And then there was the epic Man Pain arc he got after Connor was taken to another dimension. Because losing his friends and purpose for reasons that were *entirely* based in his own issues and stupidity was more painful/important than Angel losing his child and going through epic betrayal all because of Wesley. And then the narrative was totally okay with Wesley torturing Justine because his MAN PAIN justified torturing women. Just like how his earlier Man Pain justified completely betraying Faith's and everyone else's trust. And not only did the writers think that all of this drama and suffering made Wesley more interesting than he had ever been before, but the fandom was happily all over it.

WHEN I READ SHIT LIKE THIS IT'S LIKE SEEING THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN AND I'M LIKE FFFFFUUUU.

BECAUSE I LIKE WESLEY. I DO. UNTIL S5. I THOUGHT HIS MAINPAIN IN S3 WAS DUMB AS ALL FUCK, YOU STUPID TWAT, BUT IT GAVE ME LIIIIILAH.

oh god dammit.