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Post by xmadxscientistx on Jul 16, 2008 0:25:22 GMT -5
But I've really come to love Darla. I love her maniacal and I love her as a self sacrificing, loving mother. I love her both before her season 1 death in Buffy and afterward. She's very complicated and interesting to me, and I'm kind of hoping for more Darla related-ness in After the Fall or Season 8. I know, she's dead, and I know, they don't do many flashbacks these days, but I miss her.
Alas, poor Darla. We knew her (kinda).
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Post by Slayer489 on Jul 16, 2008 8:48:46 GMT -5
I love Darla! I think she's a really interesting character that I love to watch.
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Post by BennyTheKey on Jul 16, 2008 12:48:29 GMT -5
I <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<3 darla !, miss her ! her whole personality was great. R.I.P  |
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Post by ded1 on Jul 16, 2008 17:57:15 GMT -5
Darla was awesome
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Post by themanwithoutfear on Jul 16, 2008 18:02:32 GMT -5
Yeah, I always liked how she could be a really scary character as well as a vulnerable human. I didn't care for her character in Buffy but I liked the development of her character in Angel.  |
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Post by Tyler Austin "tiewashere" on Jul 16, 2008 19:19:08 GMT -5
I love Darla. Her and Drusilla was the BEST vampire team ever. I thought it was interesting how she never really looked at herself as being evil. She did what she did because she was vampire. I don't know if I explained it well, but ya get the idea...she's a complex character.
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Post by alycat7 on Jul 16, 2008 21:50:42 GMT -5
Darla has so many faces cuz she's been living for a long time. I liked her best after Drusilla sired her.
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Post by artiswar on Jul 18, 2008 0:53:39 GMT -5
I find it funny how after so much time everybody loves Darla, but while the seasons were airing it seemed everybody hated her. In fact I remember Julie Benz commenting (could be on one of the Angel DVDs) that she was kind of hurt by the fan backlash for her character. I love Darla, she was a great character and I loved her complex relationship with Angel. Julie Benz is beautiful, and she even did a good job with some of the horrible one-liners she had to pull off, particularly in early season 3 of Angel. And now something to ponder: I always found it weird how even in the Fearsome Foursome flashbacks, Darla seemed to have ZERO character interaction with Spike. I think there is an untold story there.
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Post by Rachster on Jul 18, 2008 5:27:13 GMT -5
Darla probably is/was my third favorite buffyverse character ever, i especially loved her scenes in the past, she's so pretty <333
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Post by xmadxscientistx on Jul 18, 2008 11:45:34 GMT -5
I find it funny how after so much time everybody loves Darla, but while the seasons were airing it seemed everybody hated her. In fact I remember Julie Benz commenting (could be on one of the Angel DVDs) that she was kind of hurt by the fan backlash for her character. I love Darla, she was a great character and I loved her complex relationship with Angel. Julie Benz is beautiful, and she even did a good job with some of the horrible one-liners she had to pull off, particularly in early season 3 of Angel. And now something to ponder: I always found it weird how even in the Fearsome Foursome flashbacks, Darla seemed to have ZERO character interaction with Spike. I think there is an untold story there. Spike and Darla eh? I wouldn't blame Spike if he had a little on the side to get back at Angel for what he's done with Drusilla. |
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Post by darkdahlia on Jul 19, 2008 13:39:32 GMT -5
Yeah, I always liked how she could be a really scary character as well as a vulnerable human. I didn't care for her character in Buffy but I liked the development of her character in Angel.  see I feel the opposite. I didnt really care for Julie's performance as an innocent. It seemed so forced. I do wish we'd gotten even more of a back story on who she was before she got sick and the master did his thang. That could ave added in making her frailness on angel more realistic. I loved darla and buffy fighting in the first season. that dynamic was interesting. |
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Post by xmadxscientistx on Jul 19, 2008 14:17:45 GMT -5
Yeah, I always liked how she could be a really scary character as well as a vulnerable human. I didn't care for her character in Buffy but I liked the development of her character in Angel. see I feel the opposite. I didnt really care for Julie's performance as an innocent. It seemed so forced. I do wish we'd gotten even more of a back story on who she was before she got sick and the master did his thang. That could ave added in making her frailness on angel more realistic. I loved darla and buffy fighting in the first season. that dynamic was interesting. I remember reading somewhere that she was a prostitute dying of syphilus, but that could have been fanfiction. The Wikipedia knows. |
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Post by sagewoman on Jul 20, 2008 21:49:36 GMT -5
I remember reading somewhere that she was a prostitute dying of syphilus, but that could have been fanfiction. The Wikipedia knows. This story was revealed in Angel - she was a prostitute and dying of syphillus. That's why she was dying when she came back - Holland Manners and Lindsey had a lot to do in that story line. |
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Post by xmadxscientistx on Jul 20, 2008 22:43:18 GMT -5
Unfortunately I've only seen seasons 4 and 5 of Angel. Angel and Buffy were very different in tone, and for some reason I couldn't get into Angel the same way. I intend to see the other three seasons at some point, but the money is an issue. I love DVDs, but they're not free.
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Post by Angelsgirl on Jul 25, 2008 10:51:05 GMT -5
I'd be intrigued to see how Darla ended up being a prostitute...and I also want to know what her real name was. It was kind of funny how she'd forgotten her original name. What they needed was a spell like Spin the Bottle, take her back to being 17 and remembering who she was. How funny would it have been if she'd been part of that spell gone wrong!
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Post by xmadxscientistx on Jul 26, 2008 0:31:38 GMT -5
It would have been interesting, but I think she and Liam would be equally surprised by the goings on around them. People from the past: They confuse easily.
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Post by rmw on Jul 27, 2008 20:37:22 GMT -5
I love her voice.
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Post by Joe on Jul 28, 2008 12:43:39 GMT -5
I love her in Angel Season 2/3 when she's alive again
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Post by darkdahlia on Jul 29, 2008 0:16:18 GMT -5
Unfortunately I've only seen seasons 4 and 5 of Angel. Angel and Buffy were very different in tone, and for some reason I couldn't get into Angel the same way. I intend to see the other three seasons at some point, but the money is an issue. I love DVDs, but they're not free. They have all the dvds on Netflix. I know that for me sometimes thats easier than buying a whole series. i used to be the kind to watch episodes over and over again but I dont have the same stamina lol They have different memberships, so you can get two or three discs at a time (I think the most you can get is 8 for like 50 bucks). We do the 4 at a time for 23 dollars. |
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Post by Essentially Yours on Feb 28, 2009 17:39:57 GMT -5
Oh my God. That woman's voice makes me melt. I was really glad to see that Darla got such a good storyline on "Angel". After her appearances on "Buffy", I was about to think about her as a Jess-like character. Wasn't that his name? Exactly... lol. I think Jess was the name of the guy that Willow and Xander were life-long friends with, who died, and they never mentioned him again. Those are just some inconsistenties that really irk me. Darla lived waaaaaay too long for her to go out and never be seen again like she was shown on BTVS. Anyway, as much as I love Dru, Darla will always be my favorite female vamp. |
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