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Date Posted: 11:33:55 10/27/01 Sat
Author: Blue
Subject: Re: WB "Quickening" Episode Description
In reply to: KhaliG 's message, "Re: WB "Quickening" Episode Description" on 22:06:55 10/26/01 Fri


>The Trial is one of the reasons why I don't really see
>Darla as "EEEvil" anymore. The fact that she literally
>felt Angel's pain and willingness to die for her,
>softened that very cold heart that existed before she
>was dusted. When I think of Darla, I think of her as
>Darla 1.0 and Darla 2.0. Darla 1.0 existed from BtVS
>Season 1 up to Dear Boy. Darla 1.0 was cruel,
>ruthless, mean and an absoulte b*tch. I'm not sure if
>she really loved Angelus. I think the two cared for
>each other, the look they share in Hearthrob always
>holds my attention and fascination.

It's interesting that you bring Heartthrob up. Neither Angelus or Darla were able to love at that time. We saw Darla abandon Angelus in the barn and him give up her whereabouts in Heartthrob. I definitely agree concerning the Darla versions.

>Darla 2.0 exists from the Trial to now. Darla 2.0, for
>me has the seeds for love and caring that Darla 1.0
>didn't really have a chance to experience. That's why
>I am wary of posts that claim that once the baby is
>born it needs protection from Darla since she is a
>vampire. Darla 2.0 has changed too much for me to
>really believe that will happen, but I'll reserve my
>full judgement until Offspring.

In my heart, I think when Darla looks upon her child for the first time she'll be overwhelmed with emotion and probably majorly conflicted. She's never felt true love in her life and for the first time she'll get that from her child. She'll experience something for the first time she desperately wanted but won't know how to react.

That baby is going to be truly a gift to her.

Redefinition showed that she still carries The Trial with her, and I always wondered how she'd react if Angel did fall in love with her. Alas though, I think the baby will be like Dawn is to Spike yet on a deeper level since the child is her's.


>It's a good policy Blue. I should really do that, but
>it's hard to shut out the obnoxiousness. For the most
>part, when I see a Darla-hate post I simply roll my
>eyes and say, "Yeah, yeah, you hate Darla, tell me
>something I don't know."

It's a good policy but I don't follow it all of the time. Whenever I read those comments I recognize the names and their shipper affiliation and try to leave it at that. Other times I just blow a gasket because they were the same ones complaining last season about the lack of resolution for the Darla arc or "I wish D&D were back."

Make up your freaking mind.

>No offense taken and I am so sorry you had to deal
>with a few rotten apples of the A/C bunch. Overall,
>the people I meet in the A/C crowd are very nice.
>A/Cers have had it rough with the B/A crowd, which is
>for me, the most rabid bunch of all. I sympathize with
>them on that front. When it comes to darla, though, I
>have learned in the past year to completely avoid the
>Darla-centered topics, just for the sake of my sanity.

The A/C crowd is why I and a few others left the ASSB. We spoke up for Darla and got chewed out for it. There were other instances I don't want to bring up that involved them, so as you can see I have no love for that ship or them. When it comes to Darla I guess people say some of the cruelest things just to make themselves feel better, but there's no reason to be obnoxious about it or overbearing when someone disagrees with you.

=)

Blue

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