okay, I'm watching Becoming, Part 1 and Xander is kinda pissing me off with the whole Angel hate. Like yes, hate the soulless him, but saying he was bad all along is bs. When he doesn't have his soul he is bad, when a demon takes over he is bad. but that's not Angel Angel.
Like the only reason that I can think of (after some serious thought) is that he is mad that angel gets to be restored but they didn't have the knowledge of how to do that back in the begining when his friend was turned. cause he seemed to get that iot wasn't his friend anymore once he was a vampire/ without his soul. so he Can make the separation he is just not doing so.
Also, restoring his soul Would save lives. Not only Angel's life but also the lives of the people he will kill if he says soulless. Like,, Buffy can't bring herself to kill him so its the only way to stop Humanityless Angel. And she might lose the fight anyway. (she says she can now but idk) Also, no if you aren't going to pin the vampire deaths on who they were when they were alive then you cant blame Angel with his humanity for the things he does without it.
