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'.
Yeah. Plus, Buffy actually got to make a choice there; not a good one, but a choice nonetheless, one which was entirely hers to make. Darla, on the other hand, even had a prophecy detailing what would happen to her. Come on. (Though I still love that last scene.)
Sooo much better than 'I realise now my sinful impurity; may the child be my salvation'.
Heh. Yeah. I do think that that implication is tempered (though not removed) by the fact that Darla really is a pretty horrible monster, and knows it. Then again, the Jossverse has an unfortunate tendency to use "mass-murdering soulless demon" as a metaphor for all sorts of real-life oppressed groups, so...
I do think that that implication is tempered (though not removed) by the fact that Darla really is a pretty horrible monster, and knows it.
This is true. But Angel knows this about himself as well and he doesn't have to stick a stake through his chest...
I dunno, I think Seasons 2 and 3 of Angel are really, really strong, so I wouldn't really want any part of them to go because that would pull apart the whole thing. But I wish there could have been more Darla. (And more Lilah, if we want to get on that subject... ;) )
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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'.
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This. A lot.
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Sooo much better than 'I realise now my sinful impurity; may the child be my salvation'.
Heh. Yeah. I do think that that implication is tempered (though not removed) by the fact that Darla really is a pretty horrible monster, and knows it. Then again, the Jossverse has an unfortunate tendency to use "mass-murdering soulless demon" as a metaphor for all sorts of real-life oppressed groups, so...
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This is true. But Angel knows this about himself as well and he doesn't have to stick a stake through his chest...
I dunno, I think Seasons 2 and 3 of Angel are really, really strong, so I wouldn't really want any part of them to go because that would pull apart the whole thing. But I wish there could have been more Darla. (And more Lilah, if we want to get on that subject... ;) )