Absolutely. That's what I loved about this ep. Gordon, when turned, doesn't suddenly pull an Angelus. He's still Gordon. And it feels like his decision to take innocent lives is a decision, not an imperative. It's him saying, "Well, I'm a monster now, I may as well act like one," instead of trying to find a way not to be a monster, which we've seen vampires do.
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Exactly. For Gordon, vampires had to be evil (sorta the reverse of S7 Buffy, who had to believe that a vampire getting a soul made a fundamental difference, because of her experience with Angel/Angelus). If he was a vampire, then he was evil. Period. Despite the fact that he was still trying to do the same thing he'd been doing before he was turned.
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Date: 2007-11-16 05:10 pm (UTC)*nods*
Exactly. For Gordon, vampires had to be evil (sorta the reverse of S7 Buffy, who had to believe that a vampire getting a soul made a fundamental difference, because of her experience with Angel/Angelus). If he was a vampire, then he was evil. Period. Despite the fact that he was still trying to do the same thing he'd been doing before he was turned.