the archaeus arc in buffy s10 (comics) could have been so fucking cool and dramatic and i stand by that.
he should have been a bigger villain than he was. this is THE demon driving angel and spike's evil actions. this is william the bloody, this is angelus, this is darla, this is the master. this is every vampire in their lineage, this is the essence connecting them all. angel and spike should have been HORRIFIED to come face to face with their creator.
and the hivemind aspect of their lineage had SO much potential. archaeus should have had much more control over the vampires. he's a part of them, isn't he? and it could have been really really cool if he had tapped into their memories and emotions. talking to buffy in the same way and using the same language as angelus did. and i WISHHH they had explored the idea of angel and spike sharing a psychic link more than just for a villain reveal. they should have angsted over it at least a LITTLE bit, come on. at least one of them should have had an existential crisis about them being, at least in part, the same person.
arghhhh i'm just so mad that it wasn't as awesome and emotional as it could have been. but that's the buffy comics for you, i guess.