Oh, these are just amazing! I love them all...you do these beautiful character studies that are heart rending in the best way. Don't be worried to go dark. It is ALL good! Pain is, unfortunately (well, sort of), one of the best ways to get inside a character and see what makes them tick.

I loved this line, the comparison is so apt:

Angel bore it too, and the weight of it boiled his soul and seared his flesh, as surely as if Wes had pressed it’s horror against him…