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Date Posted: 19:34:28 11/10/01 Sat
Author: Blue
Subject: Re: Okay, what possible reasons are there that some believe its time to dust Darla?
In reply to: KhaliG 's message, "Re: Okay, what possible reasons are there that some believe its time to dust Darla?" on 19:04:04 11/10/01 Sat

>>It's even sadder when the *reasons* don't even make
>>sense. If there's one character that's gotten more
>>screentime and dedication this year, it's Cordelia.
>>As far as I'm concerned the show has already turned
>>into "Cordelia's Creek and her sidekick the Goofy
>>Angel."
>
>Now, now.

Sorry, I can't help it. Plus, I really feel that's the way the show has been for quite a while ever since Pyleaville. I feel that Cordelia *used* to be a good character, but the way she was written last year and the way the writers are trying to make up for it this year ... well I just don't care about her anymore.

And that's sad, but the damage has already been done for me.

Cordelia's a good character, but I have to
>admit that one of the reasons why I'm feeling slightly
>disaffected by a possible A/C pairing is the fact that
>the chorus and the fans are saying: "Look at Cordelia!
>Isn't she just so cool! She's so good and perfect for
>Angel!" I feel like I'm being beaten upside the head
>with A/C'ness and it's starting to turn me off.

That's really interesting and even more so because I've been seeing that comment voiced around by other C/A shippers.

Now,
>look at Buffy/Spike. It took a year for the tide to
>turn and we were shown, step by painstaking step,
>Spike's struggle to come to terms with his love for
>Buffy. He was the one who discovered his attraction
>for Buffy. he was the one who realized that he was in
>love with her. With the way A/C was introduced in
>Offspring, Angel was told by Fred and afterwards, he
>starts thinking of Cordy in a more attractive way. It
>feels like the ship is being pushed onto me and I'm
>not sure how to react. Maybe my feelings will change
>in the next Angel episode, because it is starting to
>disturb me that I'm beginning to feel a little
>resentment towards a pet relationship of mine.

Yeah, in addition to the slow way the writers have taken B/S you have to wonder why the ANGEL writers would rush with C/A. I would think they would take a much slower approach than the BTVS writers did with B/S since Angel has more red tape than Buffy could ever dream of.

Then again, this could all be intentional to show that the writers aren't going the direction C/A shippers want them to. I still think it's platonic love here but that's me.


>I agree. It's not so much the B/Aers that are against
>this, it is some of the Cordy fans that are very vocal
>in wanting to stake Darla. The baby itself is a threat
>because it is not something that can be swept under
>the rug. In the form of the baby, Darla's connection
>to Angel will be a lot more permanent than it was
>after Epiphany.

Plus, imagine all of the possible storylines a baby plot would bring for the Darla character in terms of her growth?

>Darla has as much right to be in Angel's life as
>Cordelia does and I can't see why both women can't
>co-exist in Angel's world. Granted., Darla needs a
>major attitude change for this to work, but it's
>something that I want to see.

Oh and Fred too.

>Even if Angel didn't truly love Darla during his 150
>years with her, I would say that there is some
>affection between those two. After all, anyone who
>stays with another person for that long has to have
>*some* affection for their companion.

And I really want to know what happened after that flashback in Heartthrob. I just think it's kind of weird how Darla saves his life a measly four years later after he supposedly disclosed her whereabouts.

These flashbacks are starting to confuse me.

jmho

Blue

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