My thing is that I didn't buy it during. I was such the Xander fangirl my first time through. My true Buffy fangirlness didn't hit until Season Six. So, the first time through? I hated Angel and the B/A relationship. Chosen was the first time that I realised... wow, Angel makes Buffy's eyes light up. And she was my girl by then. He made my girl happy, just by existing. Huge thing for me. And it made me completely re-evaluate their relationship.