My results are related, but I give Buffy's 'sacrifice' more of a pass because she was the hero of her show, and I don't think the moment undermined her character (ie. if you read it in a gendered way then there are a lot of masculine triumphs she has to balance against it - eg. Becoming and its never ceasing aftermath, which would be a prime target for 'manpain' accusations if Buffy had been a man and Angel a woman).
As for Darla, on the other hand, I think she was short-changed from The Trial onwards. Her relationship with Lindsey was always good, but after she became Angel's special little prize wot got stolen away from him it was all downhill as far as they were concerned. Though she kept a lot of great one liners. ;)
ETA: Also, now that I think harder about why I chose Buffy's final lines - I like the subtext you get from FFL onwards in S5 - and definitely in her final last words - that her death is in some ways an exhausted suicide dressed up as heroic sacrifice. Sooo much better than 'I realise now my sinful impurity; may the child be my salvation'.
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As for Darla, on the other hand, I think she was short-changed from The Trial onwards. Her relationship with Lindsey was always good, but after she became Angel's special little prize wot got stolen away from him it was all downhill as far as they were concerned. Though she kept a lot of great one liners. ;)
ETA: Also, now that I think harder about why I chose Buffy's final lines - I like the subtext you get from FFL onwards in S5 - and definitely in her final last words - that her death is in some ways an exhausted suicide dressed up as heroic sacrifice. Sooo much better than 'I realise now my sinful impurity; may the child be my salvation'.