Beautiful essay. I really want to re-watch "Calvary" now. *waits impatiently for DVDS*
Two other points that really sell me on the Wes/Angel ship:
In "Sanctuary" when Wes allows Angel to take care of Faith despite what she did to him, fools the Watcher Council's assassins, and protects Angel during the battle with them in Angel's apartment.
When Wes finds the evidence that Angel planted to make it look like he helped in Fred's death to get into the Black Thorns, Wes doesn't try to kill Angel (like he did Gunn), but instead confronts him about it.
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Two other points that really sell me on the Wes/Angel ship:
In "Sanctuary" when Wes allows Angel to take care of Faith despite what she did to him, fools the Watcher Council's assassins, and protects Angel during the battle with them in Angel's apartment.
When Wes finds the evidence that Angel planted to make it look like he helped in Fred's death to get into the Black Thorns, Wes doesn't try to kill Angel (like he did Gunn), but instead confronts him about it.