- Is a fighter.
- Values loyalty above everything.
- And hence, if he is betrayed can turn vicious as a viper.
- Is more in control about whom he loves than most people give him credit for.
- But when he loves, there is not a drop held back.
- Doesn’t really have friends, just acquaintances he gets on with.
- Was called Will back in the day.
- Hasn’t been called Will for the last hundred years and would kill anyone who tried.
- Doesn’t fancy Xander but is endlessly amused by how Xander reacts to him.
- Has placed Dawn into the mental pigeon hole where he once kept his kid sister and it would never occur to him to take her out again.
- Speaking of which – had sisters. And a father. With whom he had a perfectly normal relationship.
- Purrs, growls and snarls.
- Has nice manners and always knows exactly when he is using them – and when he isn’t.
- Can’t remember who sired him and vacillates on the question on a daily basis.
- Was sired by Angelus in every way that mattered.
- Loved Dru from the first moment he laid eyes on her, still loves her deep down but doesn’t let himself think about it any more.
- Can play the piano. Doesn’t.
- If he wants to be good at something he will practice it endlessly, but he will practice it alone.
- Can both receive orders and give them.
- But only if he sees the point.
- When he hears the word ‘everybody’, always adds a mental ‘else’.
- Has a sneaking respect for Giles but would rather die than admit it.
- Sometimes drives all the way to L.A., stands outside the Hyperion smoking and staring at his feet, and then drives home again.
- Drops his fag butts on the pavement.
- Plays poker. Badly.
- Cheats.
- Releases the kittens afterwards. (But he doesn’t take them to a cats’ home because that would be wussy, he just put them down for a moment to light a fag and the sodding little buggers ran off. Again.)
- Cries.
- Was not a cause of jealousy in Darla, but was a major cause of annoyance.
- Learnt how to get on with her in the end. By and large. Leaving aside the odd rough patch. Mostly.
- Is something of a snob in the instinctive, unthinking way of the English.
- Can make himself charming to anyone anywhere, if he chooses.
- Can annoy anyone anywhere, if he chooses.
- Doesn’t always concentrate enough to choose.
- Does not think of Angel as ‘The Poof’.
- Went to both prep and public school – hated it.
- Can sketch.
- Is an excellent tactician and a hopeless strategist.
- Feared Angelus’s disapproval more than his anger.
- Feared neglect more than both.
- Reads more for information than entertainment, except for poetry and Shakespeare.
- Does not have an Oedipus complex, a reverse Oedipus complex, or any sexual hang-ups about his mother at all, thank you very much.
- Is incapable of keeping either himself or his living space entirely clean and tidy.
- Was upper middle class but without enough money to support the fact.
- Is not ashamed of this – but knows how important it is that he keeps it to himself.
- Can speak a smattering of numerous languages – very, very badly.
- Fidgets in company. Alone, he can just sit and think for hours.
- Is a very bad liar. Doesn’t know this.
- Has no taste in music – doesn’t know this either.
- Isn’t as talented a lover as he thinks he is, but makes up for it by being an extremely thoughtful one.
- Lost his virginity to Dru.
- Was taught how to make love by Darla.
- And how to lie back and think of England by Angelus.
- Is a surprisingly useful spin bowler but far too wild to be trustworthy with a bat.