[He scoffs, genuinely amused at the prospect of Liam "Angel" Angelus choosing to have a soul. Everything that made Spike and Dru as twisted as they are, all of it was Angelus toying with them, trying to coax out that cruelty with a hundred years worth of abuse.

All because he was so obsessed with his own self-hatred that he needed everyone around him to be as bad as he was.]

Oh, he didn't manage it. He had it forced on him, as a punishment. Romani curse.

The kicker is that he only keeps his soul if he stays miserable. Any moment of genuine happiness and it goes away. Means he can't get laid without going crazy, which makes it all real funny.