Post by Emmie on Aug 22, 2009 10:44:15 GMT -5
There's potential in the power she possesses, but anything that's directly related to her? No. We might as well have another demon with her powers show up. One who has an interesting personality, too.
Can't George potentially do anything she can? He's way more powerful. And he's a fish.
Good point! I don't really see why she's needed if George is around and I'd rather have George. As for her being willing to use her powers, seems more like she was willing to obey Non. Let's not forget that this was Non's righthand girl. And not in an interesting snarky Spike-to-Angel type of relationship. More of a 'I kiss your feet in gratitude for every order you give and lash you whip into my flesh' type of way. (Okay, might be slightly exaggerating but...) She was in enough page time to show some personality. There wasn't much there. Yeah, they can reboot her like how Darla was rebooted in AtS and became a really complex and fascinating character.
But I don't really see the fan-need to bring Noelle back when she 1) has no personality and 2) her power is already shared by someone who does have a great character - George.
Noelle would be at the bottom of my list of characters to bring back. Though she'd be above Spider.
The background character not having time to establish personality doesn't fly for me. She was in enough pages to leave an impression. That impression was bland. A character can make his or her mark with just one line. I find an attachment to her character surprising - what's there to like except what she could be, not what she is?
Compare Noelle to Jeremy. They were actually kinda like mirrors of each other in Spike: AtF. Difference being that besides getting some backstory on Jeremy's life that made him more three-dimensional, he also had an interesting way of snarking at Spike.
People I'd like to see again because they're already interesting: Non, Jeremy, Beck, George. After that, I'd like some new characters, please. That and hopefully a strong dose of AtS crew (Angel, Gunn, Illyria, Connor, Lorne, Groo) whenever possible.
ETA: My god, it's nice to actually have fun talking about Angel again. It's been a long time since that happened.