Sammanfattningsvis: Angel har gjort mer gott än Spike, men också (mycket) mer ont. Spike har däremot gjort mycket gott på väldigt kort tid (han började kämpa mot ondskan redan samma år som han fick tillbaka sin själ), och i stort sett inget ont alls (det värsta är väl att han otrevlig mot en person som försöker döda honom).
SPike did it for Buffy- not because he had a soul and wanted to fight for the good cause. Angel fought for the good cause and not for buffy. Angel fought for redemption, Spike like I said many times- figths for Buffy.
They Good things i can add to his list are AfterDAna. None of it matters before then. Yeah, he sacrificed himself, but not by choice. Spike is selfish. Everything he did, he did to impress Buffy- to impress a girl! No way that can be rewarded with shanshu. He got a soul- to impress a girl- he did everything to impress her. So everything "pre-dana" was selfish and not heroic.
When he first got back the first thing he tried to do was to go after buffy, but he was stuck in W&H. Later on when he got Corporeal- he wanted to have sex with harmony- and hurt her in the process- like he hadn´t hurted her enough.
(episode destiny)
Two vampires with soulds causes some noise so in order to stop it spike and angel fought over some cup of something that turned out to be false.
Then afterwards he figured he cant just not go to buffy and say: "you know what, im back, here i am" So he stayed around cause he got nothing else to do.
Lindsay the nolifer came along and claimed to be Doyle. Spike was annoyed by him, but when doyle said he was angels sidekick at first Spike got intressted- but not that intressted, he didn´t want to go out everytime, he wanted to chill and save people when he felt for it.
But that changed after spike rescued angel from something that would turn him into a vegetable stage.
Now Spike wanted to beat angel and was so destined to do that, that he totally screwed up with DAna, hence his hands was cut off. During the torture spike finally realised the pain he had cost others. It was then he realised what a monster he was. (episode damage)
So what did he do afterwards, lets do the match:
1. he fought some zombies so that angel and cordy could go after lindsay. (youre welcome)
2. in "smile time" he helped the gang to end an evil show. but he did make fun of angel to in the process.
3. helped the gang fight illyra
4. went to a bizarre demension with gunn and angel to bring lindsay back.
5. agrees to test illyras strength
6. goes to rome with angel, but the two of them does nothing, they lost the head.
7. brings the baby back to its mother and kills members of that black thorn thing
real hero, gee, even i could do that

well maybe not the last thing (7)
it all adds up to spike being a hero in the very last episode of angel- that is heroic.
I love spike all the way, he is one bad-ass vampire and that attityde of his is so unresitible.
Spike has a long way to go, but one day he´ll shanshu, cause the way its going for him he finally realised there isn´t only buffy out there. But first in the line is angel.
Angel is a fine man(um vamp?) He gave up his only chance to happiness cause he felt he didnt deserve it yet. There were still lotsa fights left, and he had to have the strenght of a vampire oterwise,buffy would probably die trying to save his ass.
He lost his friend, lost his son to his enemy, his son comes back and wants to kill him and all- still he doenst kill holst and lets connor be alone. He goes to another demension the get some name to rescue connor and the world from jasmine- not to get connors love, cause he knew he couldn´t get that. He lost Cordy to his son( sick) and then later cordy is in a coma state. He erasies his sons memories and everybody else that knew connor has forgot him- the back side, he have to work for this evil lawfirm that he has been trying to bring down for 3 years.
Cordy dies, fred dies. Spike annoys him, buffy moved on, signed off the shanshu, lorne left, wes dies, probably gunn to.
HE still was in that alley, ready to fight- he knew, he got nothing out of it, he could have run, but he didn´t.
thats what i got to say. Angel is the one that should get the shanshu- he has been trough a lot. The show is about redemption, amends, and i think, angel deserves it.
Sure Spikey boy is left. One day, he´ll shanshu, but not today. His destiny will come.
Its very unlikly that the main character doesn´t shanshu. 114 episodes of Angel, 5 seasons, then someones comes along in the end and takes the shanshu? that is just mean- i dont think that will happen.
