That's the jumping off point I started from with my "Life in Shadow" fic, but of course I then made a further large non-canon jump.
I think the main difference it would have made at first would have been to Buffy. It would have mentally scarred her.
Angel would still have left. The Graduation Day battle would have gone as canon. S4 would have proceeded without the body-swap, of course, and Spike would never have fallen in love with Buffy. He'd probably have fallen for Willow instead, or else gone with Drusilla back to LA. And Glory would have got hold of the Key and the world would have ended in May 2001.
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I think the main difference it would have made at first would have been to Buffy. It would have mentally scarred her.
Angel would still have left. The Graduation Day battle would have gone as canon. S4 would have proceeded without the body-swap, of course, and Spike would never have fallen in love with Buffy. He'd probably have fallen for Willow instead, or else gone with Drusilla back to LA. And Glory would have got hold of the Key and the world would have ended in May 2001.