormented hero. Just as much as Angel ever was.

Wesley’s character arc is my favourite, even above Spike. His last scenes are still incredibly moving.

Honestly the characters with the two greatest character arcs would be Wesley and Cordelia, both are fantastically written across both series.

Agree with the others that noted Wesley had fantastic character growth - just like Spike, Angel, Willow and Cordelia. Wes was perhaps the most dramatic and unexpected of all, going from bumbling British stereotype to cool man of action and finally to tragic bereaved lover, and it never felt anything other than organic. The scenes between him and Fred/Illyria are some of the finest I've seen on television.

12:50 Cordelia was such an amazing friend to Wesley, she knew about his feelings before everybody else. Its so heartbreaking she never got to see him succeed after years.

Mostly good, but I feel that not covering illyria makes this incomplete. Illyria is the true culmination of his arc; facing him with the same challenge it began with. Illyria being a demon trapped in a human body isnt a 1 to 1 comparison to a slayer, but it's a similar situation in that shes someone with great power being suddenly thrust into a whole new world. And like faith, illyria is violent, volatile, and in a situation where she could easily become a threat. And wesley is essentially tasked with being a watcher for illyria, even before she agrees to it. Right from their first scene, where wesley tells her how humans are now dominant in the world, he is acting as her guide. And wesley, as anyone can see, is at by far his lowest point in the entire series. He wasn't exactly happy during the time he was faiths watcher, but he was Mostly okay emotionally as far as we know. But now he's a complete wreck. And yet despite being at his lowest point, he succeeds. Unlike faith where he royally screwed everything up despite his intentions, here wesley is able to be the by far the greatest influence on illyria becoming an ally of team angel when she could have been a threat to the whole world. And he's able to do this, even at his lowest point, because of everything he's learned over the course of the show. There's more I can say about his relationship with illyria, its incredibly impressive how much the writers put into it in so little time, but I'd say that's a good summary of its most important points.

Interesting breakdown infact if u look at the 2 shows Wesley is basically a twisted version of willow . Both put their hero on a pedestal and emulates to be like them eventually falling into darkness.

I do feel like his relationship with Iliriya was a great part of his character arc.

Wesley's an awesome character. Easily one of my favourite characters in the Slayerverse!

Great video and analysis. I have always felt sympathy for Wes and his tragic character arc.

Another interesting point is that most Demons are highly resilient or outright immune to firearms. So Wesley picking up guns as his man weapon showcases his proclivity towards engaging Human opponents, who are notoriously easy to kill with guns.

Wesley, IMO, is the most tragic character in the Buffyverse. He just keeps losing everything :(

So glad you gave this the sort of runtime needed to really put WWPs story into proper context, made me kinda hyperd for my own angel rewatch

All your characters analysis videos are fantastically done, but this one in particular is exceptional. So so good!

Yep. simply stated, he is the best character in the Buffyverse.

Wesley is my favorite male Buffyverse character.

This was my favourite character arc in either Angel or Buffy (Faith was second, though Willow, Spike and Angel are great too). Can't get over Cordelia and Connor so can't include

I always find the loa scene with wesley to be hauntedly painful.

Good breakdown.

Well done

Beautiful summary and exposition of this tragic character. Would have liked a mention of why Wes chose not to view Illyria in her pretend Fred form ("The Girl in Question") - was it from respect to her memory or just avoidance of pain? If respect, then why give in when mortally wounded? The tragedy is compounded when we think Fred's soul is not in an afterlife for Wes to ever meet, but "burned up resurrecting Illyria". Also his last day spent while caring for Illyria ("Not Fade Away") strongly hints that, since Fred is gone, he has nothing else to live for. Perhaps he had a death wish when fighting Cyvus Vail - not unlike how Spike expounds to Buffy how every Slayer has a secret death wish. I'd like to know whether you think this ending fits his character arc, and why the writers chose this for his ending - whether it is a "happy ending" for him.

This video is perfect.

Im not crying YOU'RE crying!

More Wesley please

Forgot the parts with Illyria but otherwise good video

Was he really going to stay for longer? He should have.

*But the thing people seem to forget about Wesley is he never apologised for what he did. That is the only part of his character evolution I HATE. He refused to accept responsibility for Connor's fate after being duped by a fake prophecy. Hell even in Angel's fantasy Wesley apologised to him, sad that it was a fantasy that his BEST FRIEND apologised for taking the child away from the father.*

Spike and Wesley had the best arcs!

Whats the song at the end

Is that Angel with a reflection at 9:54?

it looks less worse since cordy appears so much older kissing him.

Doyle we get it we all have something to return for You're going to be quite annoying for a dead guy

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