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Date Posted: 08:00:22 10/19/01 Fri
Author: Blue
Subject: Re: Why is there so much Darla hate?
In reply to: KhaliG 's message, "Re: Why is there so much Darla hate?" on 21:37:56 10/18/01 Thu


>All right Blue, I'm using the bunker that has served
>me well as a Spike Redemptionista and a B/Ser. It's
>got cookies, several cans of Sprite and vanilla ice
>cream with rainbow sprinkles.

LOL! Oh my WOW! I need to stack mine up with plenty of food as well! Mine’s looking pretty bare. I think I’ve used it too often.

>Whenever I see a review for AtS that says, "best of
>all, Darla free!", I have to laugh because if they
>hated her so much why are they taking note of the fact
>she is not even in an ep?

Yeah, it’s funny. I mean, I’m sorry but Darla is one of the best characters to have ever happened to ANGEL. And I have to thank Minear for coming up with the idea to bring her back. At first I wasn’t so sure if it was a good idea, but then I saw her in Judgement and absolutely was very impressed.

>>Well, frankly, it sort of is.
>>
>>The show is called Angel, but who brought him forth?
>
>Right. Darla is Angel's mom/lover/ex-wife combined.
>You just can't throw that kind of connection away.

Nope, you are soo right.

>Good for you, Blue. Sometimes I take that attitude
>myself. It's my opinion whom I like and my perogative.
>No one is going to tell me that I can't support my
>favorite characters.

Exactly, and good for you and everyone else on this board. You know Minear said recently (and this isn’t verbatim):

"I don’t care what anyone says. I love me some Darla."

It just put a smile on my face.

We shouldn’t be afraid of what others think. Just say it.

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE DARLA!!!!! =) =)

>I believe that there are plenty of Darla fans out
>there. I was talking to a friend of mine back when the
>Darla arc of ATS season 2 and she liked Darla.

WOOHOOO!

>The internet skews people's perception of things.
>Lurking at a few main sites, you'd think that was no
>support for Darla or that almost every Buffy/Angel fan
>likes the B/A ship. It's onluy if you take the time to
>really search the net that you can find the little
>factions within the fanbase. Sometimes, it is only
>when something becomes fully expressed on the show or
>a storyline is moving a certain direction that you see
>a small faction rise to power. I love B/S, but it
>wasn't until the last few eps of Season 5 and the
>first four eps of Season 6 that B/S is starting to
>gain power and legitimacy in the fanbase.

I like B/S too as you can tell from my statement on the site, but I was floored at how many B/S shippers there were after the disastrous Fury interview at zap2it.com. So MANY PEOPLE that usually DON’T POST came out of the web walls and protested for DAYS! I couldn’t believe it. =)

What you said is soo true.

>>My favorite complaint is "her voice annoys the heck
>>out of me" and "that skanky ho."
>
>Ha. I've always wondered where they got the whole
>"skanky ho" from. Yes, Darla was an ex-prostitute and
>yes, she did some very wrong things back when she was
>giving Angel the dreams, but onscreen, Darla was never
>promiscuous. Sexually aware, yes, promiscuous, no.
>Personally, I think Darla has a strong distaste and
>contempt for sex because of her bitter experiences as
>a prostitute. Even now, I wonder just how much she
>remembers from her earlier life as a human. I know she
>doesn't remember her name from the episode, "Darla",
>but that's about it. I will be interesting if she
>remembers anything else.

See? That’s what I’m so surprised at. No offense to people that think she’s a "skanky ho" but, um, like you said when has Darla ever been skanky ho? The only person she’s slept with since she was brought back was Angel and that was sort of by force at first. Plus, I’m sorry, but I’m not going to poke fun at someone that lived an awful and degrading life back during those days in order to survive. I’ve got plenty of respect for Darla.

When people mention these comments I just shut them out because I know they’ve gone to the point of just simply "calling names."

>As for her voice, yes her voice can be a bit breathy,
>but she can sound very strong like in the That Vision
>Thing.
>

Yeah, very good voice intonation there.

"What is this thing growing inside of me?" Heh!

>>And please no more Pylea type of stories unless they
>>concern the arc in a much *better* way.
>>
>
>Personally, I think the Pylea arc served to tell Angel
>that he cannot blame his crimes as a soull-less
>vampire on a separate entity. The demon was just a
>mindless animal. The crimes are all from the darker
>recesses of Angel's mind. For me, anything that gets
>Angel away from, "Oh, look at me, I'm so *special*
>because I have a *soul*" is good in my book.

Oh man, you are NOT kidding there. I’m tired of the "I’m so special" rap as well. I may like you Angel, but please get off the high horse. =)

Blue

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