Yeah. When it comes to Angel, I've long since learned to apply the Death Of The Author. (Or to try, at least.) A good rule of thumb seems to be that any perceived ambiguity in the text is always inversely related to the ambiguity they meant to put in.
There are some parts that are possibly interesting, like how the archaic notion of the woman sacrificing herself for the child turns completely to hell (literally) even if that wasn't what was intended, but Darla is still caught in the middle and lost as a casualty.
That said, of the 3 times Joss basically redid that storyline after that, I think the Darla arc was his best attempt.
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Date: 2012-07-19 02:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-19 02:15 pm (UTC)There are some parts that are possibly interesting, like how the archaic notion of the woman sacrificing herself for the child turns completely to hell (literally) even if that wasn't what was intended, but Darla is still caught in the middle and lost as a casualty.
That said, of the 3 times Joss basically redid that storyline after that, I think the Darla arc was his best attempt.