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Current Talk '03 I / Re:And I've waited so long, Willie......
« on: June 01, 2003, 03:38:00 AM »But in one of the more idiotic plot twists, Nicky waves his magic wand and suddenly Maggie's inviting Barnabas over for coffee and etchings instead.
Well, only idiotic in a sense if one expects that Barn would ever pay for any of his past crimes - but with Barn the titular hero of the show, THAT was NEVER going to happen. The prevailing notion, which is reinforced repeatedly throughout all storylines subsequent to Barn's 1967 introduction, is that every transgression, no matter how heinous, that he committed prior to Vicki's trip to 1795/96 was merely due to the fact that Barn was a vampire and couldn't help/stop himself. The audience must, therefore, accept that premise blindly and forgive all - an undertaking most find quite easy to do, chiefly because the subsequent storylines paint Barn as sympathetically as possible (sometimes going so far as to cast him as victim) while still maintaining his anti-hero status. That premise is an integral part, if not indeed a tenet of the show from 1968 onward, and actually one most fans would probably consider one of DS' more fascinating aspects. (However, it's also one that completely flies out the window when it comes to the way every other vampire on the show is portrayed/treated - a prime example of which we'll be seeing shortly...)